Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
VISST 2000
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... 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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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall 302
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall 398
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- F Baker Laboratory G08
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- F Baker Laboratory G08
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall G20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall G20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- F White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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- F White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Rickard, J
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2160, ENGL 2160, FGSS 2160, PMA 2660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Salvato, N
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VISST 2174
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, art cinema, documentary, and personal film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2540
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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VISST 2540
Course Description
This course combines (Afro)Latinx social dance forms with modern concert dance, related forms, and hip hop, including the histories of these dance forms, exploring new fusions across these genres without ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1188, PMA 2240, SHUM 2240
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1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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VISST 2790
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2790, JWST 2790, NES 2790, PMA 2490
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Shapiro, E
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VISST 2812
Course Description
An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2812, CLASS 2812, LING 2212, NES 2812, SHUM 2812, STS 2812
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Rockefeller Hall 122
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
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Kirk, A
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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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Olive Tjaden Hall 324
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Murray, T
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Instruction Mode: 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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3262, PMA 3551, PMA 6551
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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VISST 3342
Course Description
Our present technology allows us to transmit and display information through a variety of media. To make the most of these media channels, it is important to consider the limitations and abilities of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 3420, COGST 6420, PSYCH 3420, PSYCH 6420
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Malott Hall 253
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Field, D
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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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- TR Uris Hall 204
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Adelson, L
Haenni, S
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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
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
- R Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
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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, PMA 4350, VISST 4758
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
VISST 4351
Course Description
Topic Spring 22: Spiral Relief Columns. In this seminar, we will consider the Roman medium of the spiral relief column (beginning with the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius) and its reception ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 4752, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 4351, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Spiral Relief Columns
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
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VISST 4758
Course Description
Continuation of PMA 3350. PMA 4350 expands on principles explored in PMA 3350Â using more complex and interactive software and spatialities. Students must create work utilizing projections and built objects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3350, PMA 4350, VISST 3758
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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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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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB23
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pfeffer, D
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VISST 4857
Course Description
It is a fundamental part of human activity to dress or cover one's body and environment. While the symbolic significance of such clothing has long been recognized, the activity of producing fabric itself ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4856, ARTH 6856, CLASS 4756, SHUM 4866
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
McGowan, K
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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VISST 6351
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 4752, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 4351, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Spiral Relief Columns
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person