Visual Studies

In the College of Arts and Sciences .

• Visual Studies Undergraduate Minor
  

Course Offerings 

Visual Studies Undergraduate Minor

Visual studies is a minor that provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to visual art, media (including digital works), performance, and perception. Faculty from departments throughout the college offer courses toward the minor, drawing on such various disciplines as the history of art, film, literary studies, psychology, theatre, and others. Requirements for the minor include the core course VISST 2000 - Introduction to Visual Studies , which introduces students to critical thinking about visual studies as well as close textual analysis in social and historical contexts. Responsibility for teaching the core course rotates among faculty affiliated with the minor, and the course, as much as possible, entail interdepartmental collaboration in the form of team-teaching or visiting lectures. In addition to the core course, students must take one course within the Theory/Practice group plus three additional courses at the 3000 level or above. No more than two courses from the minor may be double-counted toward a student’s major. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

Students interested in pursuing the minor should visit the front desk at the History of Art department (GM08 Goldwin Smith Hall) to request the minor form.