Virtual Italy

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Course Description

Classical Italy attracted thousands of travelers throughout the 1700s. Referring to their journey as the "Grand Tour," travelers pursued intellectual passions, promoted careers, and satisfied wanderlust, all while collecting antiquities to fill museums and estates back home. What can computational approaches tell us about who traveled, where and why? We will read travel accounts; experiment with parsing; and visualize historical data. Final projects to form credited contributions to the Grand Tour Project, a cutting-edge digital platform. No prior programming experience necessary.

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Grading Basis

ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit

Min

4

Max

5

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Seminar

Enrollment Optional?

No

This course has been approved for the following WAYS

Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (AII), Social Inquiry (SI)

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No

Programs

CLASSICS115 is a completion requirement for:
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