HOA424 Sixteenth-Century Italian Art and Identity (Spring)

This course examines the art of 16th-century Italy, focusing on how innovative artists created paintings and sculptures that helped create identities for themselves and those who ordered the works. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Sofonisba Anguissola, and others produced renowned works now considered masterpieces and often recognized as such in their day. We also consider fundamental changes in Renaissance visual culture, with special attention to representations of Black people and of women. The course includes numerous in-class site visits in Florence.

Registration restriction: Students may not register for both this course and HOA 320.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

HOA320 Italian Renaissance Art (Fall, Spring)

Survey of Italian art and architecture from c. 1200 to 1600 with an emphasis on style, patronage, artistic techniques, and the social, political, and devotional contexts of works by major artists and architects. Introduces the art and architecture of Italy from Giotto to Michelangelo and the early Mannerists. Each week focuses on a single artist or topic and consists of a classroom lecture and a site visit to a monument or museum in Florence.

No previous art history study required.

Registration restriction: You may not register for both this course and HOA 203, HOA 321, or HOA 424.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

INB354 Doing Business in Europe (Fall, Spring)

Starting or managing a business in Europe offers opportunities and challenges in a diverse and dynamic economic landscape. This course will equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully launch or grow their ventures within the European Union.

This course consists of 13 weekly modules, each focusing on critical aspects of management and entrepreneurship within the European context. The course covers the essential elements of starting and managing a business in Europe, including the EU’s economic landscape, business idea development, legal considerations, funding options, team building, marketing strategies, operations management, and sustainability practices. Additionally, students will engage in practical exercises, case studies, and business simulations to apply their learning in real-world scenarios. By the end of the course, students will have developed a comprehensive business plan and a compelling pitch for their European startup, ready to be presented to potential investors and stakeholders.

Over the semester, students will delve into the intricacies of the European entrepreneurial ecosystem, exploring everything from business ideation and legal frameworks to funding, marketing, and sustainable practices. The course combines theoretical insights with practical applications, ensuring that students are well-prepared to navigate the complex yet rewarding journey of establishing or managing a business in Europe.

Through case studies and business simulations, students will apply their learning to real-world scenarios, preparing them to successfully manage or launch and grow their ventures in Europe.

Course restriction: For Syracuse Management single majors, this course may count as a Business Elective only, not toward your major or minor.

SPA400.2 De Madrid al Cielo: The Culture of Modernity and the Urban Experience in Spain’s Capital (Fall, Spring)

Taught in Spanish. How did Madrid’s construction as a modern capital shape the regional and national identity? In which ways did Spain struggle to become a “modern country,” and what was the role of Madrid in achieving it? In this course, we will explore the changing nature of modern Madrid through representations of the city in history and the present. Taking into account different disciplines such as literature, film, history, photography, tourism and cultural studies, the course will also investigate how gender, class, race and sexuality offer new perspectives in the design of urban spaces. Discussion materials will include canonical authors along with more recent cultural products: Ramón de Mesoneros Romanos, Carmen Martín Gaite, Pedro Almodóvar, Pío Baroja, Pedro Lazaga, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Francesc Català-Roca, and the Indignados movement, among others. Additionally, the course will practice Madrid with visits, excursions and tours to iconic spaces of the capital in order to examine the connection between the representation of these urban spaces and the creation of Madrid as a modern city.

Prereq: SPA 202, the equivalent of four semesters of college-level Spanish, or permission of the instructor

GEO304 Sustainability on Trial: Environmental Justice in Northern Europe (Signature Seminar; Fall, Spring)

Limited enrollment. Syracuse Signature Seminars are travelling courses that frame a semester abroad in the light of shared concerns for people and planet. This seminar examines diverse and contested approaches to ‘being green’. The first part of the course explores eco-innovations being piloted in the Nordic countries, home to some of the world’s greatest progress toward sustainable development and carbon-neutral living. In the second portion of the class, students travel into the Arctic Circle to question whether sustainability is living up to its promise for all stakeholders. Who has been benefitted or harmed by environmental policies? Ultimately, the Seminar helps students to understand their impact on the world, and how they can take action to make that impact a more positive one.

During the fall semester, students will explore Copenhagen as an eco-city through cycling tours; kayak a Swedish archipelago and consider urban design in Stockholm; and spend time with huskies and reindeer alongside Europe’s only recognized indigenous people, the Sami—in nearly 24 hours of daylight thanks to the high latitude.

Spring semester field activities include witnessing climate change firsthand in Bergen and snowshoeing up a glacier in the Norwegian fjords; touring sustainable urban technologies in Stockholm; and mushing huskies in the snowy Arctic Circle after a dark night searching for the Northern lights.

Both semesters explore questions of human-nature interactions, animal ethics, and connections between global climate patterns and local politics.

Satisfies IDEA Course Requirement.

The three credits earned for this pre-semester seminar will be included in the maximum 19 credits that you can earn for your semester abroad. In order to meet U.K. immigration requirements, you must enroll in a minimum of 16 credits—including this seminar—for the semester.

GEO300.2 Exploring Beijing: The Historical Geography of the Chinese Capital (Fall, Spring)

To understand China is in some sense to understand Beijing, a city that has served as China’s capital for seven hundred years. This course will help you make sense of this fascinating city by surveying the city’s formation and evolution. Few cities in the world have a historical record as long or as well-documented as Beijing’s. This course will rely on carefully selected historical materials to illustrate the changing landscape of Beijing— from Kublai Khan’s Mongol headquarters, to the home of Ming and Qing emperors; from a Republican city to the Red Capital of Communist China.

In addition to classroom time, Beijing is introduced through field trips, film screenings and fiction reading, allowing students to experience the history and geography of this ancient city at close range.

This course can also be registered as HST 300.2.

HST300.2 Exploring Beijing: The Historical Geography of the Chinese Capital (Fall, Spring)

To understand China is in some sense to understand Beijing, a city that has served as China’s capital for seven hundred years. This course will help you make sense of this fascinating city by surveying the city’s formation and evolution. Few cities in the world have a historical record as long or as well-documented as Beijing’s. This course will rely on carefully selected historical materials to illustrate the changing landscape of Beijing—from Kublai Khan’s Mongol headquarters, to the home of Ming and Qing emperors; from a Republican city to the Red Capital of Communist China.

This course can also be registered as GEO 300.2.

IND481 Ethnography and Culture in Design (Spring)

Open only to industrial, environmental and fashion design majors in the Florence Design Program. This project-oriented course is designed to introduce students to design solutions that are based on insights into people’s natural behavior, culture, and environment. Students will do field research into how people actually live, utilizing documentation and design research methods.

Corequisite: DES 304

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

ECN300.1 China and the World Economy (Fall, Spring)

The course introduces basics of international economics, together with key issues in China’s foreign economic relations. It uses textbook readings as the theoretical framework to analyze Chinese foreign trade, monetary and exchange rate policies. The course aims to train students to develop their ways of economic thinking in understanding a rising China and its changing economic relations with the rest of the world.

Prereq: [ECN 101 AND ECN 102] OR ECN 203, or equivalent intro to microeconomics and macroeconomics course(s)

ARC434 London’s Built Environment (Fall, Spring)

London’s Built Environment: The Ways of the Architect presents a history of London’s built environment by examining the changing attitudes and practices of British architects from the mid-17th to the mid-20th century. It explores the ways in which London’s architectural culture was understood and produced through its architects’ diverse trainings, evolving modes of design and notions of style, built and theoretical work. It does so by identifying four pairs of architects and architectural thinkers and by thematically investigating their respective practices and conflicting professional perspectives: Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor; Robert Adam and William Chambers; William Morris and John Ruskin; Alison and Peter Smithson and Denys Lasdun. As such, the course pinpoints four paradigm-shifting moments in the production of London’s built environment, allowing at the same time for a comprehensive and continuous narrative of British architectural history, including the Palladian Revivals, late-18th century cultures of ruins and the Picturesque, the impact of industrialisation in the 19th century and post-war reconstructions.

Each of the four thematic chapters of the course involves two seminars and a site visit. The syllabus is built around the critical understanding of buildings and the close reading of key primary and secondary texts. The course ultimately aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the development and evolution of the profession of the architect and its relationship with the social, political and economic circumstances of British history.

Enrollment priority is given to students admitted to the London Architecture program, then Architecture minors as space allows.

Satisfies Shared Competencies:

Critical and Creative Thinking
Communication Skills