52-190 BXA Seminar I: Building the Wunderkammer

4.5 units, Carnegie Mellon University

BXA Seminar I considers how knowledge is represented across different modes of mediawhat language, what symbols, what logic guides knowledge acquisition and expression in your varied disciplines? Students engage with theoretical and practical readings from across disciplines, with particular emphasis on interpretive theory. Weekly readings in aesthetic and critical theory introduce students to a particular vocabulary of analysis, practiced in class discussion and written responses. Students will conceive, research, produce and present a creative final project at the end of the course.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026

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