PARIS FASHION TEMPLATE in Spring 2020 (CM4091B)

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Topics vary. Using analytic skills learned in core courses, students work with an AUP faculty member, visiting scholar or professional in an area of current interest in the field to be determined by the instructor and the faculty of the Global Communications department.
Course Master: 
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS (CM4091)
Term: 
Spring 2020
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
Yes
Exam Date: 
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 08:30
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Junior
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Notes

Dual enrolled with CM 5021

Learning Outcomes

  1. To develop an understanding, from wide reading, lectures, visits and in-class discussions, of the way in which Paris has developed as a template for urban form elsewhere, the capital of a major nation state, and a centre for conspicuous consumption
  2. To acquire some knowledge of how institutional actors (courts, commercial ventures, worker organizations), as well as individual creators and craftspeople have played roles in the development of the fashion industry in Paris
  3. To acquire awareness of positions on urban and fashion history elaborated by certain key theorists
  4. To understand the nature and impact of media on the development and diffusion of fashion in Paris
  5. To be able to compare recent and contemporary practices in the Paris fashion industry with those of earlier periods

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2020
End Date: 
Friday, May 8, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Wednesday
10:35
13:30
G-207