U-VIS-AB - Visual and Media Studies (AB)

The visual and media studies major requires thirteen courses, at least eight of which must be at the 200 level or above. Courses required for the major include Visual and Media Studies 202D (Introduction to Visual Culture), Visual and Media Studies 327S (Theories of Visual and Media Studies), and the capstone course Visual and Media Studies 499S (Visual and Media Studies Capstone) or an approved upper-level seminar, as well as ten additional courses to be divided as follows: two courses in visual and media history or art history; two courses in visual and media practice; three visual and media studies electives taught by faculty in AAHVS; and three previously approved cross-listed courses in another department.

The requirements and prerequisites for the major can be satisfied by courses taken at other institutions or abroad, but no more than two courses taken away from Duke may count toward the major. Further courses are available for credit at North Carolina State University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Concentration in Cinematic Arts

The concentration allows students deep engagement and mentoring in a range of approaches within the cinematic arts; from film/video production and digital imaging to the myriad ways in which time-based media can become an element of mixed media works and installation art; building on our distinctive strengths in film production and studies on campus. The concentration enables students to extend and focus their study within multiple fields of practice, film history, and theory.

Thirteen courses are required for the concentration, including one gateway course (either Visual and Media Studies 202D or Visual and Media Studies 289) taken preferably in the first or sophomore year, one theory-focused course, four practice and two film studies courses taken from an approved list, and the Visual and Media Studies 496S Cinematic Arts Capstone class in the spring semester of the senior year. Four elective courses at any level offered by or crosslisted by ARTHIST, ARTSVIS, CINE, or VMS.