Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

VISST 2000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000ARTH 2000COML 2000

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4570 VISST 2000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4571 VISST 2000   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4572 VISST 2000   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4573 VISST 2000   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4574 VISST 2000   DIS 204

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4575 VISST 2000   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4576 VISST 2000   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4577 VISST 2000   DIS 207

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4578 VISST 2000   DIS 208

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 2790

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2790JWST 2790PMA 2490

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1434 VISST 2790   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Shapiro, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 2805

Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern globalized world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every shore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2805ASIAN 2285SHUM 2805

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  4617 VISST 2805   LEC 001

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4618 VISST 2805   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4619 VISST 2805   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 2812

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  8557 VISST 2812   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kirk, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This is part of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP).

VISST 3175

Global Cinema and Media offers a survey of international film and media 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: COML 3261PMA 3550PMA 6550

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5448 VISST 3175   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 3342

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 3420PSYCH 3420

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14141 VISST 3342   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Field, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 3650

In this course, we will examine the role of electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning with the cybernetically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4509 VISST 3650   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 3706

This course will trace ideas about photography, its technical processes, as well as the presence of photographic images in literary expression, museum exhibitions, institutional practices, and popular ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3706

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18028 VISST 3706   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hill, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 3760

In 1968, amongst cultural and political turmoil, the American film industry adopted the ratings system, which helped usher in the kinds of cinema we know today. This course focuses on developments in U.S. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3760PMA 3560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4369 VISST 3760   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4370 VISST 3760   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4371 VISST 3760   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 4151

From the 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They have designed habitats, plants, body organs, imaged ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  •  4627 VISST 4151   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 4260

The act of adaptation invokes a response to source material from a variety of inspiration(s) -- images, poems, stories, iconic moments, people, legends, events, histories. Artist/creators work to transcend ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4660

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5454 VISST 4260   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Milles, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 4460

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4460HIST 4466STS 4460

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4973 VISST 4460   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 4706

Labor is a universal human activity that orders societal hierarchies and determines value. Cinema and television, by zooming in and out of labor paid or unpaid, masculine or feminine, tedious or pleasurable, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  1757 VISST 4706   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 4793

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5452 VISST 4793   STU 501

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Palmer, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 6151

Topic - Biological Art (Bio Art): From the late 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They have designed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  •  4630 VISST 6151   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

VISST 6706

Labor is a universal human activity that orders societal hierarchies and determines value. Cinema and television, by zooming in and out of labor paid or unpaid, masculine or feminine, tedious or pleasurable, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  1753 VISST 6706   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person