Moodle@Warwick

SUMMARY

This is the fully ONLINE, asynchronous version of the long-standing face-to-face IATL module ‘Global Connections: A Transdisciplinary Approach (EUTOPIA) also on offer in Term 1 (2025/26). Study, learn and engage at your own pace, in a guided and supported manner!

Global Connections (Online) offers a transdisciplinary approach to learning through an innovative and research-led online format which encourages students to share insights as co-collaborators, and engage with new knowledges from both inside and outside the academic world. Multimodal activities guide the online learning experience on this module – including an exciting series of audio/video/text-based contributions from experts who are engaged in globally-oriented projects across a range of professional landscapes.

Students are exposed to a diverse range of voices on this module that will showcase the exciting breadth of perspectives and approaches to globally-oriented issues, and that will underscore the range of vast complexity associated with global (dis)connections. Students are encouraged to reflect upon and integrate their own disciplinary excellence, and personal and professional experiences into their learning journey as they examine a diverse range of globally-oriented themes throughout the module.

Module Outline

The module aims to equip students with advanced knowledge and understanding of a chosen area of study to undertake higher level independent research under guidance from a supervisor. It encourages students to develop their prior knowledge and understanding of art history at a higher level and undertake more focused and independent work. It encourages research skills, the critical application of methodology, and independent thinking. It enables students to make effective use of primary sources, both artistic and textual, in developing and completing a research project. It provides opportunities to develop research and writing.

Sample Syllabus

Module Format

This module is based around seminars and tutorials throughout the term with an emphasis on independent study.

Module Aims

Learn about significant scholarly debates among historians of art and/or architecture, analyse and evaluate their contributions

Identify and evaluate the most frequently used sources (visual and textual) to conduct and complete research on a select project

Engage in the analysis of a body of primary and secondary source material including relevant information technology

Communicate ideas and findings about the topic at hand both orally and in writing at a higher level

Present material effectively in a scholarly written format

Workload

14 contact hours (4 of which as tutorials)

You should carry out a minimum of 20 hours reading and preparation per week for this module.

Assessment

1 x 5,000 word research project due in week 1 of the following term (90%)

Engagement (10%)