INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE in Fall 2025 (CM2100)

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This course considers the construction of the visual world and our participation in it. Through a transcultural survey of materials, contexts and theories, students will learn how visual practices relate to other cultural activities, how they shape identity and environmental basic ways, and how vision functions in correspondence with other senses.

Course Master: 
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE (CM2100)
Term: 
Fall 2025
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Cross Listed: 
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE in Fall 2025 (VC2100)
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Accurately describe, interpret, and compare images in relation to visuality.
  2. Define the different expressions of visual culture in Western contemporary society
  3. Demonstrate a detailed understanding of key theoretical debates and their application on a different range of media
  4. Explain how viewers create cultural meaning
  5. Identify how images and information circulate through different media and social arenas

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 1, 2025
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
15:20
16:40
PL-3
Thursday
15:20
16:40
PL-3