Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

VISST 1101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DEA 1101

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4739 VISST 1101   STU 501

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DEA 1101

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16835 VISST 1101   STU 502

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DEA 1101

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20947 VISST 1101   STU 503

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Elliott, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DEA 1101

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20948 VISST 1101   STU 504

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Elliott, J

  • 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

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

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  • 16561 VISST 2160   LEC 001

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 2174

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 2540PMA 6540VISST 6174

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7523 VISST 2174   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Fitzpatrick, V

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 2511

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16877 VISST 2511   STU 501

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  • 20856 VISST 2511   STU 502

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Chu, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Class will be divided in half, meeting separately in the studio.

VISST 2701

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

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  •  8658 VISST 2701   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 2744

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2245MUSIC 2341

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  4745 VISST 2744   LEC 001

    • MWF Lincoln Hall B24
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2245MUSIC 2341

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 20508 VISST 2744   LEC 002

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 3175

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 3261PMA 3550PMA 6550

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6156 VISST 3175   LEC 001

  • 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.

  • 19880 VISST 3175   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 19881 VISST 3175   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 21377 VISST 3175   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 3227

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3227

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18329 VISST 3227   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Suber, P

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3227

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20859 VISST 3227   LEC 002

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3461ASRC 3999PMA 3461

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16889 VISST 3461   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 3505

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16825 VISST 3505   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 3650

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3650INFO 3660STS 3650

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16838 VISST 3650   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 3760

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3760PMA 3560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17771 VISST 3760   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

  • 17772 VISST 3760   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 17773 VISST 3760   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 17774 VISST 3760   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 17775 VISST 3760   DIS 204

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 3798

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3880

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6572 VISST 3798   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3880

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20852 VISST 3798   STU 502

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Feldshuh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4101ARTH 6101

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6350 VISST 4101   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4151

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

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  • 16845 VISST 4151   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4436

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4436PMA 4536

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7449 VISST 4436   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Gold, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4507

Topic: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4507ARTH 6507

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy

  • 16820 VISST 4507   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4651

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17809 VISST 4651   SEM 101

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Green, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4652

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17813 VISST 4652   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Irwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi: none
  • 20917 VISST 4652   SEM 102

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Irwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4653

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17844 VISST 4653   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Kirkwood, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 4855

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16924 VISST 4855   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  • 20272 VISST 4855   SEM 102

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 6151

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

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  • 16874 VISST 6151   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 6174

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 2540PMA 6540VISST 2174

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18378 VISST 6174   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Fitzpatrick, V

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 6651

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17824 VISST 6651   SEM 101

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Green, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 6652

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 17817 VISST 6652   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Irwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi: none
  • 20921 VISST 6652   SEM 102

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Irwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 6653

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 17857 VISST 6653   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Kirkwood, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

VISST 6855

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16926 VISST 6855   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  • 20274 VISST 6855   SEM 102

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online