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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall 4101
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Elliott, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Permission of instructor is required for non-DEA majors. Enrollment limited. Priority given to DEA majors. Cost of materials: approx. $200.
VISST 2000
Course Description
This course introduces 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. It contains ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 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 132-HEC Aud
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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 Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
There will be required screenings after class on Monday some weeks. .
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Meeting Pattern
- R Lincoln Hall 107
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Meeting Pattern
- F McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 232
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Murray, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Please email Professor Murray (tcm1@cornell.edu) with the following information: Your name and Cornell email address, course code and number you wish to be enrolled (example: COML 3115), if you are a current COML Major, graduation month/year. When you are approved, you will receive a permission number for the pre-enrollment period. Thank you.
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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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Fitzpatrick, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 3260
Course Description
How have movements for sexual liberation used performance as a means of self-expression and strategies for social justice? How have theatrical stages served as sites of queer sociality and crucibles of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3250, FGSS 6755, LGBT 3250, LGBT 6755, PMA 3755, PMA 6755
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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 124
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 3318
Course Description
Beginning with the mid-nineteenth century, the course traces dynamic relays and reciprocal influences among woodblock prints, maps, fiction, films, anime, comics, and digital arts in Japan. We will consider ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3318, COML 3150
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
de Bary, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Trombley, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Course not open to Freshmen.
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VISST 3651
Course Description
The work of women artists has been central to the development of new media art. These rich and varied practices include installation, virtual reality environments, net art, digital video, networked performance, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3651, FGSS 3655
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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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 3758
Course Description
Formally titled "technosomakinesics," this class works to expand the specific aesthetics related to dance as embodied performance. Included in the process is the analysis of built environments that both ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3350
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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
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 4155
Course Description
This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... 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 G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Johnson Museum 2B07 study glry
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Lazzaro, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 4460
Course Description
Sunset, polar night, Times Square, satellites in space—these are just four lightscapes. Light is essential to humanity in multifaceted ways. It both reflects and shapes human interactions with the environment. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4460, HIST 4466, STS 4460
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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 Rockefeller Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 4546
Course Description
Examines how collaboration among stage directors, designers, and actors leads to differing interpretations of plays. The course focuses on how the texts themselves are blueprints for productions with particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4210, PMA 4675
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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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Levitt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 120
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Moro, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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: ART 6690, ARTH 4690, ARTH 6190
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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
- M Klarman Hall KG42
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Dadi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 4643
Course Description
How do humans live with the ruins we create? What lifeways and lifeforms do ruins sustain? What forces cause the remnants of late modernity to endure or erode? Through the lens of archaeology, anthropology, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4143, ANTHR 7143, ARKEO 4143, ARKEO 7143, NES 4943, NES 6943, SHUM 4643, SHUM 6643
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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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Khatchadourian, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 4648
Course Description
With a focus on the pivotal period from the invention of photography until World War II, this course examines the economy of work within modern visual culture. It addresses the mediation and representation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4648, GERST 6648, SHUM 4648, SHUM 6648
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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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Williams, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & 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
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Palmer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
VISST 4945
Course Description
The course examines how postcolonial African writers and filmmakers engage with and revise controversial images of bodies and sexuality--genital cursing, same-sex desire, HIV/AIDS, genital surgeries, etc. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4995, COML 4945, ENGL 4995, FGSS 4945, LGBT 4945
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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 Uris Hall 438
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Diabate, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 6155
Course Description
This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... 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 G19
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 6500
Course Description
After having been reduced to a mere ideological formation of bourgeois origin, aesthetics has recently made a strong comeback in the field of theory. This course probes the reasons for this historical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6510, COML 6370, GERST 6510, GOVT 6517
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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 189
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Gilgen, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
VISST 6619
Course Description
The course provides an introduction to various aspects of translation theory, and emphasizes relations between translation theory and trauma theory, post-structuralism, post-colonial theory, and debates ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6619, COML 6160
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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 Uris Hall 260
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
de Bary, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person