Course Offerings
Courses currently being offered:
Check the course schedules/descriptions available via the Registrar's Office for the official schedules for the widest range of terms for which such information is available.
VCS COURSE LISTINGS FALL 2022
Please consult with the VCS Director if you are considering courses that do not appear on this list.
Core Theory
Art and Art History
AHST 561-1 Classical Film Theory (S. Willis) T 2:00 - 4:40
AHST 583-1 VCS Colloquium (A. Rosensweig) W 9:00 - 11:40
Comparative Literature
CLTR 430A-1 French Social Thought (R. Doran) TR 6:15 - 7:30
Core Visual Studies
Art and Art History
AHST 453-1 Film History: 1929-1959 (S. Willis) MW 2:00 - 3:15
AHST 539-1 Transition! Art (R. Haidu) R 2:00 - 4:40
AHST 544-1 Arctic Ways of Seeing (C. Heuer) T 9:40 - 12:20
VCS Electives
Anthropology
ANTH 407-2 Radical Social Theory (T. Gibson) MW 4:50 - 6:05
Comparative Literature
CLTR 412-1 Monsters, Ghosts and Aliens (S. Gustafson) MW 10:25 - 11:40
CLTR 415B-1 Russian Cinema After Fall (M. Safariants) MW 10:25 - 11:40
CLTR 421-1 Mutilated Bodies: From Traditions to Cutting-Edge Technologies (C. Kemedjio) MW 12:30 - 1:45
CLTR 434-1 Paris, Capital of the 19th Century (R. Doran) TR 4:50 - 6:05
English
ENGL 423-1 Madness, Marriage and Monstrosity (B. London) MW 11:50 - 1:05
ENGL 447-1 Science Fiction (J. Tucker) MW 11:50 - 1:05
ENGL 487-4 Studies in Translation (J. Grotz) W 2:00 - 4:40
ENGL 504-1 Medieval Race Then and Now (T. Hahn) T 2:00 - 4:40
ENGL 543-1 The Africanist Presence in American Literature (J. Tucker) W 2:00 - 4:40
ENGL 551-1 Reading the Lyric (K. Gross) M 2:00 - 4:40
History
HIST 424-1 History of Emotions (T. Devaney) W 2:00 - 4:40
HIST 437-1 George Orwell and the Twentieth Century (S. Weaver) T 2:00 - 4:40
HIST 452-1 Racial Democracies: Mexico vs. Brazil (M. Ball) R 2:00 - 4:40
HIST 472-1 Twentieth Century American Culture (J. Rubin) M 2:00 - 4:40
Japanese
JPNS 493-1 Life and Anime (W. Bridges) WF 12:30 - 1:45
Literary Translation
LTST 410-4 Intro to Literary Publishing (C. Post) MW 12:30 - 1:45
Music
MUSC 410-1 NGOMA: Drum, Dance, S. Africa (J. Kyker) F 10:00 - 12:00
Philosophy
PHIL 423-1 Social and Political Philosophy (R. Terlazzo) MW 3:25 - 4:40
PHIL 503-1 Theory of Knowledge (R. Feldman) M 2:00 - 4:40
Eastman School of Music Courses
MHS 594-2 Music and Digital Culture (D. Mueller, R 1:35 - 3:25)
NOTE: VCS students are encouraged to search for Eastman courses of interest under Music History, Musicology, and Theory.
VCS COURSE LISTINGS SPRING 2022
Please consult with the VCS Director if you are considering courses that do not appear on this list.
Core Theory
English
ENGL 547-1: Black Fugitive Aesthetics (M. Omelsky, T 2:00 - 4:40)
ENGL 430-1: Black Intellectuals: From Abolitionism to Critical Race Theory (J. Michael, MW 12:30 - 1:45)
Comparative Literature
CLTR 441A-1: Performance Studies (A. Rosensweig, T 3:25 - 6:05)
Anthropology
ANTH 422-1: Materiality and Meaning (L. Searle, TR 3:35 - 4:40)
Core Visual Studies
Art and Art History
AHST 481-1: Unfinished Leonardo (C. Heuer, TR 11:05 - 12:20)
AHST 516-1: Photography and the Everyday (J. Lewis, M 2:00 - 4:40)
AHST 545-1: Monuments and Monumentality (C. Heuer, T 2:00 - 4:40)
Comparative Literature
CLTR 430-1: Film as Object (J. Bernardi, R 2:00 - 4:00)
Japanese
JPNS 494-2 Hayao Miyazki and Planet Ghibli (J. Bernardi, TR 11:05 - 12:20)
VCS Electives
Art and Art History
AHST 413-1: Race and Gender in Popular Film (S. Willis, TR 3:25 - 4:40)
AHST 419-1: The 21st Century Art Museum: An Introduction to Museum Studies (N. Blunt, F 12:35 - 3:25)
Comparative Literature
CLTR 452-1: Bright Lights, Big City (J. Hwang, MW 10:25 - 11:40)
CLTR 495-1: Musing the Museums: Migration and Everyday Life in France (J. Papaioannou, MW 2:00 - 3:15)
English
ENGL 428-1: Slavery and the American Novel (J. Tucker, MW 11:50 - 1:05)
ENGL 431-2: 20th Century British Novel (B. London, MW 3:25 - 4:40)
ENGL 442-1: Authors, Editors and the Literary Marketplace (B. London, MW 11:50 - 1:05)
ENGL 468-1: Digital Imaging (G. Heyworth, TR 11:05 - 12:20)
Anthropology
ANTH 457-1: Chinese Society after Mao (J. Osburg, TR 11:05 - 12:20)
ANTH 466-1: Anthropology of Globalization (R. Foster, TR 12:30 - 1:45)
History
HIST 403-1: International Human Rights (J. Pederson, M 2:00 - 4:40)
HIST 455-1: History of Emotions (T. Devaney, R 2:00 - 4:40)
HIST 456-1: US Intellectual History (R. Flores, T 2:00 - 4:40)
HIST 459-1: Birth in the Nation: Reproduction in the US (B. Theobald, W 2:00 - 4:40)
HIST 473-1: American Health Politics and Policies (M. Raz, 2:00 - 4:40)
HIST 487-1: Black Mexico (P. Sierra, W 2:00 - 4:40)
Spanish
SPAN 499-1: What If. . . ? (C. Schaefer, MW 12:30 - 1:45)
Philosophy
PHIL 426-1: Philosophy of Law (R. Terlazzo, TR 3:25 - 4:40)
PHIL 430-1: Environmental Justice (R. Curran, MW 2:00 - 3:15)
PHIL 435-1: Data, Algorithms, Justice (J. Herington, MW 11:50 - 1:05)
PHIL 503-1: Theory of Knowledge (E. Conee, M 2:00 - 4:40)
Eastman School of Music Courses
NOTE: VCS students are encouraged to search for Eastman courses of interest under music history, musicology, and theory. Many of these courses require permission of the instructor.