Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

VISST 2000

This course will introduce you to the field of Visual Studies.  Visual Studies seeks to define and improve our visual relationship to nature and culture after the modern surge in technology and knowledge.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000ARTH 2000COML 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5427 VISST 2000   LEC 001

  • 17257 VISST 2000   DIS 201

  • 17258 VISST 2000   DIS 202

  • 17259 VISST 2000   DIS 203

  • 17260 VISST 2000   DIS 204

  • 17261 VISST 2000   DIS 205

  • 17262 VISST 2000   DIS 206

  • 18428 VISST 2000   DIS 207

  • 18429 VISST 2000   DIS 208

VISST 2540

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1188PMA 2240

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 18627 VISST 2540   STU 501

VISST 3010

Who are 'the poor' in the United States? Who are the largest recipients of federal welfare and entitlement spending? Why is there an unprecedented simultaneous increase in wealth and poverty in the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3010ART 3810ARTH 3010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9072 VISST 3010   SEM 101

VISST 3176

Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3551PMA 6551

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7411 VISST 3176   LEC 001

VISST 3443

Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael transformed the art of their time. Leonardo was an extraordinary thinker, scientist, and engineer as well as artist. Michelangelo invented grandiose projects for ambitious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3440

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15655 VISST 3443   LEC 001

VISST 3560

Computers are powerful tools for working, playing, thinking, and living. Laptops, PDAs, webcams, cell phones, and iPods are not just devices, they also provide narratives, metaphors, and ways of seeing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7392 VISST 3560   LEC 001

  • Course not open to Freshmen.

VISST 3565

This course surveys the artistic and architectural traditions of Latin America during the period of Spanish colonial rule (ca. 1520s-1820s).  It will center on visual cultures of the viceroyalties of New ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3565LATA 3565

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15658 VISST 3565   LEC 001

VISST 3651

The work of women artists has been central to the development of new media art. These rich and varied practices include installation, virtual reality environments, net art, digital video, networked performance, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3651FGSS 3655

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15660 VISST 3651   LEC 001

VISST 3696

The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3850ASIAN 3350

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15910 VISST 3696   LEC 001

VISST 3758

Formally titled "technosomakinesics," this class works to expand the specific aesthetics related to dance as embodied performance. Included in the process is the analysis of built environments that both ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3350PMA 4350VISST 4758

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16540 VISST 3758   STU 501

VISST 3760

In 1968, amongst cultural and political turmoil, the American film industry adopted the ratings system, which helped usher in the kinds of cinema we know today. This course focuses on developments in U.S. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3760PMA 3560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16752 VISST 3760   LEC 001

  • 16755 VISST 3760   DIS 201

  • 16758 VISST 3760   DIS 202

  • 16762 VISST 3760   DIS 203

VISST 4155

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  9206 VISST 4155   SEM 101

VISST 4160

The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world.  Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16954 VISST 4160   SEM 101

VISST 4563

Concentrates on designing lighting for different genres of performance in various venues. Emphasis is placed on developing both the visual sophistication and the technical artistry of the lighting designer. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17297 VISST 4563   STU 501

VISST 4620

In this seminar we will sustain a particular reading of post-1984 Mexico-US border cultural production as "undocumentation." Specifically, we will focus on performance, conceptual, and cinematic practices ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16496 VISST 4620   SEM 101

VISST 4758

Continuation of PMA 3350. PMA 4350 expands on principles explored in PMA 3350 using more complex and interactive software and spatialities. Students must create work utilizing projections and built objects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3350PMA 4350VISST 3758

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16542 VISST 4758   STU 501

VISST 4793

A continuation of PMA 3570, Introduction to Visual Storytelling, students will dive deeper into creating story driven short form narratives. Students will have the opportunity to develop and produce a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4585

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8484 VISST 4793   STU 501

VISST 4851

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

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  • 16887 VISST 4851   SEM 101

VISST 4945

The course examines how postcolonial African writers and filmmakers engage with and revise controversial images of bodies and sexuality--genital cursing, same-sex desire, HIV/AIDS, genital surgeries, etc. ... view course details

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  • 17322 VISST 4945   SEM 101

VISST 6155

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  9209 VISST 6155   SEM 101