IDIS 10605
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Experience a 21st-century liberal arts curriculum.
Through the College of Liberal Arts core requirements, you will achieve the breadth of knowledge and range of skills that employers value. Our college-wide curriculum includes a team-taught interdisciplinary course required of all majors in our college. Housed in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, IDIS 10605 Introduction to the Liberal Arts is a variable topics-based course designed to bridge the disciplinary specialties of the faculty who team-teach the course and enable you to integrate knowledge across fields of study in exciting and powerful ways.
IDIS 10605 Introduction to Liberal Arts
Our Spring 2027 topics.
IDIS 10605 Section 01 and Section 02
Taught by Troy Bassett and Damian Fleming
Course description
Based on the long-standing fields of manuscript studies, bibliography, and the history of the book, this course will examine the book in its myriad forms and how it facilitates and furthers human culture, including the liberal arts. Some questions we will explore include: What is a book? How has the form of the book changed over time? How has the history of print culture been affected by historical or social forces? How does a book figure as part of the liberal arts? What role do books play in the lives of students and professors? What is the future of the book?