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 Listing—Spring 2026
Please consult with the VCS director if you are considering courses that do not appear on this list. In addition to courses offered within the School of Arts & Sciences, VCS students are encouraged to search for courses of interest at the Eastman School of Music under music history, musicology, and theory.
Core Visual Studies
- AHST 292/492: Photography Theory (T. Xu) M /W 4:50-6:05
- AHST 328/528: Slow Cinema (S. Willis) T 2-4:40
- AHST 339/539: Transition Art (R. Haidu) W 2-4:40
Core Theory
- AHST 343/543: Capitalism and Colonialism (M. Ballakrishnen) M 2:00-4:40
- BLST 380/580: Black Feminist Theory and Criticism (J. Ealey) MW 12:30-1:45
Electives
- AHST 261/461: Savage Media (A. Radlo-Dzur) R 2-4:40
- AHST 262/462: Abstract Art (M. Ballakrishnen) T/R 12:30 -1:45
- AHST 268/468: Media, Reform, and Revolution in Modern China (T. Xu) R 3:25-6:05
- ANTH 246/446: Anthropological Approaches to Gender and Sexuality (U. Zafar) M 2-4:40
- ANTH 453: Trash Talk: Anthropologies of Waste (K. Doughty) MW 11:50-1:05
- ANTH 456: American Empire (T. Gibson) MW 4:40-6:05
- BLST 205/405: Black Visual Culture (J. Ellapen) M/W 10:25-11:40
- BLST 244/444: Mutilated Bodies, Mutilated Discourse (C. Kemedjio) MW 10:25-11:40
- CLTR 267/467: Soviet Cinema (R. Safariants) MW 2-3:15
- ENGL 344/544: Queer Ecologies (S. Dunning) T 2-4:40
- FMST 206/406: Film Theory and Aesthetics (J. Middleton) W 4:50-7:30
- GSWS 292/492: Law, Medicine, and Gender (U. Zafar) W 2-4:40
- MHB 430: Visual Cultures of Health and Medicine (C. Slobodgin) F 2-4:30