The global reach of media today challenges us to comprehend how the visual arts, performance, film, design, digital media, architecture, among others, have formed world cultures and societies and are changing them. This interdisciplinary plan investigates the history and theory of visual culture, recognizing the rapidly growing international contexts and vastly diverse cultures of spectatorship.
Students enrolled in any degree program may pursue a minor designation in Visual Culture in a Global Context.
The Visual Culture in a Global Context Minor requires successful completion of a minimum of four academic course units (normally eight courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:
- VCULT 200, 300
- one of FINE 102/VCULT 100, FINE 101/VCULT 101
- 2.5 academic units (normally five courses), at least two courses of which must be above the 200-level, chosen from the following:
- ANTH 303
- ARCH 142, 143, 246 (1.0 unit), 247 (1.0 unit), 342, 343, 345, 425, 442, 443, 446, 448, 449
- CLAS 241, 242, 341, 342
- Any DAC course
- DRAMA 318, 331, 333, 335, 341, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 392, 394, 396, 397, 402, 403, 405
- ENGL 247, 319, 320, 392A, 392B
- Any FINE course
- one of FINE 101/VCULT 101, FINE 102/VCULT 100
- GER 359
- PHIL 331
- RS 270R, 271R
- SPAN 410
- WS 262
Notes:
- In many cases, major students have priority for enrolment. Please contact the relevant department for more information.
- Several of these courses are cross-listed with Fine Arts.
- No one course may fulfill more than one requirement within any Fine Arts plan.