Visual Studies Minor

Workplaces today are visually saturated environments, our dominant pastimes are visual media (films, television, video, the Internet, etc.); and information is commonly communicated visually. Visual Studies teach critical viewing skills with a more broadly based curriculum than traditional art history. This minor offers students a broad interdisciplinary selection of courses and methodologies from the arts, design, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Visual studies examine production and consumption of images, objects, and events in diverse cultures and within a global context. Students from any college may choose to minor in visual studies. Bear in mind that some of the course options may have prerequisites.

The minor requirements are as follows:

No more than four courses may be from Art History & Visual Studies (A-H prefix). At least two courses selected must be taken at the 300 level or above (including requirement #4 below).

A-H 101 - INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STUDIES Credit(s): 3

One course selected from the following:

A-H 105 - WORLD ART BEFORE 1400 Credit(s): 3
A-H 106 - RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART Credit(s): 3

One course selected from the following:

A-S 102 - 2D Credit(s): 3
A-S 103 - 3D Credit(s): 3
A-S 130 - DRAWING Credit(s): 3
A-S 200 - DIGITAL ART Credit(s): 3

One course selected from the following:

Any Art History & Visual Studies course at the 300 level

Three courses selected from the following:

In consultation with an Art History & Visual Studies advisor, students may identify and propose courses relevant to visual studies other than those listed below to fulfill this requirement. They must file a College of Fine Arts petition form for approval of the substitution of the alternate course with the College of Fine Arts Dean’s Office.

A-H Art History & Visual Studies - up to one additional course
A-S 200 - DIGITAL ART Credit(s): 3 (if not already used to fulfill #3 above)
A-S 280 - INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERACY Credit(s): 3
A-S 345 - WEB DESIGN Credit(s): 3
A-S 346 - DIGITAL VIDEO: SHOOT AND EDIT Credit(s): 3
ANT 450 - SYMBOLS AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
ARC 212 - HISTORY AND THEORY I: 15TH-17TH CENTURIES Credit(s): 3
ARC 213 - HISTORY AND THEORY II: 18TH-19TH CENTURIES Credit(s): 3
ARC 314 - HISTORY AND THEORY III: 20TH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
ARC 111 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM Credit(s): 3
CHI 321 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FILM Credit(s): 3
CLA 100 - ANCIENT STORIES IN MODERN FILMS Credit(s): 3
CLA 135 - GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
CLA 210 - THE ART OF GREECE AND ROME Credit(s): 3
COM 101 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONS Credit(s): 3
COM 249 - MASS MEDIA AND MASS CULTURE Credit(s): 3
COM 449 - SOCIAL PROCESSES AND EFFECTS OF MASS COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
COM 453 - DIGITAL AND MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA LITERACY Credit(s): 3
ENG 280 - INTRODUCTION TO FILM Credit(s): 3
ENG 381 - HISTORY OF FILM I Credit(s): 3
ENG 382 - HISTORY OF FILM II Credit(s): 3
ENG 480G - STUDIES IN FILM: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
FR 103 - FRENCH CINEMA Credit(s): 3
GER 361 - GERMAN CINEMA Credit(s): 3
ID 161 - HISTORY AND THEORY 1 Credit(s): 3
ID 162 - HISTORY AND THEORY 2 Credit(s): 3
ISC 161 - INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATED STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
ISC 319 - WORLD MEDIA SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
JOU 455 - MASS MEDIA AND DIVERSITY: RACE, GENDER AND CLASS Credit(s): 3 (Subtitle required)
JPN 283 - JAPANESE FILM Credit(s): 3
LA 205 - HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
MAS 520 - SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE MASS MEDIA Credit(s): 3
MAT 247 - DRESS AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
RUS 275 - RUSSIAN FILM Credit(s): 3
RUS 370 - FOLKLORE OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE Credit(s): 3
RUS 372 - EXPERIMENTS IN LIFE AND ART: RUSSIAN CULTURE 1900-PRESENT Credit(s): 3
SPA 371 - LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 (Subtitle required)
SPA 372 - SPANISH CINEMA: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 (Subtitle required)

Visual Studies Minor

The minor requirements are as follows:

One course selected from the following:

One course selected from the following:

One course selected from the following:

Three courses selected from the following:

Total Hours: 21