Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

VISST 1101

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

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17047 VISST 1101   STU 501

VISST 2000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2000ARTH 2000COML 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5900 VISST 2000   LEC 001

VISST 3010

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3010ART 3810ARTH 3010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16938 VISST 3010   SEM 101

VISST 3176

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.  Combined with: PMA 3551PMA 6551

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7997 VISST 3176   LEC 001

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

  • 16304 VISST 3227   LEC 001

VISST 3560

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  7976 VISST 3560   LEC 001

  • Course not open to Freshmen.

VISST 3581

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

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  • 16376 VISST 3581   SEM 101

  • University Course. Taught in English.

VISST 3600

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3600

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9138 VISST 3600   LEC 001

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3650INFO 3660

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16179 VISST 3650   LEC 001

VISST 3901

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

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  • 17807 VISST 3901   SEM 101

VISST 4155

Topic for spring 2017: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution to Dissimulation view course details

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  • Topic: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution

  • 17175 VISST 4155   SEM 101

VISST 4260

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4660

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16295 VISST 4260   SEM 101

VISST 4352

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

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  • 17102 VISST 4352   SEM 101

VISST 4436

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9300 VISST 4436   SEM 101

VISST 4451

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4451ARTH 6451

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17547 VISST 4451   SEM 101

VISST 4563

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7930 VISST 4563   STU 501

VISST 4601

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

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  • 16195 VISST 4601   SEM 101

VISST 4609

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARCH 6308SHUM 4609STS 4601

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16478 VISST 4609   SEM 101

VISST 4610

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4610STS 4610

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16480 VISST 4610   SEM 101

VISST 4793

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4585

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9931 VISST 4793   STU 501

VISST 4818

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

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  • 17198 VISST 4818   SEM 101

VISST 4859

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

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  • 17837 VISST 4859   SEM 101

VISST 6155

Topic for spring 2017: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution to Dissimulation view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution

  • 17178 VISST 6155   SEM 101

VISST 6341

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

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  • 17210 VISST 6341   SEM 101

VISST 6601

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16198 VISST 6601   SEM 101

VISST 6818

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

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  • 17201 VISST 6818   SEM 101