Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - February 3, 2026 7:07PM EST
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 GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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
VISST 2805
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2805, ASIAN 2285, SHUM 2805
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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
- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
McGowan, K
Pan, A
- R
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
McGowan, K
Pan, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- R
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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McGowan, K
Pan, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 3175
Course Description
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
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, PSYCH 3420
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 3650
Course Description
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
VISST 3706
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3706
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 3760
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3760, PMA 3560
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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
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 4151
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4151, ARTH 6151, STS 4511, STS 6511, VISST 6151
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 4260
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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
VISST 4706
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4713, ASIAN 6713, PMA 4513, PMA 6513, SHUM 4713, SHUM 6713, VISST 6706
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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)
VISST 6151
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4151, ARTH 6151, STS 4511, STS 6511, VISST 4151
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 6706
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4713, ASIAN 6713, PMA 4513, PMA 6513, SHUM 4713, SHUM 6713, VISST 4706
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)