This talk describes a first-year seminar on Science in Art and Archaeology. The goals of the first-year seminars at Hood College are to increase writing skills and information literacy in our first-year students and to help them with the adjustment to college-level work expectations. Each week, we cover a scientific technique used in art and archaeology. On Mondays we cover the technique itself, including the basic chemical principles underlying it. These periods often include demonstrations, including a series of studies on home-made paintings using multi-spectral imaging and IR and Raman spectroscopy. On Wednesdays we discuss a paper that used the week's techniques to solve real problems in art and archaeology. Multiple writing assignments are given throughout the semester including weekly literature reviews and homework sets, two three-page papers, and one 8-10 page research paper. Through this course, students are exposed to interesting applications of science and reading the scientific literature.

First-year writing seminar on science in art and archaeology

245th National Meeting (2013)

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