Cityscape as History: Architecture and Urban Design in Berlin

3 credits · Undergraduate

Learn to read Berlin's architecture and urban design as historical evidence. The course examines how political power, social change, industrialization, war, division, and reunification have shaped the city from the emergence of modern Berlin to the present. Through seminars and field-based study of buildings, monuments, museums, and urban spaces, students develop methods of visual, spatial, and historical analysis.