臺大經典人文學程/ 哈佛大學 New Humanities Courses Experiment with Teaching Methods

臺大的經典人文學程做法很可參考: 

102學年度第2學期經典人文學程開始申請

• 「經典人文學程」是本校文學院為提昇全校學生的進階人文素養所開設，課程皆由文學院精心規劃，涵括文學、歷史、哲學、藝術、文化研究等領域，以適合全校不同學科的學生修習，並作為通識課程之上的進階人文課程。 當人文素養已是社會領袖的必備教養時，歡迎有志臺大人申請修習。尤其歡迎主修理工醫農等自然科學之優秀同學選修。
• 申請資格：本校各學系所學士班二年級（含）以上及碩、博士班學生。
• 102學年度第2學期課程如下：
  伍振勳　中文系　先秦諸子的言說與思想
  沈曉茵　外文系　台灣電影
  古偉瀛　歷史系　西洋史學英文論著
  閻鴻中　歷史系　秦漢思想文獻選讀
  苑舉正　哲學系　懷疑論
  曹景惠　日文系　日本中世文學選讀
  坂井隆　藝史所　東南亞的印度文化與藝術
  柯慶明　臺文所　台灣現代詩
• 申請辦法：詳見經典人文學程網頁（按此連結）
• 申請日期：即日起至2014年2月21日（週五）止，請將相關申請資料送至歷史系辦公室。審核通過後，預計於一週後（2月27日）公布核准名單。
• 承辦人：歷史系林佳宜助教，電話：02-3366-4705，E-mail：history@ntu.edu.tw

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New Humanities Courses Experiment with Teaching Methods

By MEG P. BERNHARD, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER2 days ago

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This spring, students will be able to explore the intersection of the humanities, technology, and design in two new humanities studio courses intended to combine traditional seminar teaching methods with hands-on studio work.

The two courses—Humanities Studio 1: "Cold Storage—An Interactive Documentary Project" and Humanities Studio 2: "Homeless Paintings of the Italian Renaissance: A Hands On Curatorial Experiment"—are among a series of new courses launched this spring that are not affiliated with a single department.

“We are part of this broad movement in the humanities, the digital humanities, in which researchers are applying new emerging kinds of research methods,” Matthew Battles, associate director of the the Harvard metaLAB, said. The metaLAB is a humanities research laboratory that includes faculty who are working with students in the studio courses.

Students in "Cold Storage" will focus on documenting and analyzing the Harvard Depository through video production and website design, while students in "Homeless Paintings of the Italian Renaissance" will develop an animated archive of lost Renaissance paintings.

According to Jeffrey T. Schnapp, the professor of both new courses as well as faculty director for the metaLAB, the studio classes will be open to both undergraduate and graduate students.

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Jeffrey T. Schnapp, professor of romance languages and literatures, speaks about a collective learning experience in visual art during his new course Humanities Studio 2: "Homeless Paintings of the Italian Renaissance" in Boylston Hall on Jan. 29.

“They aren’t courses that presuppose a set of skills or involve prerequisites,” Schnapps said. “I like to describe them as translational courses where you acquire a set of skills, you acquire knowledge, but right from the beginning you have to translate that knowledge into hands-on forms.”

Schnapp said 11 students shopped "Cold Storage" on its first day, Tuesday. Both courses will be capped at 18 students.

“It’s an experiment stage, to test the waters, see what works at the end of the experiment,” Schnapp said.

Battles said the courses will be graded on a letter scale and students will be evaluated primarily on class participation and projects.

“The grading will be based not on any particular fluency in Photoshop or Javascript, but rather with the ability to come to grips with new materials, to identify problems, analyze those problems,” Battles said.

Both studio courses have been approved and financed under the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching, an initiative to promote innovative teaching methods.

According to Battles, the studio courses will provide fluid interdisciplinary curriculum that meets the aims of HILT and will accommodate changing teaching methods.

“We’re in the midst of rapid change, changes in educational experience and participation, changes in institutional forms, and changes in technology,” Battles said, noting that the structure of the new courses is yet another progression in teaching methods.

—Staff writer Meg P. Bernhard can be reached at mbernhard@college.harvard.edu.