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VIS 167. Social Engagement and Photography (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/VIS.html#vis167

Description

This course will explore the use of photography as a tool to both understand and represent the social world. Students will look critically at the historical claims of photography as evidence and as a tool of empirical knowledge and engage with the ethics of care and responsibility bound to visual representation. Students will develop a photo-based project that engages the social in a creative and critical way. Program or materials fees may apply. Two production-course limitation. Prerequisites: VIS 164 or VIS 165. Open to media, studio, and ICAM majors and photography minors.

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No courses have VIS 167 as a prerequisite.