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VISUAL CULTURES: TOPICS IN VISUAL CULTURES

AFROAMER/ARTHIST 802
Course Description

Content will vary to facilitate in-depth engagement with a particular topic in Visual Culture. Topics will be pursued with analytic attention to gender, sexuality and race.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.56

-0.55% from Historical

Completion Rate
88.89%

-4.34% from Historical

A Rate
88.89%

6.86% from Historical

Class Size
9

-4.42% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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