{"id":161,"date":"2023-02-21T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T21:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/vsgc\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:55:03","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/vsgc\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--two-column-ctas \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--two-column-ctas\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"group\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Spring 2026 VSGC Course List\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <ul>\n                      <li>\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n\n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/vsgc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2025\/12\/VSGCSpring2026Courses.pdf\n    aria-label=\"Read more about \"  \n>\n     \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      \n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"group\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Summer 2026 VISS 599 Flyer\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <ul>\n                      <li>\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n\n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/vsgc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2025\/12\/VISS599_Summer2026.pdf\n    aria-label=\"Read more about \"  \n>\n     \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Visual Studies Graduate Certificate <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<strong>Course Guide: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Spring 2026 Required Courses:<\/strong><br \/>\nVISS 599 will not be offered in spring of 2026. The course will next be offered in summer of 2026 and will be led by Vanessa Schwartz at LACMA. A course flyer with details is available. Students who are currently enrolled in the VSGC program will be given preference for enrollment in the summer class. VISS 501 will be offered in fall of 2026, and VISS 599 will again be offered in spring of 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pre-approved Seminars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AHIS 520: Seminar in Modern Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amy Ogata \u00a0 \u00a0THH 308 \u00a0 \u00a0Tuesday \u00a0 \u00a02-4:50pm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In-depth exploration of a specified topic within the area of European art of the late 19th and 20th centuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANTH 502: Contemporary Theory in Anthropology <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrea Ballestero \u00a0 \u00a0 KAP 165 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tuesday \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02-4:50pm<br \/>\nExplores the emergence and transformation of modern anthropology as an empirically based, but theoretically informed, practice of knowledge production about human sociality and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CSLC 640: Seminar in Film and Visual Studies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panivong Norindr \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SOSB38 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thursday \u00a0 \u00a0 2-4:50pm<br \/>\nIntensive study of various types of discourse (film, photography, literature) and their intersection with wider social, political, and theoretical issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CTCS 517: Topics in Cultural Studies: The Politics of Worlding <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nitin Govil \u00a0 \u00a0 SCA 316. \u00a0 \u00a0Tuesday \u00a0 \u00a010am-1:50pm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Introduction to central concepts, key theories and leading figures in cultural studies, particularly as they relate to issues of popular culture and visual media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CTCS 688: Advanced Methods and Approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laura Isabel Serna \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SCA 216 \u00a0 \u00a0 Monday \u00a0 \u00a0 10am-1:50pm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Research seminar in methods and approaches to moving image history including film, television and digital media. 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