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Course Code | ICH5751HF |
Semester | First Semester |
Section | 9101 |
Online | Yes |
Credits | One Credit |
Location | Online – Synchronous |
Description |
In light of recent renewed interest in the meanings and mechanisms of empathy in such areas as ethics, visual studies, and the philosophy of the mind, this course examines the place and role of compassion in the development of the Western aesthetics tradition. Considering a range of art theoretical texts, literature, and images for which the theme of compassion has been thought able to account for certain of the emotional and cognitive links that exist between artwork and its audience. |
Schedule | Thu |
Start Time | 10:00 |
End Time | 13:00 |
Hours Per Week | 3 |
Minimum Enrolment | 5 |
Maximum Enrolment | 15 |
Enrolment Notes | Students need to contact the ICS Registrar at academic-registrar@icscanada.edu to complete registration |
Additional Notes | Additional Evaluation: seminar presentation. Students must follow the TST program handbook regulations relating to course deadlines for submission of course work and requests for extensions. The prima facie deadline for the completion of work in a course is the last day of the TST examination week for the semester in which the course is taken. Students and instructors are bound by the earlier of deadlines set either by the instructor or TST. Where the policy of the affiliate college, in relation to courses listed in the TST Course Catalogue, differ from TST policies, the policy of TST will apply. |
Teaching Method |
Lectures
Seminars
Readings
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Means of Evaluation |
Class Participation
Research Paper
Other
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Previously Offered | Winter 2017 |
Currently Offered | Fall 2020 |