Visual and Critical Studies Certificate Program

Analyze the Visual World

In the Visual and Critical Studies certificate program, you’ll explore the influence of visual images on everyday life through a theory-driven, integrative, and experimental course of study. By focusing on the strategic points of cultural context, material conditions, and critical theory, you’ll learn to investigate visual culture through a synthesis of multiple qualitative research methods and concepts and to communicate your analysis through scholarly writing suitable for peer-reviewed journals.

As you move through the Visual and Critical Studies certificate program, you’ll develop the ability to critically unpack visual information and meaningfully situate research within a broader epistemological horizon. You’ll build versatile critical thinking and critical reading skills that will empower you to effectively analyze theoretical texts.

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