Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. The Catalog/Courses of Study 2025-2026 is scheduled to publish mid-June.
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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
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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference 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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Lehmann, J
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Application required. Deadline to apply TBD. See https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_43dIVd6b6SPTBRA to apply. Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
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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
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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
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
- R
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
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)
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Howie, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2723
Course Description
This course raises profound theoretical questions about embodiment, agency, power, and race in virtual spaces. How do digital identities in their intersection with something called race, interact with ... view course details
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)
VISST 2750
Course Description
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2750, ARTH 2750, CLASS 2750, SHUM 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Aesthetics of Scale
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference given to: accepted Humanities Scholars Program (HSP) students. For course description, https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.
VISST 3545
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3113, GERST 3545, MEDVL 3545, PMA 3545
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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: FGSS 3555, GERST 3555, LGBT 3555, PMA 3555, SHUM 3555
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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, ARTH 6566, LATA 3566, LSP 3566, MEDVL 3566, MEDVL 6566
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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 Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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)
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
VISST 4160
Course Description
The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world. Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details
VISST 4705
Course Description
How do queer people make family? What cultural and artistic practices sustain queer bonds? To answer these questions, this course examines queer and trans kinship narratives across a range of genres, including ... view course details
VISST 4711
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4712, ARKEO 6712, ARTH 4361, ARTH 6361, SHUM 4711, SHUM 6711, VISST 6711
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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
VISST 6705
Course Description
How do queer people make family? What cultural and artistic practices sustain queer bonds? To answer these questions, this course examines queer and trans kinship narratives across a range of genres, including ... view course details
VISST 6711
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4712, ARKEO 6712, ARTH 4361, ARTH 6361, SHUM 4711, SHUM 6711, VISST 4711
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)