The answer to that question gives us some direction to our website discussion. This is a multimedia, multidiscplinary course. Using slides, personal observation, and an essay by John Ruskin we will compare English medievalist architecture to medievalist architecture in Austin and elsewhere in Texas. We will use slides also to compare the verbal and visual art of 19th c. medievalist painters, and, in order to understand the nature writing of that time, to contrast the English landscape with that around Austin. We will also use the course web site to conduct most of our discussions.
Discussions is essential but difficult in a large course.
In the past we have had discussion sections which met an extra day per week. Students prefer computerized discussions at the class web site because they can join in any time of the day or night. Getting access is not always convenient for students without their own computers and modems, but there is the added bonus of learning a skill valuable in today's job market. Your Internet discussions will be evaluated weekly. Due dates for assignments and readings are listed in the Schedule .