The Visual Studies Minor offers a more broadly based curriculum than that covered by traditional Art History, reaching into everyday life and popular culture to deal with all aspects of visual communication.
Careers
Ours is a visual culture. Workplaces today are visually saturated envronments. We spend our free time consuming visual media through films, television, and the internet. Knowledge is increasingly communicated visually. The Visual Studies Minor curriculum teaches critical viewing skills to prepare students to successfully interpret and navigate the visual complexity of the 21st century, both inside and outside the workplace. Students from any college may choose to minor in Visual Studies.
Classes & Requirements
What You'll Study
This minor offer students a broad interdisciplinary selection of courses and methodologies from the arts, design, humanities and social sciences. In Visual Studies courses, students examine the production and consumption of images, objects and events in diverse cultures and within a global context. No more then four courses may be from Art History & Visual Studies (A-H prefix). At least two courses must be at the 300-level or above. Students may complete the minor with a selection of courses from Art Studio, Anthropology, Architecture, Classics, Communications, English, History, Interior Design, Integrated Strategic Communication, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Mass Media Studies, and foreign languages. See the specific requirements below:
Required Courses
A-H 101 - Introduction to Visual Studies
A-H 105 - World Art before 1400 OR A-H 106 - Renaissance to Modern Art
Choose one course from:
A-S 102 - Two-Dimensional Surface
A-S 103 - Three-Dimensional Form
A-S 130 - Drawing
A-S 200 - Introduction to Digital Art, Space and Time
Any Art History and Visual Studies (A-H prefix) course at the 300-level
Optional Courses to Complete the Minor
In addition to the required courses, students must choose at least three courses from the following to complete a total of 21 credit hours to receive the Visual Studies Minor:
Any Art History and Visual Studies (A-H prefix) course (up to one additional A-H course may be counted in addition to the required courses above)
A-S 200 - Introduction to Digital Art, Space and Time (if not already used as a required course option)
A-S 280 - Introduction to Photographic Literacy
A-S 345 - Web Design
A-S 346 - Digital Video
ANT 450 - Symbols and Culture
ARC 212 - Architectural History and Theory I: 15th - 17th Centuries
ARC 213 - Architectural History and Theory II: 18th - 18th Centuries
ARC 314 - Architectural History and Theory III: 20th Century and Contemporary Architecture
ARC 315 - World Architecture and Urbanism
CHI 321 - Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Film
CLA 100 - Ancient Stories in Modern Films
CLA 135 - Greek and Roman Mythology
CLA 210 - The Art of Greece and Rome
COM 101 - Introduction to Communications
COM 249 - Mass Media and Mass Culture
COM 449 - Mass Media and Social Influence
COM 453 - Digital and Mass Communication Media Literacy
ENG 280 - Introduction to Film
ENG 284 - History of Film I
ENG 285 - History of Film II
ENG 480G - Studies in Film (Subtitle required)
FR 103 - French Cinema
GER 105 - German Film Today
GER 361 - German Cinema
HIS 597 - Westerners in East Asia, 1839 to the Present
ID 161 - History and Theory of Interior Environments I
ID 162 - History and Theory of Interior Environments II
ISC 161 - Introduction to Integrated Strtegic Communication
ISC 319 - World Media Systems
JOU 455 - Mass Media and Diversity (Subtitle required)
JPN 283 - Japanese Film
LA 205 - History of Landscape Architecture
MAS 520 - Social Effects of the Mass Media
MAT 247 - Dress and Culture
RUS 275 - Russian Film
RUS 370 - Russian Folklore (Taught in English)
RUS 372 - Russian Culture 1900-Present
SPA 371 - Latin Americna Cinema (Subtitle required)
