University of Wisconsin-Madison Art History 22 courses 9 total credits
The Doctoral Minor in Visual Cultures is intended for PhD students from across the university who desire training in the study of visual cultures. This transdisciplinary field analyzes the social construction of the visual as well as how the visual creates our social world. Visual culture studies differs from other related disciplines in two ways: first, its field of inquiry includes an expansive array of visual cultural artifacts and practices; and, second, its methodologies focus on the constitution of power relations through visual markers of race, gender, disability, and nationality. As the world continues to become increasingly understood through, and reliant on, the visual (the internet, films, television, scientific graphs, data visualization, video games, and advertisements), the need for people trained with the ability to critically interpret, create, and evaluate those mediums is essential.
| Total Credits | 9 credits |
Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ART HIST 801 | Historiography, Theory and Methods in Visual Culture | 3 |
| ART HIST 802 | Visual Cultures: Topics in Visual Cultures | 3 |
Electives
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