ARCH 120 — Visual Literacy and Civilization: An Architect's View Units: 3
This course focuses on the role of visual explanation in Western European civilization, while also emphasizing its cultural relativity. It analyzes the rules of representational conventions in the context of their rich cultural history and contrasts them with non-western traditions. The course introduces several 20th-century schools of thought that have been critical of the hegemonic visual regime of modernity, and its role in colonial expansion and domination of non-western cultures. Lecture Hours: 36 Lab Hours: 54 Repeatable: No Grading: Letter Prerequisite: None Advisory: None Limitation on enrollment: None Transfer Status: CSU Degree Applicable: AA/AS COD GE: None CalGETC: None