Postmodernism syllabus (T/TH, 4:30-5:45, LYNN 1136)

***Schedule with assignments & slide lists***

Review page at http://www.sla.purdue.edu/courses/ad/arthistory/ (click on Postmodernism)

	Elizabeth K. Mix
	Office: VPA 3119
	Office Phone: 496-2958
	Office Hours: Mondays 5:00-5:45 p.m. and Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:30-2:30 p.m.

texts (your books are available locally at University Bookstore and Follett's)
Everyone needs ALL THREE:

• Gillian Perry, Paul Wood, Themes in Contemporary Art. Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 0300102976
• Linda Weintraub, In the making: creative options for contemporary art. DAP, 2003. ISBN 1891024590
• Nato Thompson, ed. Interventionists : users' manual for the creative disruption of everyday life. North Adams, Mass. : MASS MoCA, c2004. ISBN 026220150X

objectives & the famous disclaimer:

This course aims to provide an in-depth study of Contemporary Art as it evolved (and continues to evolve) in Europe and America. The course aims to define the nature of "modernism" and "post-modernism" and gauge the latter development historically, stylistically and culturally.

This is an equal opportunity classroom in the presentation of ideas and issues raised by artists. Artists create works that become either personal or societal documents of a certain moment in their lives. Topics including censorship, pornography, homosexuality, AIDS and feminism may make you feel uncomfortable because of their unfamiliarity. Much like the goal of a good college education, the work of many contemporary artists challenges us and is designed to, not ask us to change or give up what we believe, but to examine our beliefs in a larger context.

Your success in this course will be directly proportional to your "ownership" of the material. I am here to guide you in your study of this material and in your development of abilities including written and oral communication. Please take responsibility for your education. When you come to my office to discuss a grade on a test or assignment, bring the notes that you've been taking in class and on the reading assignments. This will help me diagnose potential problems more quickly and ultimately help me to help you to achieve in this course.

plagiarism policy:

Plaigiarism is not tolerated in my courses. If you plagiarize, the very least that will happen is that you will RECEIVE AN "F" IN THE CLASS. You may also be subject to expulsion from the University. Telling me that you didn't know, didn't understand or did it by accident will not change the outcome. If you're not sure you know the rules, you'd best see me to discuss these issues. Here are some basics:

Plagiarism is defined as:

• direct quoting without citing a source and placing quotation marks around the quote
• misrepresenting a direct quote as a paraphrase
• misrepresenting a paraphrase as your own ideas (putting someone else's ideas in your own words without identifying the original source of those ideas in a citation)
• a "legal" paraphrase uses no more than TWO words from the original source of the idea
• these rules apply to the course text, which need only be cited as (TCA, p. X) or (Perry/Wood, p. X) etc.
• these rules apply to any sources other than the course texts, which should include a full citation (author, title, date, page or full URL)
• these rules DO NOT apply to lecture material. It is NOT NECESSARY to provide a citation for lecture material.

Purdue webistes dealing with academic integrity & plagiarism:

http://www.purdue.edu/faculty_staff_handbook/pages/polpro/ac_ad_pro/res_pol_integrity.html http://www.purdue.edu/ODOS/osrr/integrity.htm http://www.purdue.edu/univregs/pages/stu_conduct/stu_regulations.html

notetaking, coming to class, and boilercast:

The lectures for this course will be recorded and made available as a podcast. Before you get too excited and think that means you don't need to come to class, it is a VERY BAD idea to substitute podcasts for coming to class. The correct way to use podcast lectures is to fill in your notes and review material.

If you use the podcasts without coming to class, you will miss vital information written on the overhead projector and the visual images shown in class. You will probably be lost. Here's some more incentive. It is a quote from the Indianapolis Star article "Listen While You Learn," by Abe Aamidor, published Sunday Dec. 18, 2005:

http://boilercast.itap.purdue.edu:1013/Boilercast/ is where you need to go to get the lectures. You will need to sign up. You will also need a login and password provided in class to access the lectures. Podcasts will not begin until January 17.

required course requirements:

• Midterm: 100 pts. (Take-home; May be reduced to 50 points if 50 are earned from reading assignments).
• Assignments: 40 pts.
• Course Project: 120 pts.
• Final Exam: 100 pts. (Take-home; May be reduced to 50 points if 50 are earned from reading assignments).

extra credit:

there will be a significant amount of extra credit available in this course, but the extra credit will only be APPLIED in certain circumstances... in short, you can swap extra credit for assignments. You can use extra credit to raise your scores on the midterm, final and project ONLY IF YOU TAKE AND PASS THOSE REQUIRED ELEMENTS with a C or better. Extra credit will top off an element at 100 points (or 120 points in the case of the Course Project) but will not allow you to skip these required elements.

grading scale (this point scale presumes you have passed all three required elements)

• A 324 pts.
• B 288 pts.
• C 252 pts.
• D 216 pts.
• F < 216 pts.

reserve reading list:

There are additional books on reserve for this course at the Undergraduate Bunker (Hick's Library). To get a book from reserve, you take the call number and title to the reserve desk. To find the books on reserve for this class, from the library home page click on the link for "course reserves" (upper right of the page) and then use the drop down menus to select this class. It's easy and fun!