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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.
Courses in Art, Film, and Visual Studies - Fall 2021 and Spring 2022
Courses 2021-2022
Fall 2021
| GENERAL EDUCATION (lecture course) | ||||
| American Dreams Made in Hollywood | GenEd 1043 | Eric Rentschler | MW 10:30-11:45 & weekly film screening Tu 3:00-5:45 | Carpenter Center Lecture Hall |
| PHOTOGRAPHY and STUDIO ART (practice-based courses) | ||||
| Drawing 1: Drawing as a Visual Language | AFVS 12 | Katarina Burin | MW 12:00-2:45 | Carpenter Center 4th floor |
| Silkscreen | AFVS 15AR | Annette Lemieux | TuTh 12:00-2:45 | Carpenter Center 4th floor |
| Making Things | AFVS 14 | Katarina Burin | W 3:00-5:45 | Carpenter Center 4th floor |
| Letters to a Young Artist, Part 1 | AFVS 39 | Carissa Rodriguez | M 1:30-5:45 | Carpenter Center 2nd Floor |
| Introduction to Still Photography | AFVS 40A | Elle Pérez | MW 12:00-2:45 | Linden 100 |
| Introduction to Still Photography | AFVS 41A | Sharon Harper | TuTh 9:00-11:00 | Carpenter Center B19 |
| Thinking with Your Hand: Intermediate Painting | AFVS 120 | Judith Belzer | W 12:00-5:45 | Carpenter Center 3rd Floor |
| Sun and Shadow: Sculpture Studio | AFVS 133 | Nora Schultz | TuTh 9:00-11:45 | Carpenter Center 2nd Floor |
| Nah; or, gestures of resistance: Performance, Technology, and Refusal | AFVS 134S/TDM 167SC | SCRAAATCH | Tu 3:00-5:45 | Linden 109 |
| Political Action as Art: A Survey of Artistic Activism | AFVS 137P | Anthony Romero | Tu 1:30-5:45 | Carpenter Center 2nd Floor |
| Making Mischief: A Studio Based Seminar | AFVS 141BR | Sharon Harper | TuTh 12:00-2:00 | Carpenter Center B19 |
| The Real World (Intermediate Photography) | AFVS 142W | Dannielle Bowman | W 12:00-4:15 | Carpenter Center B19 |
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AFVS 161L |
Lex Brown | W 12:00-4:15 |
Farkas 303 |
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| Invisible Adversaries: Video Course | AFVS 168T | Kenneth Tam | Thu 12:00-4:15 | Linden 109 |
| Directed Research: Studio Course | AFVS 196R | Stephen Prina | W 6:00-9:00 | Carpenter Center 5th floor & B04 |
| Critical Printing | AFVS 215 | Matt Saunders and Jennifer Roberts | TuTh 12:00-2:45 | Carpenter Center 3rd floor and HAM Art Study Center 4550 |
| Studio Language | AFVS 231 | Nora Schultz | W 1:30-5:45 | Carpenter Center 2nd Floor |
| ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO and NEW GENRES (practice-based courses) | ||||
| Introduction to Non Fiction Filmmaking | AFVS 50A | Alfred Guzzetti | W 12:00-2:45 and F 12:00-4:15 | Sever B10 |
| Introduction to Documentary Production: The Camera-Stylo | AFVS 51S | Akosua Adoma Owusu | TuTh 3:00-5:45 | Sever 415 |
| Fundamentals of Animation | AFVS 53AR | Ruth Lingford | Thu 12:00-4:15 and F 12:00-2:00 | Sever 402 and CC B04 for screenings |
| Animating Science | AFVS 54S | Ruth Lingford & Alain Viel | M 12:00-4:15 and F 12:00-2:00 | Sever 402 and CC B04 for screenings |
| Nah; or, gestures of resistance: Performance, Technology, and Refusal | AFVS 134S/TDM 167SC | SCRAAATCH | Tu 3:00-5:45 |
Linden 109 |
| Film Directing: From Script to Screen | AFVS 150A | Dominga Sotomayor | TuTh 12:00-4:15 |
Sever 416 |
| Non Fiction Video Projects | AFVS 151BR | Ross McElwee | TuTh 9:00-11:00 | Sever 416 |
| The Essay Film | AFVS 152X | Alfred Guzzetti | Tu 12-2:45 and Thu 12-4:15 | Sever B10 |
| Experimental Animation | AFVS 153AR | Young Joo Lee | W 12:00-4:15 and F 12:00-2:00 | Sever 402 and CC B04 for screenings |
| Observation and Intervention: Filmmaking as Inquiry | AFVS 154J | Julie Mallozzi | MW 12:00-2:45 & section TBD | Sever 416 |
| Enter the Mediaverse | AFVS 161L | Lex Brown | W 12:00-4:15 |
Farkas 303 |
| Invisible Adversaries: Video Course | AFVS 168T | Kenneth Tam | Thu 12:00-4:15 | Linden 109 |
| FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (seminars and lecture courses) | ||||
| Studies of the Built N. American Environment | AFVS 107 | John Stilgoe | TuTh 9:00-10:15 | Sever 214 |
| Photography and Ecology | AFVS 144M | Makeda Best | Thu 12:45-2:45 | Carpenter Center 401 |
| North American Seacoasts and Landscapes | AFVS 166 | John Stilgoe | Tu 12:00-2:00 | Sever 215 |
| Visual Music | AFVS 173 | Laura Frahm | Tu 12:00-2:00 & wkly film scr M 3-5 | Sever 411, CC Lecture Hall for screenings |
| Political Cinema | AFVS 179 | Dennis Lim | M 3:00-5:00 & wkly film scr Tu 12-2:45 | Carpenter Ctr 401, CC Lecture Hall for screenings |
| The Frankfurt School on Mass Media and Mass Culture | AFVS 189G | Eric Rentschler | Tu 12:45-2:45 |
Barker 359 |
| Film Theory in France | AFVS 190T | Tom Conley | W 3:00-5:00 & 7:15-9:45 for scr | Carpenter Ctr 402, CC Lecture Hall for screenings |
| Readymade, Repatriation, Reparations | AFVS 233 | David Joselit | Thu 12:45-2:45 | Sever 411 |
| Art After Nature: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Process | AFVS 278P/HAA 278P | Carrie Lambert-Beatty | Thu 3:00-5:45 | Sackler 521 |
| Materiality and Atmosphere: Media and Environments | AFVS 279/GSD HIS 4451 | Giuliana Bruno | W 12:00-2:00 | Carpenter Center 402 |
| GRADUATE COURSES OF PRACTICE, READING & RESEARCH | ||||
| Film & Visual Studies Workshop | AFVS 301 | Eric Rentschler | ||
| Reading & Research | AFVS 310 | |||
| Directed Study | AFVS 320 | |||
| Teaching Workshop | AFVS 330R | |||
| Film Study Center Non Fiction Filmmaking Workshop | AFVS 351HF | Joana Pimenta | Thu 5:30-9:30 | Sever 416 |
Spring 2022
| FRESHMAN SEMINAR | ||||
| The Life Project | FS 30X | Carrie Lambert-Beatty | M 12:45-2:45 | Carpenter Center 402 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION | ||||
| Painting's Doubt: A Studio Course | GENED 1114 | Matt Saunders | Th 1:30-2:45 + studio sections to be scheduled on W, Th, F from 9-1 or 3-7 | Deknatel Hall (HAM) for lecture and 3rd fl painting studio |
| PHOTOGRAPHY and STUDIO ART | ||||
| Building Thought: Sculpture Course | AFVS 35R | Annette Lemieux | MW 3:00-5:45 | Carpenter Center 2nd Floor |
| Introduction to Still Photography | AFVS 40A | Elle Perez | TuTh 9:00-11:45 | Carpenter Center B19 |
| Introduction to Still Photography | AFVS 41A | Sharon Harper | MW 12:00-2:45 | Carpenter Center B19 |
| Drawing 2: Model Witness | AFVS 112 | Katarina Burin | TuTh 12:00-2:45 | Carpenter Center 4th Floor |
| Post Brush: Studio Course | AFVS 123R | Annette Lemieux | TuTh 9:00-11:45 | Carpenter Center 4th Floor |
| Time out of Mind: Painting as Time Based Media | AFVS 126 | Tomashi Jackson & Sondra Perry | Tu 12:00-4:15 | Carpenter Center 3rd Floor |
| Sculpture and Position | AFVS 135P | Nora Schultz | TuTh 9:00-11:45 | Carpenter Center 2nd Floor |
| Where are We Going? The Photograph in Contemporary Art (Studio Course) | AFVS 146J | John Edmonds | Thu 1:30-5:45 | Carpenter Center B19 |
| Sound Studio Workshop: This is a show tune, but the tune hasn't been written for it yet | AFVS 162 | SCRAAATCH | Tu 12:00-4:15 | Linden 109 |
| Directed Research | AFVS 196R | Stephen Prina | W 6:00-9:00 | Carpenter Center 5th Floor and B04 |
| ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO, and NEW GENRES | ||||
| Introduction to Non Fiction Filmmaking | AFVS 50B | Ross McElwee | W 12:00-2:45, F 12:00-4:15 | Sever B10 |
| Introduction to Non Fiction Videomaking | AFVS 52 | Joana Pimenta | TuTh 12:00-2:45 | Sever 416 |
| Fundamentals of Animation | AFVS 53 | Ruth Lingford | Th 12:00-4:00 | Sever 402-405, CC B04 for scr |
| Approaching Narrative: Introduction to Filmmaking | AFVS 60X | Akosua Adoma Owusu | ||
| Film Direction: From Script to Screen | AFVS 150B | Dominga Sotomayor | TuTh 12:00-4:15 | Sever 415 |
| Intermediate Animation | AFVS 153BR | Ruth Lingford | W 12:00-2:45, F 12:00-2:45 | |
| Immersive Experience As Art | AFVS 157L | Young Joo Lee | Tu 12:00-4:15 | |
| Sensory Ethnography 1 | AFVS 158AR | Verena Paravel | ||
| Sensory Ethnography 2 | AFVS 158BR | Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor | ||
| Sound Studio Workshop: This is a show tune, but the tune hasn't been written for it yet | AFVS 162 | SCRAAATCH | Tu 12:00-4:15 | Linden 109 |
| Remapping Latin American Cinema: Chilean Film/Video 1968-2022 | AFVS 169S | Haden Guest & Dominga Sotomayor | ||
| FILM and VISUAL STUDIES | ||||
| The Art of Film | AFVS 70 | Laura Frahm | TuTh 10:30-11:45, Tu 6pm-9pm for film screenings | Carpenter Center Lecture Hall |
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The Language of Modern Art |
AFVS 76 | David Joselit |
W 10:30-11:45 |
Carpenter Center B04 |
| Curating Contemporary Art: Exhibitions, Artists, Institutions, and Audiences | AFVS 118C | Dan Byers | Tu 12-2:45 | Carpenter Center 401 |
| Adventure and Fantasy Simulation, 1871-2036 | VES 167 | John Stilgoe | Tu 12:00-2:45 | Sever 215 |
| Remapping Latin American Cinema: Chilean Film/Video 1968-2022 | AFVS 169S | Haden Guest & Dominga Sotomayor | MW 12-2:45 | |
| Queer (and Queering) Cinema | AFVS 175L | Dennis Lim | M 3:00-5:00, Tu 12-2:45 for film screenings | Carpenter Center 4021 |
| REQUIRED for all AFVS CONCENTRATORS | ||||
| Sophomore Tutorial | AFVS 97 | Nora Schultz | M 12:00-2:30 | Linden 100 |
| GRADUATE COURSES OF READING & RESEARCH | ||||
| Film & Visual Studies Workshop | AFVS 301 | |||
| FVS Dissertation Group | AFVS 305 | Giuliana Bruno & Laura Frahm | ||
| Reading & Research | AFVS 310 | |||
| Directed Study | AFVS 320 | |||
| Teaching Workshop | AFVS 330 | |||
| Film Study Center Non Fiction Filmmaking Workshop | AFVS 351HFB | Lucien Castaing-Taylor | Tu 6:00-9:00 | Sever 416 |
| Advanced Critical Media Practice | AFVS 355R | Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Joana Pimenta | Thu 3:00-5:45 | Sever 416 |
| Graduate Studio Workshop | AFVS 390 | Lucien Castaing-Taylor | ||