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USC Catalogue 2024-2025

MDA 501 Introduction to Visual Studies: Methods and Debates

Units: 4
A critical introduction to the field of visual studies focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to images, objects, and visual technologies as well as key texts and interpretive debates. Students must be enrolled in a PhD program at USC.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter