Our Undergraduate Program
Course Listing for the Visual Studies Undergraduate Minor
The following is a partial listing of regularly offered courses that count toward the minor. In addition, courses listed in each semester's schedule under Visual Studies are considered approved courses for the minor, even though those courses may not appear on the list below.
Anthropology
- ANTH 4394: Visual Anthropology
Architecture
- ARCH 2350, 2351 Survey of Architectural History I, II
- ARCH 3340: Greek and Roman Architecture and Art in the Context of Contemporary Work
- ARCH 3346: Precedents of Modernism
- ARCH 3347: Evolution of Architectural Interiors
- ARCH 3349: Urban Expectations
- ARCH 3350: History of Pre-Christian Architecture Through Archeological Assumptions
- ARCH 3351: History of the Architecture of the Ancient Mediterranean World
- ARCH 3353: Architecture of the Middle Ages: Text and Building
- ARCH 3356: City as Palimpsest: Paris
- ARCH 3358: History of Asian Architecture and Art
- ARCH 3375 Architectural Design for Non-Majors
- ARCH 3380: Architecture Plus Film
- ARCH 4351: Readings and Criticism in Architecture
- ARCH 4352: Wright, Mies, Corbusier
- ARCH 4353: Postmodern: Architecture Since 1950
- ARCH 4355: Houston Architecture
- ARCH 4356: American Architecture 1785-1915
- ARCH 4357: Modernism in American Architecture
Art
- ARTH 1380:1381: History of Art I, II
- ARTH 2388: Survey of the Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
OR any advanced (3000/4000 level) Art History course for which the student has met the prerequisites, including-- - ARTH 3378: History of Nineteenth Century Photography
- ARTH 3379: History of Twentieth Century Photography
Communication
- COMM 1301: Media and Society
- COMM 2370: Film Appreciation
- COMM 3370: History of Cinema
- COMM 3372: Gender and Media
- COMM 4337: Television and the Family
- COMM 4370: Social Aspects of Film
- COMM 4375: Propaganda and Mass Communication
- COMM 4378: The Social Impact of New Information Technology
Education
- ARED 3305: Art in Elementary Schools
- ARED 4345: Art in the Elementary and Secondary Schools
- ARED 4365: Integrative Art Teaching
English
- ENGL 2315: Literature and Film
- ENGL 4373: Narrative in Films
History
- HIST 1380: American History Through Sight and Sound to 1877
- HIST 1381: American History Through Sight and Sound From 1877
- HIST 4314: American History Through Film
- HIST 4396: Latin American History Through Film
Modern & Classical Languages
- FREN 3318: History of French Cinema
- FREN 3319: History of French Cinema
- GERM 3380: German Women Film Directors
- GERM 3395: Topics in German Cinema
- ITAL 3305: Italian Culture Through Films
- ITAL 3306: Italian Culture Through Films
- MCL 4391: Latin American & Latino Cultural Studies
- MCL 4392: Latin American & Latino Cultural Studies
- SPAN 3386: Spanish Film
- SPAN 4388: Images of Women in Spanish-American Film and Literature
- WCL 2351: World Cultures Through Literature and the Arts
- WCL 3351: Introduction to Latino Cultural Studies
Philosophy
- PHIL 1361: Philosophy and the Arts
- PHIL 3361: Philosophy of Art
- PHIL 3371: Depiction, Narration, and Critical Theory
Psychology
- PSYC 4343: Perception
Technology
- GRTC 2350: Graphics for Digital Media
- GRTC 2352: Digital Photography
- GRTC 3353: Visual Communications Technology
- GRTC 4390: Current Issues in Graphic Communications
Theatre
- THEA 3364: Costume History I
- THEA 3365: Costume History II
- THEA 3385: Scenic Design I
Sociology
- SOC 4383: Senior Seminar in Visual Sociology
