Visual culture - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the Faculty of Art and Design with a number of units being taught by the Faculty of Arts

Campus availability: Caulfield, Clayton

Relevant courses

2458 Diploma in Arts (Visual Culture)
0002 Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)
3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
0202 Bachelor of Letters

Students may complete single units, a major or minor in visual culture towards the core Arts component of their Bachelor of Arts degree or associated double degrees. Honours is also available.

Students wishing to undertake studio based units from the Faculty of Art and Design must obtain written approval from that faculty before enrolling in units.

Sequences

First year sequence

A first-year sequence in visual culture consists of VSA1000 (designed to provide a foundation for all subsequent studies in visual culture) and VSA1010.

Minor sequence

A minor sequence in visual culture consists of a first-year sequence (including VSA1000) followed by 12 points at second and/or third-year level chosen from the units listed below.

Major sequence

Students complete a standard major (including VSA1000) chosen from the units listed below.

Units

First-year level

Core

VSA1000 Introduction to visual culture: Back to the future
VSA1010 Contemporary visual culture

Second/Third-year level

Prerequisites: normally, entry into second and third-year level visual culture units is dependent on completion of appropriate first and/or second-year level units. However, in special circumstances, it may be possible for students who have completed appropriate equivalent studies to enter these units, with the approval of the discipline coordinator.

AIS2045/AIS3045 Australian Indigenous art and design
FRN2290/FRN3290 France on film (previously VSA2280/VSA3280)
FRN2706/FRN3706 Representing Paris: Literature and visual culture
ITA2260/ITA3260 Italy on film (previously VSA2260/VSA3260)
TAD2030/TAD3030 Fashion, image, advertising 2A/3A (previously VSA2030/VSA3030)
TAD2102/TAD3102 Perspectives on post-war practices 2A/3A
TAD2130 Concept and creativity: The development of Italian art and design
TAD2137/TAD3137 Photomedia in modern and contemporary art
TAD2207/TAD3207 Popular culture and contemporary communication 2A/3A
TAD2440/TAD3440 Camera-culture: From analogue to digital representation 2A/3A (previously VSA2440/VSA3440)
TAD2460/TAD3460 Cyber culture: From digital to virtual representation 2A/3A (previously VSA2460/VSA3460)
TAD2530/TAD3530 Baroque visual culture: From Caravaggio to Neo-Baroque 2A/3A (previously VSA2530/VSA3530)
TAD2602/TAD3602 Critical practices
VSA2230/VSA3230 Australian visual culture: Heidelberg to contemporary
VSA2800/VSA3800 Colonial/postcolonial: Australian art and film
VSA2820/VSA3820 Male trouble: Masculinities in visual culture

Whilst the following recommended elective unit does not count towards the visual culture major or minor, students may enhance their knowledge of visual culture by completing:

TAD1102 Modernism and the avantgardes

Contact details

Dr John Gregory, Department of Theory of Art and Design, Faculty of Art and Design

Telephone +61 3 9903 4025 or +61 3 9903 1857

Email theory@artdes.monash.edu.au or John.Gregory@artdes.monash.edu.au

Visit http://www.arts.monash.edu/ecps/visual-culture or http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au/theory