Visual Culture

Overview & Aims

Visual Culture examines how images—from art to media—shape our world. Students study how we produce, interpret, and consume imagery across art, design, and digital media.

Structure & Credits

40 ECTS – 25 mandatory and 15 optional. Combines core studies in visual culture and philosophy with options across design, media, and art history.

Module Listing 

• Key Concepts in Visual Culture
• Philosophy and Aesthetics
• Resistance: Cultures of Protest
• Archive Studies
• Body Culture: The Visualised Self Today
• Vision and Spectacle
• New Media: Technologies of Today
• Fine Art: Theories of History
• Modernism and Modernisms
• Design Now Graphics

Why Take This Minor

This minor is for anyone curious about how images influence culture, politics, and identity. It builds strong analytical and interpretive skills for careers in media, curation, and cultural research.