Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.
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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(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 2160
Course Description
In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2160, ENGL 2160, FGSS 2160, PMA 2660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
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Salvato, N
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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- TR White Hall 110
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Starr, D
VISST 2300
Course Description
From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present moment, movies -- and in particular Hollywood -- have profoundly influenced the ways in which people see, think and talk about the world. Focusing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2760, ENGL 2761, PMA 2560
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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
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Film viewing is required for this class. Films will be available for viewing on Blackboard and will also be screened after Monday class meetings from approx. 8:45-10:30.
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- R Lincoln Hall 107
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- F Lincoln Hall 107
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- F Lincoln Hall 107
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- R White Hall 106
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- R White Hall 106
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VISST 2511
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
Instructors
Chu, J
VISST 2645
Course Description
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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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
VISST 2744
Course Description
This course combines hands-on instruction in gamelan, Indonesia's most prominent form of traditional music, and the academic study of the broader range of music found in contemporary Indonesia, including ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2245, MUSIC 1341
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MF Lincoln Hall B24
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Miller, C
- W Lincoln Hall 149
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VISST 2805
Course Description
Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern "globalized" world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2805, ASIAN 2285
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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
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McGowan, K
Pan, A
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, ARTH 3010
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR White Hall 104
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Gaskins, B
VISST 3101
Course Description
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 3101, ARTH 6101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Anderson, B
VISST 3115
Course Description
The course will provide an overview of video art, alternative documentary video, and digital installation and networked art over the past 50 years. We will analyze four phases of video and new media: ... 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 A D White House 201
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Murray, T
VISST 3175
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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
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Haenni, S
VISST 3226
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A survey of the art and architecture of the later Roman Empire, from the reign of Trajan to the reign of Justinian I. Topics to be considered include: the impact of Christianity on the functions and appearance ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3226, ARKEO 6226, ARTH 3226, ARTH 6226, CLASS 3746, MEDVL 3226, NES 3226, RELST 3226
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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
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Anderson, B
VISST 3260
Course Description
What constitutes queer performance? Is queer who you are or what you do? Is sexuality all we mean by queer? Has queer performance enhanced or eclipsed gay and lesbian theater? This course investigates ... view course details
VISST 3318
Course Description
Beginning with the mid-nineteeth century, the course traces dynamic relays and reciprocal influences among woodblock prints, maps, fiction, films, anime, comics, and digital arts in Japan. We will consider ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3318, COML 3150
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Uris Hall G88
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de Bary, B
VISST 3342
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Malott Hall 251
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Field, D
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Additional Information
Recommended prerequisite: PSYCH 2050. 4-credit option is by permission of faculty.
Department Consent Required (Add)
VISST 3419
Course Description
The variety of visual experience in 17th-century Dutch art is legion: still life, portraiture and self-portraiture, landscape and cityscape, architectural painting and scenes of everyday life, all in paint ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3419
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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
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Pincus, L
VISST 3520
Course Description
Light is the fundamental building block of all visual media. Whether a photographer, filmmaker, videographer, YouTube poster, or other maker of images, the strategic use of light can tell your story better, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3520
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Intemann, E
VISST 3566
Course Description
This course introduces students to the arts of the ancient Americas from circa 2000 BC to the Spanish invasions of the 15th and 16th centuries. The inhabitants of the Americas produced outstanding works ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3566, ARTH 3566, LATA 3566
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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
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Cohen-Aponte, A
VISST 3620
Course Description
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(Letter grades only)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 120
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Intemann, E
VISST 3702
Course Description
"You didn't see anything," a woman in a movie says to her dubious lover. "No one sees anything. Ever. They watch, but they don't understand." What is desire in the cinema? How do we know it when we see ... view course details
VISST 3798
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4151
Course Description
Topic for Fall 2016: Bio Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4151, ARTH 6151, VISST 6151
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Bio Art
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Douglas, A
Fernandez, M
Sarkaria, D
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Cohen-Aponte, A
Lazzaro, C
VISST 4607
Course Description
Gives advanced students the opportunity to work directly with original objects from the collection in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum. Focuses on art and connoisseurship by questioning the ways quality is ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4107
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Johnson Museum Of Art 2L34
Instructors
Finley, C
Klimaszewski, C
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4663
Course Description
This course explores the representation of the skin in the visual arts from the Renaissance up until the mid-19th century. Drawing upon analytical resources from multiple disciplines, it will consider ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 4603
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M A D White House 110
Instructors
Angel, G
VISST 6151
Course Description
Topic for Fall 2016: Bio Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4151, ARTH 6151, VISST 4151
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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 156
Instructors
Douglas, A
Fernandez, M
Sarkaria, D
VISST 6619
Course Description
The course provides an introduction to various aspects of translation theory, and emphasizes relations between translation theory and trauma theory, post-structuralism, post-colonial theory, and debates ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6619, COML 6160
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Uris Hall G44
Instructors
de Bary, B