Week 1
PROLOGUE 0.1
Language learning
Tuesday
Steve Kaufmann: Seven concepts of natural language learning
(2009) (PDF).
Steve Kaufmann on learning languages
► 4:38 (2007 video) (transcript).
PROLOGUE 0.2
Quantity and quality
Thursday
Herbert Lui: Why quantity should be your priority
(2013) (PDF).
Girl learns to dance in a year
► 1:50 (2013 video).
Trond Egil Toft: Better learning through handwriting
(2012) (PDF).
Week 2
TOPIC 13.1
Prehistory
Tuesday
Assignment 13.
Stone Age art history from Goodbye-Art Academy
► 5:62 (2014 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 13.2
Time management
Thursday
A short guide to managing your time
► 4:36 (2014 video) (transcript).
Time management top tips
(2015).
Week 3
TOPIC 14.1
Ancient art
Tuesday
Assignment 14.
The style of ancient Egyptian art
► 8:40 (2010 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 14.2
Speed reading
Thursday
Learn how to speed read: best speed reading techniques
► 4:46 (2015 video) (transcript).
Tim Ferriss: Scientific speed reading: how to read 300% faster in
20 minutes
(2009).
Week 4
TOPIC 15.1
Medieval art
Tuesday
Assignment 15.
Secret histories of illuminated manuscripts: the MINIARE
project
► 6:55 (2012 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 15.2
Note taking
Thursday
Taking notes: crash course study skills #1 ► 8:51 (2017 video) (transcript).
Week 5
TOPIC 16.1
Renaissance and Baroque
Tuesday
Assignment 16.
Comparison of Renaissance and Baroque
► 5:37 (2012 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 16.2
Memorization
Thursday
Memorization: memory palace and mnemonics: how to actually use
them
► 7:21 (2016 video) (transcript).
Dennis Congos: Nine types of mnemonics for better memory
(2006).
Week 6
TOPIC 17.1
Neoclassicism to Realism
Tuesday
Assignment 17.
Romanticism: overview
► 7:17 (2014 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 17.2
Exam preparation
Thursday
How to study for exams: top six steps for strategic exam
preparation like a genius
► 9:04 (2017 video) (transcript).
Kendra Cherry: What is test anxiety?
(2019).
Week 7
TOPIC 18.1
Modern and Contemporary art
Tuesday
Assignment 18.
The difference between Modern art, Postmodern art and
Contemporary art
► 4:16 (2013 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 18.2
Exchange programmes
Thursday
Erasmus at the University of Reading ► 8:23 (2009 video) (transcript).
One-minute talks: free topic.Week 8
TOPIC 19.1
Body and face
Tuesday
Assignment 19.
The history of portraits
► 4:16 (2018 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 19.2
Library
Thursday
Should I be using Google or the library resources for a paper?
► 1:40 (2013 video) (transcript).
Universal Decimal Classification summary.
Google Scholar.
Week 9
TOPIC 20.1
Animals and plants
Tuesday
Assignment 20.
Images of Nature and the museum's treasured artworks: Natural
History Museum
► 2:01 (2011 video) (transcript).
Sarah Gottesman: A brief history of flowers in western art
(2017).
(5 min each student).
TOPIC 20.2
Documentation
Thursday
Introduction to citations
► 4:38 (2018 video) (transcript).
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS).
Manual de estilo Chicago Deusto
(PDF).
Interactive APA (OWLL, Massey University).
Estilo APA (Biblioteca Universitaria, Universidad de Alicante).
Week 10
TOPIC 21.1
Historical scene
Tuesday
Assignment 21.
The Bayeux tapestry: Seven ages of Britain
► 4:57 (2009 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 21.2
Plagiarism
Thursday
Plagiarism: Lesson one ► 5:54 (2016 video) (transcript).
Group presentations.Week 11
TOPIC 22.1
Mythology and religion
Tuesday
Assignment 22.
Art and religion: conversations with Gray Henry
► 5:37 (2009 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 22.2
Creativity
Thursday
The secret to creativity ► 5:08 (2016 video) (transcript).
Week 12
TOPIC 23.1
Landscape and seascape
Tuesday
Assignment 23.
Turner and Constable: who was the greater artist?
► 5:27 (2014 video) (transcript).
Jindřich Frajer and Petr Šimáček: Localisation of
the painter's canvas: landscape paintings from the Iron Mountains
(Czech Republic)
(2019).
TOPIC 23.2
Outlining
Thursday
How to write a book: from research to writing to editing to
publishing, by Ryan Holiday
► 5:42 (2016 video) (transcript).
Chittaranjan Andrade: How to write a good abstract for a
scientific paper or conference presentation
(2011).
IMRAD structure (2009).
Week 13
TOPIC 24.1
Still life
Tuesday
Assignment 24.
What does it mean? Symbolism in still life photograpy
► 3:49 (2012 video) (transcript).
TOPIC 24.2
Drafting and editing
Thursday
Purdue OWL vidcast: Drafting and revising ► 5:30 (2018 video) (transcript).
Vocabulary test.