JINS 320 - Development of the Book

An interdisciplinary investigation of the forces which have conditioned the composition, production, and consumption of the Western book from antiquity to the present, with particular emphasis upon transitional moments such as the fourth-century replacement of the roll by the codex and the Fifteenth Century advent of print.

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This is a writing-enhanced course.