Course - Visual Culture - MV3015
MV3015 - Visual Culture
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Assignment
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 100/100 |
Course content
This course addresses visual culture both as phenomena and academic field. Through texts from different disciplines, like media studies, art history, philosophy, sociology and anthropology, the course investigates problems like: why, and how, has the visual come to a such an exceptional position in western cultures? What characterizes different visual cultures in different historical epochs? What qualities do we assign to images and what power do they exert on us? How do we value the cultural status of different images? What is visual culture?
Learning outcome
Knowledge
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have:
- advanced insight into selected works from across the field of visual culture
- advanced knowledge of scholarly literature characteristic of visual culture studies, chiefly derived from a humanist hermeneutic tradition
- advance knowledge of key questions arising from the historical, theoretical and analytical study of visual culture
- understanding of key terms and insight into the main approaches to the study of visual culture
- an overview of the main disciplines which have contributed to the development of visual culture as a field of study and in-depth knowledge of certain contributions.
Skills
The students will be able to:
- outline the history, development and distribution of visual culture
- identify and analyse key characteristics of different visual cultures
- formulate and critically discuss research questions relevant to the field of visual culture studies
- write a longer text which independently and coherently either discusses a theoretical topic within visual culture studies or analyses a specific visual-cultural phenomenon using theoretical and methodological skills acquired as part of the course
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and seminars.
This course may be taught in Norwegian or English, pending staff availability.
Seminar tasks will be specified by the course convenor at the start of term.
Compulsory assignments
- 80 % participation in compulsory seminars
Further on evaluation
The final assessment is based on a letter-graded term paper of approx. 6000 words.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Art History (MKUH)
Film and Media Studies (MFMV)
Media, Communication and Information Technology (MMEDIE) - some programmes
Required previous knowledge
None.
Course materials
Approx. 1200 pages.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| KM3011 | 15.0 | AUTUMN 2016 | |
| KUH3011 | 15.0 | AUTUMN 2016 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
15.0 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2024
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- The History of Art
- Media Studies
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Art and Media Studies
Examination
Examination arrangement: Assignment
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
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Autumn
ORD
Assignment
100/100
Submission
2024-12-02
INSPERA
10:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates -
Spring
ORD
Assignment
100/100
Submission
2025-03-25
INSPERA
10:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"