Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 18, 2017 7:14PM EDT
- Course Catalog - June 14, 2017 7:15PM EDT
Classes
VISST 1101
Course Description
DEA 1101 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 scales. ... 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
Instructors
Elliott, J
VISST 2000
Course Description
This course will introduce you to the field of Visual Studies. Visual Studies seeks to define and improve our visual relationship to nature and culture after the modern surge in technology and knowledge. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2000, ARTH 2000, COML 2000
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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 G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Moisey, A
VISST 3010
Course Description
Who are 'the poor' in the United States? Who are the largest recipients of federal welfare and entitlement spending? Why is there an unprecedented simultaneous increase in wealth and poverty in the United ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3010, ART 3810, ARTH 3010
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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
- TR Lincoln Hall 117
Instructors
Gaskins, B
VISST 3176
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
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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
Instructors
Villarejo, A
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
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Suber, P
VISST 3560
Course Description
Computers are powerful tools for working, playing, thinking, and living. Laptops, PDAs, webcams, cell phones, and iPods are not just devices, they also provide narratives, metaphors, and ways of seeing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3061, COMM 3560, INFO 3561, STS 3561
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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 Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Course not open to Freshmen.
Department Consent Required (Add)
VISST 3581
Course Description
What role should imaginative arts play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping community and communication today? Focusing on literature and film from the late ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3581, COML 3580, GERST 3581, PMA 3481
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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 158
Instructors
Adelson, L
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
University Course. Taught in English.
VISST 3600
Course Description
This course discusses new art practices since the 1960s. Although numerous artistic experiments took place during the first half of the twentieth century, it was with the declining importance of modernist ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3600
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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 142
Instructors
Dadi, I
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
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Fernandez, M
VISST 3901
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to selected key themes in cinema and the moving image from South Asia. The course investigates documentary, artistic, and commercial cinemas, focusing on concepts and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3900, ARTH 6900, ASIAN 3339, ASIAN 6669
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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
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 144
Instructors
Dadi, I
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4155
Course Description
Topic for spring 2017: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution to Dissimulation 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: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
Fernandez, M
VISST 4260
Course Description
Mounting a script into a show is a process of adaptation from page to stage. This course challenges the boundaries of text to discover the possibilities of performance. Asks: How do we translate inspiration ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4660
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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 SB21
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4352
Course Description
Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4352, ARTH 6352, CLASS 4753, CLASS 7753, MEDVL 4352, MEDVL 6352, MUSIC 4352, NES 4352, NES 6352, RELST 4352, RELST 6352, STS 4352, STS 6352
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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
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Anderson, B
Hicks, A
VISST 4436
Course Description
The course will treat various aspects of Indian film, with focal topics to vary from year to year. These topics will include religion in Indian film, Indian art films, and the golden age of Indian film. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4436
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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
- W Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Gold, D
VISST 4451
Course Description
Printmaking in early modern Europe ushered in a revolution in the production and perception of images, relatively cheap and available to a wide public. What kinds of images emerged, and what purposes did ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4451, ARTH 6451
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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
- R Johnson Museum Of Art 2L34
Instructors
Lazzaro, C
Weislogel, A
VISST 4563
Course Description
Concentrates on designing lighting for different genres of performance in various venues. Emphasis is placed on developing both the visual sophistication and the technical artistry of the lighting designer. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4620
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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 120
Instructors
Intemann, E
VISST 4601
Course Description
The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4601, ARTH 6601, FGSS 4601, FGSS 6601, VISST 6601
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Pincus, L
VISST 4609
Course Description
The building skin separates and provides a controlled atmosphere for the interior space of a building, set off from the surrounding environment. When architecture is understood as an organism, and the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARCH 6308, SHUM 4609, STS 4601
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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 A D White House 109
Instructors
Imperiale, A
VISST 4610
Course Description
The pervasiveness of media in and through the planet has rendered the term "media" a muddy one, situated between technics, nature, and human. This seminar develops a set of theoretical frameworks ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 4610, STS 4610
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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 109
Instructors
Kim, G
VISST 4793
Course Description
Intensive filmmaking/media production course in which students focus on developing and producing an accomplished creative project over the semester (16mm, HD, sound art, and multi-media are all options). ... 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
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB23
Instructors
Rogers, D
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4818
Course Description
Public display of art objects and artifacts involves more than just artistic presentations. How is the title selected? What (whose) works are included? How are they displayed? How are they framed in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4818, ARTH 6818, ASIAN 4433, ASIAN 6610, VISST 6818
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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
- R Johnson Museum Of Art 2L34
Instructors
Pan, A
VISST 4859
Course Description
Consciousness of the world's diversity has historically been rooted to artistic endeavors and scientific exploration. Collecting, describing, narrating and ultimately creating of human, plant, and animal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4857, ARTH 6857, ASIAN 4493, ASIAN 6693
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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
- W Johnson Museum Of Art 2L34
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
McGowan, K
VISST 6155
Course Description
Topic for spring 2017: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution to Dissimulation 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: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
Fernandez, M
VISST 6341
Course Description
The rise of cinema and mechanized representational technologies has provided an informative backdrop for a century long reflection on aesthetics and the excesses of affect, sentiment, and corporeality ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6341, ENGL 6341, FREN 6341, PMA 6441
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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
- M A D White House 201
Instructors
Murray, T
VISST 6601
Course Description
The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4601, ARTH 6601, FGSS 4601, FGSS 6601, VISST 4601
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Pincus, L
VISST 6818
Course Description
Public display of art objects and artifacts involves more than just artistic presentations. How is the title selected? What (whose) works are included? How are they displayed? How are they framed in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4818, ARTH 6818, ASIAN 4433, ASIAN 6610, VISST 4818
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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
- R Johnson Museum Of Art 2L34
Instructors
Pan, A