INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE (VC2100)

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This course considers the construction of the visual world and our participation in it. Through a transcultural survey of materials, contexts and theories, students will learn how visual practices relate to other cultural activities, how they shape identity and environmental basic ways, and how vision functions in correspondance with other senses.

Code: 
VC2100
Name: 
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE
Discipline: 
VC (Visual Culture)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None
Equivalencies: 
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE (CM2100)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Accurately describe, interpret, and compare images in relation to visuality.
  2. Define the different expressions of visual culture in Western contemporary society
  3. Demonstrate a detailed understanding of key theoretical debates and their application on a different range of media
  4. Explain how viewers create cultural meaning
  5. Identify how images and information circulate through different media and social arenas

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2023 VC2100 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE
Fall 2024 VC2100 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE

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