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Visual Culture in a Global Context Minor

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 minor average of 65%, including:

Notes

  1. Visual Culture covers three topics – art and art history, film, media – and the elective courses have been grouped accordingly. Students can elect from across all three groups of courses to gain broad exposure to different facets of visual culture, or they can concentrate on just one or two groups of courses to get more focused exposure.
  2. Consult the Visual Culture co-ordinator in Fine Arts before enrolling in FR 486, ARCH, INTEG, and DAC courses.

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