Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 2174
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, art cinema, documentary, and personal film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2540, PMA 6540, VISST 6174
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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
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Fitzpatrick, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Chu, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Class will be divided in half, meeting separately in the studio.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Chu, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Class will be divided in half, meeting separately in the studio.
VISST 2701
Course Description
What does the representation of sexual encounter in the Arabian Nights ('Alf layla-wa layla) have to do with a politics of race and gender? This course explores the millenia-long history of mediations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2700, ENGL 2917, FGSS 2701, NES 2700, SHUM 2700
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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
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 2341
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Lincoln Hall B24
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Miller, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2245, MUSIC 2341
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Miller, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 3261, PMA 3550, PMA 6550
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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
- TBA Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
Lectures and films will be delivered asynchronously online. 75min discussion sections in person. Possibility of an online discussion section F 1:25-2:40 if students cannot attend in person, but each student has to sign up for one of the discussion sections listed here.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
This will be done remotely but students who prefer to meet as a group in a classroom, the instructor will be on the large television monitor in the classroom. Students will be able to take the class remotely if they prefer.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
This will be done remotely but students who prefer to meet as a group in a classroom, the instructor will be on the large television monitor in the classroom. Students will be able to take the class remotely if they prefer.
VISST 3461
Course Description
This course explores the rich and diverse history of African American filmmaking. Focusing on films written and/or directed by African Americans, this seminar traces the history of filmmaking from the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3461, ASRC 3999, PMA 3461
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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
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 3505
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3515, ARTH 3505, ASRC 3505, FGSS 3505, PMA 3505
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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
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Finley, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 3650
Course Description
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, STS 3650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 3760
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3760, PMA 3560
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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
- TBA Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4101
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 4101, ARTH 6101
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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
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 4151
Course Description
Topic - Biological Art (Bio Art): From the late 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They have designed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4151, ARTH 6151, STS 4511, STS 6511, 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: Biological Art (Bio Art)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 4436
Course Description
Although the syllabus changes from year to year—emphasizing different themes—all films are discussed in relation to the conventions of mainstream Bollywood cinema and their social and cultural significance ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4436, PMA 4536
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Gold, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 4507
Course Description
Topic: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4507, ARTH 6507
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Finley, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 4651
Course Description
Curated fashion exhibitions are fabricated sites where research practice, creative design, storytelling, and aesthetics converge in order to convey visual and material narratives for public consumption. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4651, ARKEO 6651, SHUM 4651, SHUM 6651, VISST 6651
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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 Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Green, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 4652
Course Description
This experimental seminar examines religious artisans and designers as central contributors to the religious worlds they help create. Reading across religious traditions and time periods, we will learn ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 4652, RELST 6652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 6652
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 4652, RELST 6652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 6652
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 4653
Course Description
The seminar investigates the historical force exerted by projection technologies on the definition of the world as an image. It explores a spectrum of projection theories, histories of projective mechanisms, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6653, PMA 4553, PMA 6553, SHUM 4653, SHUM 6653, STS 4653, STS 6653, VISST 6653
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Kirkwood, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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 GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 6151
Course Description
Topic - Biological Art (Bio Art): From the late 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They have designed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4151, ARTH 6151, STS 4511, STS 6511, 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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Section Topic
Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 6174
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, documentary, and personal film modes. Graduate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2540, PMA 6540, VISST 2174
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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
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Fitzpatrick, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 6651
Course Description
Curated fashion exhibitions are fabricated sites where research practice, creative design, storytelling, and aesthetics converge in order to convey visual and material narratives for public consumption. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4651, ARKEO 6651, SHUM 4651, SHUM 6651, VISST 4651
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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 Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Green, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 6652
Course Description
This experimental seminar examines religious artisans and designers as central contributors to the religious worlds they help create. Reading across religious traditions and time periods, we will learn ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 4652, RELST 6652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 4652
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 4652, RELST 6652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 4652
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
VISST 6653
Course Description
The seminar investigates the historical force exerted by projection technologies on the definition of the world as an image. It explores a spectrum of projection theories, histories of projective mechanisms, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6653, PMA 4553, PMA 6553, SHUM 4653, SHUM 6653, STS 4653, STS 6653, VISST 4653
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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
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Kirkwood, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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))
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 Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online