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USC Catalogue 2016-2017

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USC Catalogue 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Visual Culture Minor

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A critical approach to art history is the departure point for the minor in visual culture, which is dedicated to the analysis of the visual arts, broadly defined to include fine art, film and television, photography and video, illustrated books, advertising, architecture and design. Students are required to take two introductory courses in the history and theory of art. These courses will prepare them for focused study in one of three concentrations: (1) photography, film and the reproduction of images, (2) popular culture or (3) gender and sexuality.

Required Courses

AHIS 100g Introduction to Visual Culture Units: 4
COMM 306 Innovation, Entertainment, and the Arts Units: 4 or
AHIS 250m Modernity and Difference: Critical Approaches to Modern Art Units: 4 (Gateway Course)

Four courses to be selected from one of the following three tracks:

(1) Photography, Film and the Reproduction of Images

AHIS 373g History and Theory of Photography Units: 4
AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to Photography Units: 4
ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
COLT 452 Representation and Cognition in Photography Units: 4
COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism Units: 4
CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
CTCS 393 History of the American Film, 1946–1975 Units: 4
CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present Units: 4
CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
ENGL 471 Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
ENGL 481 Narrative Forms in Literature and Film Units: 4
FAIN 310 Digital Photo Studio Units: 4
FAPH 309a Intermediate Photography Units: 4 *
FAPR 311 Printmaking Units: 4
FREN 320 French Cinema Units: 4
HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
HIST 381 Cinema and History Units: 4
HIST 481 Producing Film Histories Units: 4
PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4

(2) Popular Culture

AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
COMM 450 Visual Culture and Communication Units: 4
COMM 455 Advertising and Society Units: 4
COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the Arts Units: 4 (prerequisite: COMM 300 )
CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
CTCS 393 History of the American Film, 1946–1975 Units: 4
CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present Units: 4
CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
ENGL 471 Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
ENGL 481 Narrative Forms in Literature and Film Units: 4
HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
PAS 400 New Models of Art in City-Space Units: 4
PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4

(3) Gender and Sexuality

AHIS 304m Gender and Difference in the Early Modern Period Units: 4
AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
ARCH 442m Women’s Spaces in History: “Hussies,” “Harems” and “Housewives” Units: 4
COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism Units: 4
COMM 395m Gender, Media and Communication Units: 4
COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products Units: 4
CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film Units: 4
CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
ENGL 476m Images of Women in Contemporary Culture Units: 4
ENGL 478m Sexual/Textual Diversity Units: 4
HIST 245gm Gender and Sexualities in American History Units: 4
SOCI 437 Sexuality and Society Units: 4

Total units required*: 24

Note:

*32 units if students select FAPH 309a Intermediate Photography with 8 units of prerequisites

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