Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.
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- Course Catalog - March 4, 2019 1:00PM EST
Classes
VISST 1101
Course Description
This course is an introductory design studio. The primary course objective is to introduce principles of visual literacy as it pertains to two-dimensional and three-dimensional issues in design at all ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DEA 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.
VISST 2000
Course Description
This course introduces 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. It contains ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000, ARTH 2000, COML 2000
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
VISST 2193
Course Description
Film industries in the Middle East, as in much of the rest of the world, emerged out of efforts at the national level. In the Arab world and Israel, the film industries reflect upon struggles ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2293, JWST 2793, NES 2793, PMA 2493
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 106
Instructors
Starr, D
VISST 2550
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to Latin American art from the pre-Columbian period to the present. It will cover the arts of ancient civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Moche, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2550, LATA 2050
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 3010
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3010, ART 3810, ARTH 3010
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Lincoln Hall 117
Instructors
Gaskins, B
VISST 3115
Course Description
The course will offer an overview of video art, alternative documentary video, and digital installation and networked art. It will analyze four phases of video and new media: (1) the development of video ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3115, ENGL 3115, PMA 3515, ROMS 3115
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 232
Instructors
Murray, T
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 3176
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Sheppard, S
VISST 3227
Course Description
This course maintains a critical focus on the role of the moving body in the history of dance offering comparisons in theatre, film and other forms of media and live performance. Moving from the 16th century ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3227
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Suber, P
VISST 3506
Course Description
This interdisciplinary undergraduate lecture examines the visual culture of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade from the 16th century to the present. Lectures present artifacts, prints, paintings, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3506, ARTH 3506, ASRC 3506, COML 3681
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Finley, C
VISST 3535
Course Description
This course introduces the New German Cinema (1962-85), an influential movement of West German filmmakers including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, Margarethe von Trotta, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3535, GERST 3525, PMA 3525
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Taught in English. Screenings in German with English subtitles.
VISST 3560
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3061, COMM 3560, INFO 3561, STS 3561
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Malott Hall 253
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Course not open to Freshmen.
VISST 3581
Course Description
What role should imaginative arts play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping community and communication today? Focusing on literature and film from the late ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3581, COML 3580, GERST 3581, PMA 3481
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Adelson, L
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Taught in English.
VISST 3696
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3850, ASIAN 3350
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
McGowan, K
VISST 4165
Course Description
This course will look at visual representations of cross-cultural encounters throughout the early modern period with a special emphasis on exchanges between Europe and the Americas (15th-18th centuries). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4165, ARTH 6165, LATA 4165, LATA 6165
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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Cohen-Aponte, A
Lazzaro, C
VISST 4260
Course Description
Mounting a script into a show is a process of adaptation from page to stage. This course challenges the boundaries of text to discover the possibilities of performance. Asks: How do we translate inspiration ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
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Milles, B
VISST 4563
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 120
Instructors
Moro, J
VISST 4601
Course Description
The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4601, ARTH 6601, FGSS 4601, FGSS 6601, VISST 6601
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Pincus, L
VISST 4691
Course Description
While globalization is a process unfolding over many centuries, it has arguably intensified in recent decades. The incorporation of the communist world and independent nation-states into global finance ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4691, ARTH 6691
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall G19
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Dadi, I
VISST 4855
Course Description
This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4855, ARTH 6855, ASIAN 4487, ASIAN 6644, VISST 6855
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2B18 Citrin Rm
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 6601
Course Description
The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4601, ARTH 6601, FGSS 4601, FGSS 6601, VISST 4601
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Pincus, L
VISST 6855
Course Description
This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4855, ARTH 6855, ASIAN 4487, ASIAN 6644, VISST 4855
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2B18 Citrin Rm
Instructors
McGowan, K