Critical and Visual Studies B.A.

Bachelor of Arts in Critical and Visual Studies

The Critical and Visual Studies program's mission is to prepare students to think critically and act creatively in the cultural world through lively and demanding engagement with cultural objects and institutions. Curricular and co-curricular activities provide students with a critical and historically informed understanding of how culture is made and lived; the ability to develop and integrate written, oral, visual, spatial, and kinesthetic expression through student-initiated projects; and opportunities to further integrate theory and practice and make links between academic work and the working world through internships in cultural institutions.

Curriculum

Requirements for BA Cultural Studies, 2012

Semester 1

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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SS-330 Cultural Studies

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CST-100 Studies in Creativity and Society

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CH-300 World Civilizations I

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HMS-101A Introduction to Literary and Critical Studies

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF MATH/SCI

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Semester 2

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-110 Praxis I: From Work to Text

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CH-400 World Civilizations II

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HMS-103A Introduction to Literary and Critical Studies

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SS-430 Methods Of Cultural Analysis

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Semester 3

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-210 Praxis II: Siting Culture

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PHIL-207

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SS-510 Controversies in Cultural Theory

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF MATH/SCI

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF SS/PHIL

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Semester 4

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-320 Art/Work: Documenting Cultural Production

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COMPLETE 6 CREDITS OF NON-WESTERN SS OR
HUM

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF SS/PHIL

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HUM-412

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Semester 5

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-310 Praxis III: Culture in Motion

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COMPLETE 6 CREDITS OF SS/PHIL

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF ENGL/HUM

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Semester 6

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-410 Praxis IV: Cultural Contexts

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SS-537 Globalization: The Contemporary World Economy

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF HA/HD

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF ENGL/HUM

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Semester 7

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-400 Internship

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SS-560 Spaces, Movements, Identities OR
MOVEMENTS OR
IDENTITIES

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF HUMANITIES (PERFORMING ARTS)

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COMPLETE 3 CREDITS OF SS/PHIL

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Semester 8

Complete these courses plus 3 elective credits.

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CST-480 Senior Seminar

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CST-440 Senior Project

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COMPLETE 6 CREDITS OF SS/PHIL

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