HAVC courses
214 courses · University of California Santa Cruz · Fall 2026
- HAVC 10 — HAVC 10Introduction to African Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 20 — HAVC 20Visual Cultures of Asia1 section
- HAVC 22 — HAVC 22Religion and Visual Culture in China1 section
- HAVC 24 — HAVC 24Southeast Asia Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 27 — HAVC 27Image and Ideology in Indian Art1 section
- HAVC 28 — HAVC 28Ghosts, Haunting, Memory, and Erasure in the Films of Asia1 section
- HAVC 30 — HAVC 30Introduction to European Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 35 — HAVC 35European Visual Culture in a Global Context 1500-19001 section
- HAVC 39 — HAVC 39African-American Art1 section
- HAVC 40 — HAVC 40Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display1 section
- HAVC 41 — HAVC 41Introduction to Modern Art1 section
- HAVC 43 — HAVC 43History of Modern Architecture1 section
- HAVC 44 — HAVC 44Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment1 section
- HAVC 45 — HAVC 45Photography Now1 section
- HAVC 46 — HAVC 46Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 47 — HAVC 47Introduction To Contemporary Art1 section
- HAVC 48 — HAVC 48Climate Justice Now! Art, Activism, Environment Today1 section
- HAVC 49 — HAVC 49From Memes to Metadata: an Introduction to Digital Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 50 — HAVC 50Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures1 section
- HAVC 51 — HAVC 51Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World1 section
- HAVC 55 — HAVC 55Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present1 section
- HAVC 58 — HAVC 58Gardens of Delight: Fifteen Centuries of Islamic Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 60 — HAVC 60Indigenous American Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 64 — HAVC 64Indigenous North American Materiality and Resistance1 section
- HAVC 65 — HAVC 65Native American Art and the Environment1 section
- HAVC 70 — HAVC 70Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands1 section
- HAVC 80 — HAVC 80Colonial Histories and Legacies: Africa, Oceania, and the Indigenous Americas1 section
- HAVC 85 — HAVC 85Introduction to Global Architecture1 section
- HAVC 99 — HAVC 99Tutorial1 section
- HAVC 100A — HAVC 100AApproaches to Visual Studies1 section
- HAVC 110 — HAVC 110Visual Cultures of West Africa1 section
- HAVC 111 — HAVC 111Visual Cultures of Central Africa1 section
- HAVC 115 — HAVC 115Gender in African Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 116 — HAVC 116African Architecture1 section
- HAVC 117 — HAVC 117Contemporary Art of Africa1 section
- HAVC 118 — HAVC 118Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora1 section
- HAVC 119 — HAVC 119Arts and Politics of African Urban Space1 section
- HAVC 122A — HAVC 122ASacred Geography of China1 section
- HAVC 122B — HAVC 122BConstructing Lives in China: Biographies and Portraits1 section
- HAVC 122C — HAVC 122CWriting in China1 section
- HAVC 122D — HAVC 122DChinese Landscape Painting1 section
- HAVC 122E — HAVC 122EArt and Propaganda in China1 section
- HAVC 122F — HAVC 122FBodies in Chinese Culture1 section
- HAVC 123A — HAVC 123AModernity and the Arts of India1 section
- HAVC 123B — HAVC 123BReligions and Visual Culture of South Asia1 section
- HAVC 124A — HAVC 124AArts of Ancient Southeast Asia1 section
- HAVC 124B — HAVC 124BHistory of Photography in Southeast Asia1 section
- HAVC 124C — HAVC 124CArts and Politics in Theravada Traditions1 section
- HAVC 124D — HAVC 124DContemporary Art of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora1 section
- HAVC 124E — HAVC 124ESoutheast Asian-American and Diasporic Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 127A — HAVC 127ABuddhist Visual Worlds1 section
- HAVC 127B — HAVC 127BBuddhist Pure Lands1 section
- HAVC 127C — HAVC 127CRitual in Asian Religious Art1 section
- HAVC 127D — HAVC 127DStorytelling in Asian Art1 section
- HAVC 127E — HAVC 127EModern/Contemporary Architecture of the Asia Pacific1 section
- HAVC 127F — HAVC 127FThe Politics of Exclusion: Asian American Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 133A — HAVC 133AThemes in the Study of Medieval Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 135B — HAVC 135BGerman Art, 1905-19451 section
- HAVC 135D — HAVC 135DArt, Revolt, and Revolution in Europe 1750-18501 section
- HAVC 135E — HAVC 135EJewish Identity and Visual Representation1 section
- HAVC 135F — HAVC 135FArt of the Book in Western Europe 500-16001 section
- HAVC 135G — HAVC 135GBlood, Guts, and Gore: Representing War from Leonard da Vinci to Abu Ghraib1 section
- HAVC 135H — HAVC 135HTopics in European and Euro-American Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 135K — HAVC 135KArt and Science in Europe 1500-19001 section
- HAVC 135L — HAVC 135LNineteenth-Century Europe in Prints1 section
- HAVC 135P — HAVC 135PParis, Capital of the 19th Century1 section
- HAVC 137A — HAVC 137ANorthern Renaissance Art1 section
- HAVC 137E — HAVC 137ERenaissance Prints1 section
- HAVC 140A — HAVC 140AAmerica in Art1 section
- HAVC 140B — HAVC 140BVictorian America1 section
- HAVC 140C — HAVC 140CRace and American Visual Arts1 section
- HAVC 140D — HAVC 140DChicano/Chicana Art: 1970-Present1 section
- HAVC 140E — HAVC 140EArt and Science in America: Contact to circa 19001 section
- HAVC 140F — HAVC 140FBlack Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 140P — HAVC 140PPop Culture as High Art1 section
- HAVC 141A — HAVC 141AModern Art: Realism to Cubism1 section
- HAVC 141B — HAVC 141BDeath, Desire, and Modernity1 section
- HAVC 141C — HAVC 141CModern Art: Pop to Present1 section
- HAVC 141E — HAVC 141EHistories of Photography1 section
- HAVC 141F — HAVC 141FThe Camera and the Body1 section
- HAVC 141H — HAVC 141HMedia History and Theory1 section
- HAVC 141I — HAVC 141IBe Here Now: Art, Land, Space1 section
- HAVC 141J — HAVC 141JCritical Issues in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 141K — HAVC 141KActivist Art Since 1960: Art, Technology, Activism1 section
- HAVC 141L — HAVC 141LMuseums in the Internet Era1 section
- HAVC 141M — HAVC 141MMuseum Practices1 section
- HAVC 141N — HAVC 141NData Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation1 section
- HAVC 141O — HAVC 141OSex, Lies, and Surveillance: Contemporary Documentary Arts1 section
- HAVC 141P — HAVC 141PNetworks and Natures: Art, Technology, and the Nonhuman1 section
- HAVC 141Z — HAVC 141ZDeep Dive: Museums of the Bay Area1 section
- HAVC 142 — HAVC 142Contemporary Art and Ecology1 section
- HAVC 142M — HAVC 142MMuseum Exhibitions1 section
- HAVC 143A — HAVC 143AContemporary Architecture and Critical Debates1 section
- HAVC 143B — HAVC 143BHistory of Urban Design1 section
- HAVC 143C — HAVC 143CLatin American Modern Architecture1 section
- HAVC 143D — HAVC 143DArchitecture and the City in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 143E — HAVC 143EHistory of Design: The Objects of Technology, 1850-The Present1 section
- HAVC 143F — HAVC 143FMemory, Place, and Preservation in Modern Architecture1 section
- HAVC 143G — HAVC 143GAfter Utopia: Architecture and the City, 1968-Present1 section
- HAVC 143H — HAVC 143HCity on a Hill: The Architecture of the Campus1 section
- HAVC 144A — HAVC 144ALatin American Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 151 — HAVC 151Ancient Greek Myths and Their Gender Constructs1 section
- HAVC 152 — HAVC 152Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World1 section
- HAVC 153 — HAVC 153Neither Venus Nor Virgin: Women's Lives Beyond Men's Constructs in Late Antiquity and Byzantium1 section
- HAVC 154 — HAVC 154Byzantine Visual Culture: Politics and Religion in the Empire of Constantinople, 330-1453 A. C1 section
- HAVC 155 — HAVC 155Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages1 section
- HAVC 157B — HAVC 157BItalian Renaissance: Art and Architecture1 section
- HAVC 157C — HAVC 157CHigh Renaissance1 section
- HAVC 157D — HAVC 157DArt of the Venetian Renaissance1 section
- HAVC 160A — HAVC 160AIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: Mexico1 section
- HAVC 160B — HAVC 160BIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: The Andes1 section
- HAVC 162A — HAVC 162ASpecial Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Ancient Maya1 section
- HAVC 162B — HAVC 162BSpecial Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Inka1 section
- HAVC 163 — HAVC 163The Native in Colonial Spanish America1 section
- HAVC 164A — HAVC 164AArt and Visual Culture of Indigenous California1 section
- HAVC 165 — HAVC 165Indigenous Artists and the Borderland Missions1 section
- HAVC 166 — HAVC 166Indigenous Art and Activism1 section
- HAVC 170 — HAVC 170Art of the Body in Oceania1 section
- HAVC 172 — HAVC 172Textile Traditions of Oceania1 section
- HAVC 175 — HAVC 175Speculative Currents: Art, Oceans, and Imagined Worlds1 section
- HAVC 176 — HAVC 176Visual Sovereignty1 section
- HAVC 178 — HAVC 178Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania1 section
- HAVC 179 — HAVC 179Topics in Oceanic Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 180A — HAVC 180AContemporary Art in a Globalized World1 section
- HAVC 185 — HAVC 185Community Engagement Through the Arts1 section
- HAVC 186 — HAVC 186Horror and Gender in Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 186Q — HAVC 186QQueer Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 188A — HAVC 188AIntroduction to Curatorial Studies1 section
- HAVC 188B — HAVC 188BBiennials and Mega-Exhibitions1 section
- HAVC 188C — HAVC 188CSite-Specific Art, Installations, Artists and Institutional Practice1 section
- HAVC 188M — HAVC 188MVisual Culture of Memory1 section
- HAVC 190A — HAVC 190AAfrican Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 190B — HAVC 190BPlay and Ritual in Visual Cultures1 section
- HAVC 190C — HAVC 190CThe Mediterranean from the Rise of Christianity to the Rise of Islam1 section
- HAVC 190D — HAVC 190DThe World of the Lotus Sutra1 section
- HAVC 190E — HAVC 190EHuayan Visions1 section
- HAVC 190F — HAVC 190FChan Texts and Images1 section
- HAVC 190G — HAVC 190GBuddhist Wisdom Traditions1 section
- HAVC 190H — HAVC 190HConstructions of Identity in 20th c. Tibetan Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 190J — HAVC 190JVisual Cultures of the Vietnam-American War1 section
- HAVC 190K — HAVC 190KThematic Approach to Visual Cultures of Southeast Asia and Its Diaspora1 section
- HAVC 190M — HAVC 190MRepresentations of Women in Indian Art1 section
- HAVC 190N — HAVC 190NTopics in Mediterranean Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 190O — HAVC 190OBerlin: History and the Built Environment1 section
- HAVC 190P — HAVC 190PDeath and Patriotism: The Case of the French Revolution1 section
- HAVC 190Q — HAVC 190QPortraiture: Europe and America, 1400-19901 section
- HAVC 190R — HAVC 190R19th-Century European Art Now1 section
- HAVC 190S — HAVC 190SNew Directions in Contemporary Art1 section
- HAVC 190T — HAVC 190TTopics in Pre- and Post-Columbian Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 190U — HAVC 190UWord and Image in Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts1 section
- HAVC 190V — HAVC 190VCult of Mary in Byzantium1 section
- HAVC 190W — HAVC 190WArt and Culture Contact in Oceania1 section
- HAVC 190X — HAVC 190XArt and Identity in Oceania1 section
- HAVC 190Y — HAVC 190YArt and the Sea: Visualizing Knowledge and Political History in Europe and North America (1500-1900)1 section
- HAVC 191A — HAVC 191AIconoclasm1 section
- HAVC 191B — HAVC 191BThe Virgin of Guadalupe: Images and Symbolism in Spain, Mexico, and the U.S1 section
- HAVC 191C — HAVC 191CSubalternatives: Representing Others1 section
- HAVC 191D — HAVC 191DSemiotics and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 191E — HAVC 191EFeminist Theory and Art Production1 section
- HAVC 191F — HAVC 191FImage and Gender1 section
- HAVC 191G — HAVC 191GArt, Cinema, and the Postmodern1 section
- HAVC 191H — HAVC 191HClimate Havoc: Art and Environmental Crisis Today1 section
- HAVC 191I — HAVC 191ITopics in Architecture and Urban History1 section
- HAVC 191K — HAVC 191KDecolonial Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 191L — HAVC 191LTopics in Native American Visual Culture: Indigeneity and Pop Culture1 section
- HAVC 191N — HAVC 191NTopics in Renaissance Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 191O — HAVC 191OTopics in Oceanic Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 191P — HAVC 191PTopics in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 191S — HAVC 191STopics in American Art and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 191V — HAVC 191VThe Edge of the Sea: Architecture and Design on the California Coast1 section
- HAVC 191W — HAVC 191WArt, Disaster, and Resilience1 section
- HAVC 193F — HAVC 193FHistory of Art and Visual Culture Service Learning1 section
- HAVC 195 — HAVC 195Senior Thesis1 section
- HAVC 198 — HAVC 198Independent Field Study1 section
- HAVC 198F — HAVC 198FIndependent Field Study1 section
- HAVC 199 — HAVC 199Tutorial1 section
- HAVC 199F — HAVC 199FTutorial1 section
- HAVC 201A — HAVC 201AIntroduction to Visual Studies and Critical Theory1 section
- HAVC 202 — HAVC 202Introduction to Visual Studies Methods1 section
- HAVC 204 — HAVC 204Grant Writing, Pedagogy, and Professional Development1 section
- HAVC 205 — HAVC 205Grant Writing in Visual Studies1 section
- HAVC 212 — HAVC 212Yoruba Visualities and Aesthetics1 section
- HAVC 213 — HAVC 213Theories and Visual Cultures of Iconoclasm1 section
- HAVC 220 — HAVC 220Topics in Asian Visual Studies1 section
- HAVC 222 — HAVC 222The Image of Arhat in China1 section
- HAVC 224 — HAVC 224Engaged Buddhism and Visual Culture1 section
- HAVC 230 — HAVC 230Race, Aesthetics, and Art in 18th Century Europe1 section
- HAVC 231 — HAVC 231Visualizing Waterways and Water Ways1 section
- HAVC 232 — HAVC 232The Monument Since 1750 in Relation to Nationhood and the Experience of War1 section
- HAVC 233 — HAVC 233Visuality, Blackness, and the Human1 section
- HAVC 235 — HAVC 235Photography and History1 section
- HAVC 236 — HAVC 236Contemporary Art and Theories of Democracy1 section
- HAVC 240 — HAVC 240Seeing Race1 section
- HAVC 241 — HAVC 241Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and Ecology1 section
- HAVC 242 — HAVC 242Radical Futurisms1 section
- HAVC 243 — HAVC 243Alternative Architecture1 section
- HAVC 244 — HAVC 244Reinventing ''Reinventing Nature:'' Visual Culture and Environmentalism, circa 19951 section
- HAVC 245 — HAVC 245Theories of Representation: Visual Discourses of the Body1 section
- HAVC 249 — HAVC 249How to Do Things with Pictures: Media, Culture, and Performance1 section
- HAVC 250 — HAVC 250The Cult of Mary in Byzantium: Visualities of Political, Religions, and Gender Constructs1 section
- HAVC 260 — HAVC 260Visual Literacy in Spanish America, 1500-18001 section
- HAVC 264 — HAVC 264Contemporary Native American Art1 section
- HAVC 270 — HAVC 270Colonial Cultures of Collecting and Display1 section
- HAVC 273 — HAVC 273Imaging Colonial Borderlands1 section
- HAVC 275 — HAVC 275The Visual Cultures of Travel and Tourism1 section
- HAVC 276 — HAVC 276Indigenous Futurisms1 section
- HAVC 280 — HAVC 280Visual Studies Issues1 section
- HAVC 294 — HAVC 294Teaching-Related Independent Study1 section
- HAVC 295 — HAVC 295Directed Reading1 section
- HAVC 297A — HAVC 297AIndependent Study1 section
- HAVC 297B — HAVC 297BIndependent Study1 section
- HAVC 297F — HAVC 297FIndependent Study1 section
- HAVC 299A — HAVC 299AThesis Research1 section
- HAVC 299B — HAVC 299BThesis Research1 section
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