Bachelor of Arts - Visual Studies

A concentration in visual studies acknowledges the profound impact of visual texts in the past and the present around the globe.

This concentration allows students to approach visual studies both creatively and critically. A student in this concentration will have the freedom to explore a full range of visual expression, from painting and sculpture through photography, graphics, film, and digital video. A student may give her or his attention to visual texts’ aesthetics, politics, technological production and reproduction, psychological and/or verbal associations, & their commodification, to name a few directions. In every case the student of visual studies will be expected to respond to visual texts by locating them within cultural and social values.

The visual studies concentration can be approached with a primary focus on either the production of visual texts in studio/practice and on their history and theory. Regardless of the student’s choice of track, the concentration requires classroom exposure to both critical and creative experiences. Students in their first and second year who are intending to moderate into the production track are urged to take foundation level 2D, 3D, and lens-based courses, as their schedules and requirements permit.