VISST 2000

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VISST 2000
Introduction to Visual Studies

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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 of culture that communicate through visual means, including 20th-century visual technologies-photography, cinema, video, etc., and their historical corollaries. The production and consumption of images, objects, and events is studied in diverse cultures. Students develop the critical skills necessary to appreciate how the approaches that define visual studies complicate traditional models of defining and analyzing art objects.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, KCM-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, ETM-AS)

Exploratory Studies (EUAREA)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Winter Session.  Combined with: AMST 2000, ARTH 2000, COML 2000

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1115 VISST 2000   LEC 001

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    • Jan 2 - Jan 16, 2026

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    This Winter Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/.
    Enrollment open to: Precollege Studies Online program students. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/online.