Courses in Art, Film, and Visual Studies -Fall 2026-Spring 2027

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For course information from previous years, visit the Registrar's courses of instruction archive.
For the admission procedure for instructor-consent, limited-enrollment courses, see About Limited-Enrollment Courses.
For a list of courses approved for graduate credit, see Courses in Film and Visual Studies.
For a list of courses approved for AFVS concentrators to take for departmental elective credit, see Courses in Other Departments.

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (practice based-course)
Reality Beyond Fiction: Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking	FYSEMR 68I	Joana Pimenta	M 12:00-3:30, films Thu 10:00-12:00	Sever 416, Carpenter Center Theater for films
GENERAL EDUCATION (practice based-course)
Painting's Doubt: A Studio Course	GE 1114	Matt Saunders	W 1:30-2:45 & studio sections on Wed, Thu, or Fri from 9:00-1:00 or 3:00-7:00	Deknatel Hall (Harvard Art Museum) for Thu lecture Carpenter Center 3rd Floor Painting Studio for studio sections
PHOTOGRAPHY and STUDIO ART (practice-based courses)
Drawing 1: Drawing as Visual Language	AFVS 12	Katarina Burin	M 1:30-5:45	Carpenter Center 4th Floor
Silkscreen	AFVS 15AR	Annette Lemieux	TuThu 12:00-2:45	Carpenter Center 4th Floor
Sculpture 1: Material Making	AFVS 32K	Katarina Burin	W 3:00-7:00	Carpenter Center 203 (2nd Floor Studio)
Building Thought: Sculpture Course	AFVS 35R	Annette Lemieux	TuThu 9:00-11:45	Carpenter Center 203 (2nd Floor Studio)
Introduction to Photography	AFVS 40E	Eduardo Rivera	MW 9:45-11:45	Carpenter Center B19
Introduction to Time-Based Media	AFVS 63	Karthik Pandian	TuThu 12:45-2:45	Carpenter Center 5th Floor Studio
Contemporary Photography: Complexities of the Quotidian	AFVS 145E	Eduardo Rivera	MW 12:45-2:45	Carpenter Center B19
Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media	AFVS 264	Karthik Pandian	Thu 3:45-5:45, Lab 6-8	Linden 109
ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO and NEW GENRES (practice-based courses)
Introduction to Nonfiction Filmmaking	AFVS 50A	Robb Moss	W 12:00-2:45, F 12:00-4:15	Sever B10
Fundamentals of Animation	AFVS 53AR	Ruth Lingford	W 12:00-4:15 & F 12:00-2:00 (films)	Sever 405 & Carpenter Ctr. B04 for films
Introduction to Time-Based Media	AFVS 63	Karthik Pandian	TuThu 12:45-2:45	Carpenter Center 5th Floor Studio
Film Directing: Approaching Fiction Now	AFVS 150A	Athina Rachel Tsangari	TuThu 3:00-5:45	Sever 416
Intermediate Animation	AFVS 153BR	Ruth Lingford	Thu 12:00-4:15 & F 12:00-2:00 (films)	Sever 405 & Carpenter Ctr. B04 for films
Social Justice Filmmaking	AFVS 154M	Julie Mallozzi	TuThu 12:00-2:45	Sever 416
Sensory Ethnography 3 (jointly offered as ANTH 1836CR)	AFVS 158CR	Lucien Castaing-Taylor	Tu 12:00-3:00, Lab F 10:00-12:00	Carpenter Center B04 and CC Theater
Sensory Ethnography 4 (jointly offered as ANTH 1836DR)	AFVS 158DR	Lucien Castaing-Taylor	Tu 5:00-8:00, Lab F 12:00-2:00	Carpenter Center B04 and CC Theater
Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media	AFVS 264	Karthik Pandian	Thu 3:45-5:45, Lab 6-8	Linden 109
FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (seminars and lecture courses that fulfill the history/theory requirements for AFVS film/video & studio concentrators & secondary field students)
The Art of Film	AFVS 70	Daniel D'Amore	TuThu 10:30-11:45 (lecture) & W 6:00-9:00 (films) sections Thu 2-3 OR Fri 10-11	Carpenter Center B04(lecture), CCVA Theater(films) & CCVA 401(sections)
Disfiguration: Art after Humanism	AFVS 239	David Joselit	W 12:45-2:45	Sever 416
Documenting China on Film	EAFM 151	Jie Li	W 12:00-2:45
Media Cultures in the People's Republic of China	EAFM 222	Jie Li	Thu 12:45-2:45
Introduction to Russian and Soviet Film	Slavic 193	Daria Khitrova	TBD
GRADUATE COURSES OF PRACTICE, READING & RESEARCH
Film & Visual Studies Workshop	AFVS 301	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Reading & Research	AFVS 310	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Directed Study	AFVS 320	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Teaching Workshop	AFVS 330R	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Film Study Center Non-Fiction Filmmaking Workshop	AFVS 351HF	Joana Pimenta	W 5:30-8:30	Sever 416
Graduate Studio Workshop	AFVS 390

GENERAL EDUCATION (one practice-based course and one history/theory lecture course)
Video Commune	GE 1072	Karthik Pandian	TuThu 12:45-2:00
Modern Art and Modernity	GE 1156	Maria Gough, David Joselit & Ewa Lajer-Burcharth	Tu Thu 10:30-11:45
PHOTOGRAPHY and STUDIO ART (practice-based courses)
Contemporary Painting Practice	AFVS 20	Annette Lemieux	TuThu 12:00-2:45
Introduction to Photography	AFVS 40E	Eduardo Rivera	MW 9:45-11:45
Introduction to Photography	AFVS 41A	Sharon Harper	TuThu 12:45-2:45
Drawing 2: Subversive Marks: Drawing, Notation, and Meaning	AFVS 112E	Katarina Burin	W 1:30-5:45
Post Brush: Studio Course	AFVS 123R	Annette Lemieux	TuThu 9:00-11:45
Art of the Book: Intermediate/Advanced Photography	AFVS 142P	Eduardo Rivera	MW 12:45-2:45
Directed Research	AFVS 196R	Katarina Burin	M 3:00-7:00
ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO and NEW GENRES (practice-based courses)
Introduction to Nonfiction Filmmaking	AFVS 50B	Robb Moss	W 12:00-2:45 & F 12:00-4:15
Approaching Narrative: Introduction to Non Fiction Filmmaking	AFVS 60X	Joana Pimenta	TBD
Film Direction: From Script to Screen	AFVS 150B	Athina Rachel Tsangari	TuThu 3:00-5:45
The Bolex: Working in Film	AFVS 152F	Robb Moss	TuThu 12:00-2:45
Animation Workshop: Studio Course	AFVS 154BR	Bryan Parcival	TBD
Sensory Ethnography 1 (jointly offered as ANTH 1836AR)	AFVS 158AR	Lucien Castaing-Taylor	Tu 12:00-3:00, Lab F 10:00-12:00
Sensory Ethnography 2 (jointly offered as ANTH 1836BR)	AFVS 158BR	Lucien Castaing-Taylor	Tu 5:00-8:00, Lab F 12:00-2:00
FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (seminars and lecture courses that fulfill the history/theory requirements for AFVS film/video & studio concentrators & secondary field students)
Surroundings: Media and Environment	AFVS 174E	Dan D'Amore	Thu 12:00-2:45
Modern Art and Modernity	GE 1156	Maria Gough, David Joselit & Ewa Lajer-Burcharth	Tu Thu 10:30-11:45
REQUIRED for all AFVS CONCENTRATORS
Sophomore Tutorial	AFVS 97	Matt Saunders	Thu 6:00-8:00, lab TBD	Carpenter Center 2nd floor
GRADUATE COURSES OF PRACTICE, READING & RESEARCH
Film & Visual Studies Workshop	AFVS 301	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Reading & Research	AFVS 310	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Directed Study	AFVS 320	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Teaching Workshop	AFVS 330R	Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Film Study Center Non-Fiction Filmmaking Workshop	AFVS 351HF	Joana Pimenta	W 5:30-8:30
Graduate Studio Workshop	AFVS 390	Lucien Castaing-Taylor	TBD

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