Required Texts:


1. A Companion to Aesthetics, edited by David Cooper (Oxford: Blackwell,
1995).

2. The Philosophy of the Visual Arts, edited by Philip Alperson (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1992).

3. Virtual Realities and Their Discontents, edited by Robert Markley
(Baltimore/London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996).

4. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992. Bantam Books.

Selected Testing/Assessment Methods:

1. Weekly FTP Assignments 30%
2. Midterm Exam 10%
3. Problem/Position Paper (5 pages) 30%
4. Joint Collaborative Project 30%