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 9, 2024
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Priority given to: Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) majors. Cost of materials: approximately $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
- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Priority given to: Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) majors. Cost of materials: approximately $200.
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: CLASS 2000, CLASS 2010, 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 Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Preference is given to: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Arts & Sciences students planning to complete the Environment & Sustainability major. If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, see https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest.
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: CLASS 2000, CLASS 2010, 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 Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Application required. Apply by Friday, August 2, 2024 to: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_43dIVd6b6SPTBRA. Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 494
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Platt, V
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2500
Course Description
Provides a lecture survey of the history of photography over a course of two centuries. Starting with its invention in the 1830s, covers the subject topically and chronologically. During the nineteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2500
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- R Baker Laboratory G10
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2511
Course Description
Students compose and present short studies that are discussed and reworked. Problems are defined and explored through class improvisations. Informal showing at end of semester. Includes informal showing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2300
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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 9, 2024
Instructors
Prince, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2645
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the diverse global encounters and exchanges that shaped early modern European art and material culture, c.1400-1650. The course will be structured around nine European ... 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Howie, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Howie, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Howie, A
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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 9, 2024
Instructors
Miller, C
- WF Lincoln Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Miller, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 3115
Course Description
The course will offer an overview of video art, alternative documentary video, and digital installation and networked art. It will analyze four phases of video and new media: (1) the development of video ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3115, ENGL 3115, PMA 3515, ROMS 3115
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 232
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Murray, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 3175
Course Description
Global Cinema and Media offers a survey of international film and media 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 laboratory. 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
- T Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 3463
Course Description
This course considers issues, approaches, and complexities in the contemporary television landscape. As television has changed drastically over the past fifteen years, this course provides students with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3463, PMA 3463
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 3464
Course Description
This course is designed to explore the varied ways that race and gender intersect with the media industry. While common industrial logic suggests these descriptors of identity are not a factor in terms ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3464, FGSS 3464, PMA 3464
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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 Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Warner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 3555
Course Description
What are comics? While it's easy to identify a cartoon, graphic novel, or comic book, it's hard to understand the wide world of comics. As a medium, comics are part of a global tradition of visual storytelling ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3555, PMA 3555, SHUM 3555
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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
- TR Uris Library 311
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: seniors and juniors.
VISST 3650
Course Description
In this course, we will examine the role of electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning with the cybernetically ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3650, ARTH 6653, INFO 3660, STS 3650
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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VISST 3696
Course Description
The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3850, ARTH 6850, ASIAN 3350, MEDVL 3850, MEDVL 6850
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
McGowan, K
- R Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
McGowan, K
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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
4 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 9, 2024
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
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Dadi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4153
Course Description
Fall 2024 Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in Visual Arts. While feminist art in new media address traditional feminist concerns such as the female body, identity, representation, feminist history, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4153, ARTH 6153, FGSS 4153, FGSS 6153
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in Visual Arts
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4835
Course Description
An understanding of performance as object and lens, modality and method, is integral to scholarship and research across the humanities and social sciences. Charting the advent and defining principles of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4835, FGSS 6835, LGBT 4835, PMA 4835, PMA 6835
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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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Jaime, K
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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
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
- W Johnson Museum 2B07 study glry
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person