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The 2006 EPGY Summer Institutes Humanities offerings are writing-intensive courses designed to acquaint students with the formal study of literature and art history while developing students' abilities to write critically and analytically on a variety of topics. The courses offered are of two types: Introductions and Investigations. Introduction courses provide students with the opportunity to explore a broad range of time periods and disciplines, while Investigations courses provide students with a more in-depth look at a particular period in time or at a particular discipline. The content of both courses is typical of what is found in freshman and sophomore college-level courses.
Investigations in the Humanities: 20th Century
In this reading- and writing-intensive course, students have the opportunity to study the contemporary period in depth, learning about major issues in twentieth-century culture and politics as they took shape in the United States, Europe, and the world at large. This course introduces students to interdisciplinary study of the humanities, especially to the study of literature, criticism, popular culture, history, and film. The class exposes students to materials that are not often taught at the secondary level and to college-level principles of analysis and research for writing in and about the humanities. In addition to shorter writing assignments, the course culminates in a research essay for which the students have access to the resources of Stanford University. This essay is designed to hone a variety of skills in the students taking the course, including the skills of critical analysis and argumentation as well as the ability to perform research and to integrate sources into an essay; moreover, the essay aims to strengthen the students as writers of clear and crafted prose. The class will likely include one or two field trips to Bay Area museums.
Session 2E (July 17 - August 12)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of two years normal English or one year honors/AP English. Completion of one high-school level history course.
Age and grade requirements: 10th or 11th grade in Spring 2006; age 15 - 17 on July 17, 2006.
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Investigations in the Humanities: Art in America
In this writing-intensive course, students study the visual arts in depth, taking advantage of the rich resources available at Stanford and around the Bay Area. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of analyzing and writing about objects and images and introduces students to materials that are not often taught at the high-school level. The course also provides a broad historical introduction to the major movements in American art history, as well as the major themes in American cultural history, from the moment of European encounter to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Readings include some of the fieldb s most significant critical essays, in addition to chapters from one of American artb s newest and most acclaimed textbooks. Field trips to Stanfordb s Cantor Art Center, the DeYoung Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art \give students the chance to experience the art first hand. Over the three weeks, students complete two writing assignments. The first, a short but comprehensive analysis of a single image, hones studentsb descriptive and interpretive skills. The second assignment, an imaginary exhibition project, gives students the opportunity to research a particular topic or artist of their choosing, and create a small-scale museum exhibition. Students select the images, design a gallery space, write wall texts, and put together an exhibition catalog that includes an essay researched at the Stanford Art Library. Throughout, the course focuses on building critical and analytical skills, challenging cultural myths and stereotypes, and introducing students to the tools of research and scholarship in art history and the humanities.
Session 2E (July 17 - August 12)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of two years normal English or one year honors/AP English.
Age and grade requirements: 10th or 11th grade in Spring 2006; age 15 - 17 on July 17, 2006.
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Investigations in the Humanities: Film
Course description coming soon.
Session 1 (June 25 - July 14)
Age and grade requirements: 9th or 10th grade in Spring 2006; age 14 - 16 on June 25, 2006.
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Investigations in the Humanities: The Classical and Renaissance
In this reading- and writing-intensive course, students explore college-level topics in the humanities. In the first half of the course, students study the classical period. As an introduction to a vast and often mysterious period of human culture and history, this unit emphasizes classical Greek and Asian literature as well as art and architecture from these cultures. During this unit, students complete several short critical analysis essays designed to help students become sharper readers and also more creative and elegant analytical writers. In the second half of the course, the classb s attention turns to the Renaissance where the focus is European drama, poetry, and painting. The second unit features research essays designed to hone students' research skills and to deepen their ability to evaluate and integrate sources into their writing. The class introduces students to materials that are not often taught at the high-school level; it also introduces the advanced principles of analysis and research for writing about the humanities. The class will likely include one or two field trips either to Bay Area art museums or to see a performance at a Bay Area venue.
Session 1 (June 25 - July 14)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of two years normal English or one year honors/AP English.
Age and grade requirements: 9th or 10th grade in Spring 2006; age 14 - 16 on June 25, 2006.
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