Call for Proposals for 2015-2016 Art and Culture First-Year Seminars: November 1 |
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October 7, 2014, Volume 61, No. 08 |
The Art and Culture first-year seminars are small discussion-based classes designed to introduce incoming first-year students to the wealth of exciting art and culture opportunities available both in the city of Philadelphia and through Penn’s academic programs and cultural centers. Previous examples can be found here: https://provost.upenn.edu/initiatives/arts/academics/freshman-seminars
The College of Arts & Sciences will roster five of these seminars—all departments and programs are encouraged to apply. Each course will receive up to $3,000 to cover the cost of tickets/admissions/transportation and class speakers. This funding may not be used to purchase basic course materials or to cover the cost of instructors. Students who enroll in Art and Culture first-year seminars will automatically receive a Campus Philly Cultural Passport, giving them discounted access to a variety of city-wide cultural opportunities all year. All first-year seminars also fulfill College General Education Requirements.
Please submit a 1-page proposal for the seminar, including a course description and title, a budget, a list of the venues that will be visited and a brief explanation of the ways in which students will become involved with them. Please also note in which semester you plan to teach; preference will be given to seminars rostered in the fall, although proposals for the spring semester will also be considered. Ideally, these courses will engage students in one or more of Penn’s Art and Culture Centers (see http://provost.upenn.edu/initiatives/arts/centers) in addition to the wider resources of the city. Applications must include an email from the applicant’s department chair confirming that the proposed course does not conflict with the department’s rostering plans.
Please email proposals as a single PDF to Brooke Sietinsons sietinso@sas.upenn.edu no later than November 1, 2014. Faculty interested in developing such a course should feel free to reach out to the following representatives of Penn’s art and culture centers:
ICA: Eliza Coviello, ecovi@ica.upenn.edu
Penn Museum: Steve Tinney, stinney@upenn.edu
Annenberg Center: Michael Rose, mjrose@ac.upenn.edu
Kelly Writers House: Al Filreis, afilreis@writing.upenn.edu, Gregory Djanikian, djanikia@writing.upenn.edu
Penn Libraries: Martha Brogan, brogan@pobox.upenn.edu
Arthur Ross Gallery: Lynn Marsden-Atlass, lmatlass@upenn.edu
Morris Arboretum: Miriam Von Essen, miriamv@upenn.edu
WXPN: Roger LaMay, roger@xpn.org |