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
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2002
Course Description
This colloquium presents students with diverse approaches at the art-science interface used to interest, educate and motivate people to consider, address and solve environmental and sustainability challenges. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENVS 2000, ENVS 2010, VISST 2012
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Plant Science Building 233
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Preference is given to CALS and Arts & Sciences students planning to complete the Environment & Sustainability major. If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, please complete the E&S course request form: https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest.
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VISST 2012
Course Description
This colloquium presents students with diverse approaches at the art-science interface used to interest, educate and motivate people to consider, address and solve environmental and sustainability challenges. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ENVS 2000, ENVS 2010, VISST 2002
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Plant Science Building 233
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Platt, V
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Lincoln Hall B24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Miller, C
- WF Lincoln Hall 149
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Miller, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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. 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
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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, LSP 3566
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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
- MW Statler Hall 165
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 3650
Course Description
In this course, we will examine the role of mechanical, electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning with kinetic ... 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 Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 SB21
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Feldshuh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4155
Course Description
Most of the canonical histories and criticism of Latin American art depict a history of artistic production in which technology plays a minor or invisible role. This construction of history reinforces ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, LATA 6155, VISST 6155
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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: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4641
Course Description
Since the late 19th century, the effects of capitalism across the globe have been profoundly transformative and have intensified with the demise of the older colonial empires, the rise of nationalism and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4690, ARTH 6190
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Dadi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4664
Course Description
This seminar examines the development and transformation of Muslim funerary landscapes in the Indian subcontinent from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries. It explores the relationship between sepulchral ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4664, ARTH 6664, ASIAN 4471, ASIAN 6641, SHUM 4664, SHUM 6664
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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 A D White House 201
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Quraishi, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4793
Course Description
A continuation of PMA 3570, Introduction to Visual Storytelling, students will dive deeper into creating story driven short form narratives. Students will have the opportunity to develop and produce a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4585
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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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Palmer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4852
Course Description
Shadowplay is a superb medium for storytelling. As with many performing arts in Asia, neither the highly stylized images of puppets, nor its musical, or linguistic complexity detract from its wide popularity. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4852, ARTH 6852, ASIAN 4442, ASIAN 6646
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Tutorial
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 6155
Course Description
Most of the canonical histories and criticism of Latin American art depict a history of artistic production in which technology plays a minor or invisible role. This construction of history reinforces ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, LATA 6155, VISST 4155
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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: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person