Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.
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Classes
VISST 1101
Course Description
DEA 1101 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 scales. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DEA 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.
VISST 2511
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Weekly assignments in basic elements of choreography. Students compose and present short studies that are discussed and reworked. Problems are defined and explored through class improvisations. Informal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2300, PMA 3300, PMA 4300, PMA 4301
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
Instructors
Chu, J
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VISST 2645
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A survey of European art from 1400-1750, including all arts but emphasizing painting and analysis of the works of such major artists as Jan van Eyck, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Velazquez, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2400
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
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Lazzaro, C
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Lazzaro, C
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Lazzaro, C
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Lazzaro, C
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Lazzaro, C
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VISST 2744
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An introduction to Indonesia through its arts. The course combines hands-on instruction in the performance of gamelan music and the academic study of a broader range of Indonesian music in its sociocultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2245, MUSIC 1341
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MF Lincoln Hall B24
Instructors
Miller, C
- W Lincoln Hall 140
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VISST 3010
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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, ARTH 3010
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Grade(GRV)(Graded (GRV))
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- TR Lincoln Hall 107
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Gaskins, B
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VISST 3175
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
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Haenni, S
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VISST 3342
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Our present technology allows us to transmit and display information through a variety of media. To make the most of these media channels, it is important to consider the limitations and abilities of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 3420, PSYCH 3420, PSYCH 6420
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3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 202
Instructors
Field, D
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Recommended prerequisite: PSYCH 2050. 4-credit option is by permission of faculty.
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VISST 3505
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Blaxploitation films of the 1970s are remembered for their gigantic Afros, enormous guns, slammin' soundtracks, sex, drugs, nudity, and violence. Never before or since have so many African American performers ... view course details
VISST 3620
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The theory and practice of lighting design as a medium for artistic expression. This course explores the aesthetic and mechanical aspects of light and their application in a variety of disciplines. Emphasis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 120
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Intemann, E
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VISST 3650
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In this course students will examine the role of mechanical, electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and early 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3650, INFO 3660
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Fernandez, M
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VISST 3670
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Visualizing El Barrio immerses students in a semester-long contemplation and class project that integrates artistic praxis with art history and literary studies to document the historical murals of East ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3672, ARTH 3670, ENGL 3672, LSP 3672
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Cohen Suarez, A
Diaz, E
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VISST 3798
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Focused, practical exercises teach the student fundamental staging techniques that bring written text to theatrical life. A core objective is to increase the student's awareness of why and how certain ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3880
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
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Milles, B
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4154
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In this seminar students will investigate the emergence of feminism in art and theory and subsequent reactions of relevant artists and theorists to that movement. These developments will be discussed in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4154, ARTH 6154, FGSS 4740, FGSS 6740
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 144
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Fernandez, M
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VISST 4161
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This seminar focuses on visual and performative cultures of the Andes from the Inca empire (ca. 1438-1534) to the present day. It traces the modalities of culture, power, and representation in the framing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4161, ARTH 6161, LATA 4161, LATA 6161
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Lincoln Hall B08
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Cohen Suarez, A
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VISST 4176
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The language of "capture" left hunting and military idioms at the end of the 19th century to pervade today's aesthetic, scientific, technological and critical lexicons. This course examines how this leap ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4176, ROMS 4176
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Traisnel, A
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VISST 4200
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Works of art have always engendered political, social, and cultural meanings. This seminar presents an introduction to the methods used by art historians and the objects and ideas that constitute ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- W Rockefeller Hall B15
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Anderson, B
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VISST 4210
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Advanced and pre-professional Western classical dance. A continuation of and supplement to PMA 3210. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1184, PE 1186, PMA 3210, PMA 4210
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1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Suber, P
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VISST 4220
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Advanced and pre-professional Modern technique. A continuation of and supplement to PMA 3220. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1185, PE 1187, PMA 3220, PMA 4220
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1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Chu, J
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VISST 4350
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The installation and dissemination of portraits of living political leaders ("rulers") is frequently perceived as a hallmark of twentieth-century regimes, especially those labeled as "totalitarian" or ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4450, ARKEO 7450, ARTH 4350, ARTH 6350, CLASS 4751, CLASS 7751, MEDVL 4350, MEDVL 6350
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T White Hall B06
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Anderson, B
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VISST 4445
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This seminar will examine cultural understandings of nature in early modern Europe, especially Italy, including the notions of "second nature," "cultural landscape," and "pastoral." While agricultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4445, ARTH 6445, VISST 6445
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T McGraw Hall 145
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Lazzaro, C
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VISST 4545
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Examines the play as the central, essential source for production decisions made by the actor, the director, the designer, and the dramaturg. Students "present" their conclusions about the performance ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4450, PMA 4650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 434
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Levitt, B
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VISST 4770
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Intensive course in 16mm filmmaking and digital video in which each student develops a significant documentary or experimental project both critically and creatively. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4570
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
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Sniadecki, J
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4840
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Contemporary Taiwanese Art is defined in this course as the art of Taiwan since the 1980s. The 1980s was a crucial transformative period in Taiwan's history when the island underwent major social and political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4840, ARTH 6840, ASIAN 4484, ASIAN 6684
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall 162
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Pan, A
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VISST 4860
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The sizzling hiss of white-hot iron plunged in water, the slap and punch required to put a hole in a solid wad of clay on a kick-wheel, the whirring of a drop spindle in motion. Can we capture or theorize ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4860, ARTH 6860
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- R Johnson Museum Of Art 2L34
Instructors
Klimaszewski, C
McGowan, K
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4945
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4995, ASRC 6945, COML 4945, COML 6945, ENGL 4741, FGSS 4945, FGSS 6945, LGBT 4945, LGBT 6945, VISST 6945
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Diabate, N
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Limited to 15 students.
VISST 4996
Course Description
A graduate level discussion of the role of sensation in philosophy of art, and its relation to conceptions of objectivity and perfection. We'll aim to transform our understanding of a range of issues raised ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4604, GERST 4996, PHIL 4596, SHUM 4996
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- R A D White House 110
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McGonigal, A
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VISST 6445
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This seminar will examine cultural understandings of nature in early modern Europe, especially Italy, including the notions of "second nature," "cultural landscape," and "pastoral." While agricultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4445, ARTH 6445, VISST 4445
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Lazzaro, C
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VISST 6500
Course Description
After having been reduced to a mere ideological formation of bourgeois origin, aesthetics has recently made a strong comeback in the field of theory. This course probes the reasons for this historical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6510, COML 6370, GERST 6510
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Olin Library 403
Instructors
Gilgen, P
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VISST 6945
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4995, ASRC 6945, COML 4945, COML 6945, ENGL 4741, FGSS 4945, FGSS 6945, LGBT 4945, LGBT 6945, VISST 4945
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Rockefeller Hall B16
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Diabate, N
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Limited to 15 students.
VISST 6965
Course Description
What is the relation of the theory and archival practice of the 'digital turn' to the overall question of the humanities? The course will consider a range of critical pressure points that have been central ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6932, ENGL 6965, PMA 6965
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T A D White House 201
Instructors
Murray, T
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