Mar 28, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2019-2020 [Archived Catalog]

Video, Performance, and Social Impact


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This pathway allows students to study video, performance, and social impact through the integration of theory and practice. Students are prepared to analyze and critique moving images; plan, produce and edit their own media productions in video/television and/or performance; and communicate through visual as well as audio mediums. Strategically situating art, media and technology in a social context, students engage in creative practice designed to make change from the local to the global. 

To complete this integrative pathway, students must choose a minimum of 12 credits as described:

Choose one of the following:


  • IHSS 1965 – Open Source: Art, Music, Culture

  • IHSS 19XX – Behind the Television Screen 

  • IHSS 19XX – Documentary:  Whose Narrative? 

  • IHSS 19XX – Remixing in Digital Culture 

  • IHSS 19XX – Technology and the Top Ten

Choose remaining credits from the following, with at least 4 credits at the 4000 level:


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