6 courses with the subject STPS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
STPS 600Selected Topics Primary Sources3
42.0 hours 600 level graduate course Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress, the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program at the University of the Arts creates professional development opportunities for K-12 educators that focus on teaching with primary sources in an arts context to enhance cross-curricular areas in all grade levels. Teaching with primary sources allows educators to design student-centered learning experiences focused on the development of critical skills and building content knowledge. Educators will examine primary sources from the Library of Congress and local collections. Those sources will be used in combination with site visits and studio projects to develop lesson plans that include inquiry-based activities for use in the K-12 classroom. Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies. This course may be repeated for credit.
STPS 601A Is for Everything - How Typography Shapes Our Language and Culture3
42.0 hours 600 level graduate course Using type specimens, printed ephemera, and design examples from the Library of Congress digital collections, participants will trace histories, narratives, and connections in parallel with our diverse cultural experiences and visual language. We regularly interact with typefaces and designs that were forged thousands of years ago. Over 500 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of movable type created an explosion of shared knowledge, history, and visual language that continues to evolve in contemporary culture. This course will explore meaning and subject matter through type design. Collaborative exercises will encourage participants to think critically and openly about how type and design shapes our language and visual culture. Site visits include collections in the Philadelphia region, with guest lectures and an artist studio visit. Content is appropriate to a range of subject areas, from art and design, to history, science and technology. Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies. This course may be repeated for credit.
STPS 603Moving Pictures: Connecting with Documentary Film3
42.0 hours 600 level graduate course Documentary films often depend on primary archival source and later themselves become primary sources for studying the culture, technology, history and aesthetics of the time in which they were made. This course explores the role of archival sources within documentary through screenings, discussions and projects using the Library of Congress collection Selections from the National Film Registry. Educators will produce a short film that draws upon this resource and, in the process, learn about research techniques, non-linear editing and ethics around archival usage. Lessons that may be brought forward to students include the artistic and/or historical possibilities of working with such resources and best practices for using online research tools. There will also be a discussion of rights and Fair Use. This course is not repeatable for credit.
STPS 604Local Collections: Botanicals As Primary Sources3
42.0 hours 600 level graduate course Think critically about our connection with the natural world and how its roots are embedded in history - from medicinal gardens and landscape architecture to seed catalogs and United States currency. Using primary sources from the Library of Congress to explore these histories, narratives and links to plants, participants will study the centuries-old traditions of botanical illustration and horticulture, as well as present-day community gardens. Through observation, collaboration and hands-on exploration, gain a deeper understanding of horticultural practices and history, sustainability, conservation and more. Further discovery will come from site visits to local collections and museums and guest lectures from experts. Content is appropriate for a range of subject areas including art, design, history, science and technology. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
42 hours 600 level graduate course The art of telling a good story is the art of asking the right kinds of questions. Our course will focus on helping teachers spark curiosity in the classroom and in their own lives by interrogating the primary sources that surround us. Collaborating with artists and poets, students will use arts-based primary sources from the Library of Congress along with ephemera from their own lives to tell a story by crafting a handmade book. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
STPS 606Roaring 20S Redux: a Survey of the Arts in the 1920s3
42 hours 600 level graduate course The “Roaring 20s” have long captured our imaginations and for good reason. The arts of that legendary decade: the Harlem Renaissance, Art Deco, the Jazz Age, the Silent Era, the Golden Age of Radio, and more, continue to inspire and delight audiences 100 years later. This course will focus on helping teachers engage students by taking a closer look at some of the artistic movements and mediums of the 1920s. Participants will analyze arts-based primary sources both online, from the Library of Congress, and in-person by touring local sites and collections. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experts and experience firsthand why this era was so impactful and how it continues to influence arts and culture today. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
