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Visual Culture Minor

The Visual Culture minor offers robust training in the theory of art. It serves students across all colleges who would benefit from adding an academic approach to visual and cultural literacy to their formation.

Required Courses
ART 213THE VISUAL ART EXPERIENCE5
or FILM 214
214L
FILM AND THE HUMANITIES
and FILM AND THE HUMANITIES SCREENING/LAB
or THTR 202 THEATRE IN THE HUMANITIES
or DESN 200 VISUAL THINKING + MAKING
ART 312ART ACROSS TIME: PREHISTORY TO 17TH CENTURY5
or ART 313 ART ACROSS TIME: 18TH CENTURY TO CONTEMPORARY
ART 314THE BODY IN ART5
or ART 331 CONTEMPORARY ART
Required Visual Culture Electives–choose from the following courses10
ART ACROSS TIME: PREHISTORY TO 17TH CENTURY
ART ACROSS TIME: 18TH CENTURY TO CONTEMPORARY
THE BODY IN ART
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
CONTEMPORARY ART
NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART
ART AND COMMUNITY
ART AS SOCIAL ACT
WRITING ABOUT ART
HISTORIES OF DESIGN
FILM HISTORY I
and FILM HISTORY I SCREENING/LAB
SURVEY OF THEATRE HISTORY
Total Credits25
Students who earn a Visual Culture Minor from EWU should be able to:
  • develop conceptual applications about visual forms;
  • situate works of art within historical contexts.