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For studio, art history, and film courses, please see FINE (Fine Arts).

VCULT 100s


VCULT 100 LAB,LEC,TUT 0.50Course ID: 013621
World Cinema and Visual Culture
Introduction to film analysis via national cinemas and their worldwide reception, taking into account the role of new technologies. This course acknowledges not only the importance of multiple languages and cultures on the planet today but also the rapidly growing international contexts, complicated chains of production and distribution, and vastly different cultures of spectatorship.
[Note: All films will be shown with subtitles; no second language expertise is required.]

VCULT 101 LEC,TUT 0.50Course ID: 013622
Art History and Visual Culture
This course takes a case study approach to examining the role of the art object as a means of communication within the history of visual culture. Particular attention will also be paid to the unique properties of a range of diverse media, both traditional and new.
Antireq: FINE 110

VCULT 200s


VCULT 200 LEC 0.50Course ID: 013623
Visual Studies Across the Discipline
Weekly lectures by visiting faculty introduce students to how visual studies are conducted across and between the disciplines. Recognizing the vastness of the global study of visual culture, this course reinforces how, despite the diversity of media they analyze, various disciplines share related approaches and theories.
Prereq: VCULT 100 or 101

VCULT 300s


VCULT 300 LEC 0.50Course ID: 013624
Visual Culture in Theory
An advanced introduction to theorizing in art and media, highlighting the distinctive role of visual representation in cultural experience and the varied modes of thinking about images that visual representation has engendered. Readings will be drawn from several disciplines including art history, film and literary studies, media studies, and philosophy.
Prereq: VCULT 200; Level at least 3A