Graduate

Introduces the visual studies discipline and primary texts that have made significant contributions to it. Explores theoretical discourses that have proven influential and productive for practitioners of visual studies, in a range of thematic foci and cultural contexts. Features intensive readings and student-led discussions. Students continue to work on the research topic they selected in course 201A. (Formerly course 202, Theories of the Visual.)

Provides an in-depth case study of the visual practices and culture of a specific society. Builds on the foundation established by courses 201 and 202, offering sustained application of the general methods and theories to which students were previously introduced. The society under consideration rotates each year depending on the research interest of the faculty member teaching the course in any given spring.