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VIS 167Social Engagement and Photography

4 units · VIS · UC San Diego

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.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “VIS 164 or VIS 165. Open to media, studio, and ICAM majors and photography minors.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

One of the options in (2)

  • Visual Arts (Media) (B.A.)
  • Visual Arts (Studio) (B.A.)