VISST-3000 seminars continue developing students' visual analysis and research skills while providing students the opportunity for in-depth study of the visual/structural artifacts associated with a particular topic, region, or movement. Students will also engage with the relevant primary/secondary literature for the specific topic/theme. Courses will pay particular attention to the larger cultural, historical, and theoretical/ideological contexts in which the visual artifacts and structures under consideration were created. This course cannot fulfill the VISST-2000 requirement.COURSE DESCRIPTIONConsider that a mere 100 years ago most Americans didn't own their homes, didn't drive vehicles, hadn't yet made the move to the suburbs. Freeways didn't exist. Nor did malls. In this seminar, we will examine the spaces and styles of the single-family house as well as the lawns, cul-de-sacs and walls that separate it from the wider world. We will look into the infrastructure that makes suburban living possible - from the road network to the big box store. Students will read histories and novels, view films, and undertake projects about emerging suburban phenomena in Northern California.

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