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Course Info for AHIS - 265 - 01, Fall 2025
Class number: 3177 Title: 19th Cent Architecture Department: Fine Arts
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 25 Current enrollment: 23 Available seats: 2
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, AAC - 320 Instructor(s): Granston, Willie
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement
Course Description:
This course examines architecture, design, and urban developments in Europe and America between roughly 1750 and 1900. Contextualized with topics including social and cultural change, politics, and technological developments, themes considered in this course will include the revival of historical styles such as the Greek and the Gothic, and their application to modern contexts; the rise of new building types, such as museums, railroad stations, prisons, and skyscrapers; the emergence of modern capitals such as Berlin, New York, London, and Paris; and the development of the professions of architecture and urban planning.