Undergraduate Courses
Please find the tentative curriculum for the 2025-26 academic year below.
The specific schedule for the current quarter can be reviewed in the Schedule of Classes.
A full list of HAVC course offerings can be found in the UCSC General Catalog.
FALL QUARTER 2025
| 28 | Ghosts, Haunting, Memory, and Erasure in the Films of Asia | Boreth Ly | |
| 47 | Introduction To Contemporary Art | Brian Karl | |
| 51 | Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World | Maria Evangelatou | |
| 70 | Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands | Nicole Furtado | |
| 118 | Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora | Tatiane Santa Rosa | |
| 135D | Art, Revolt, and Revolution in Europe 1750-1850 | Kailani Polzak | |
| 141C | Modern Art: Pop to Present | Derek Murray | |
| 141I | Be Here Now: Art, Land, Space | Jennifer González | |
| 141L | Museums in the Internet Era | Kyle Parry | |
| 151 | Greek Myths Antiquity to the Present | Maria Evangelatou | |
| 188J | Curation and Justice | Alexandra Moore | |
| 190Y | Art and the Sea: Visualizing Knowledge and Political History in Europe and North America (1500-1900) | Kailani Polzak |
WINTER QUARTER 2026
| 41 | Introduction to Modern Art | Brian Karl | |
| 44 | Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment | Albert Narath | |
| 46 | Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture | Mary Zundo | |
| 50 | Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures | Amanda Reiterman | |
| 64 | Indigenous North American Materiality and Resistance | Clementine Bordeaux | |
| 100A | Approaches to Visual Studies | Kailani Polzak | |
| 140B | Victorian America | Mary Zundo | |
| 141M | Museum Practices | Tatiane Santa Rosa | |
| 142 | Contemporary Art and Ecology | TBA | |
| 170 | Art of the Body in Oceania | Marata Tamaira | |
| 175 | Speculative Currents: Art, Oceans, and Imagined Worlds (new course) | Nicole Furtado | |
| 188A | Introduction to Curatorial Studies | Martabel Wasserman | |
| 191I | Topics in Architecture and Urban History Winter 2026 Topic: The role of photography in documenting, representing, and shaping the architecture of the twentieth century city | Albert Narath |
SPRING QUARTER 2026
| 20 | Visual Cultures of Asia | Yi Yi Mon (Rosaline) Kyo | |
| 35 | European Visual Culture in a Global Context 1500-1900 | Kailani Polzak | |
| 40 | Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display | Jennifer González | |
| 55 | Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present | Maria Evangelatou | |
| 124B | History of Photography in Southeast Asia | Boreth Ly | |
| 124C | Arts and Politics in Theravada Traditions | Boreth Ly | |
| 141O | Sex, Lies, and Surveillance: Contemporary Documentary Arts | TJ Demos | |
| 143H | City on a Hill: The Architecture of the Campus | Albert Narath | |
| 152 | Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World | Amanda Reiterman | |
| 164A | Art and Visual Culture of Indigenous California | Clementine Bordeaux | |
| 188C | Site-Specific Art, Installations, Artists and Institutional Practice | Martabel Wasserman | |
| 191L | Topics in Native American Visual Culture: Indigeneity and Pop Culture Spring 2026 Topic: “Skoden”: Discussions of indigenous pop culture and the resurgence of Native representation. This course will examine the history of stereotypes about tribal people, understand the ongoing complications of mainstream image production, and celebrate the rise of Native-made film, television, and pop culture content. | Clementine Bordeaux | |
| 191N | Topics in Renaissance Art and Visual Culture Spring 2026 Topic: Black Representation Between the 15th to 18th Centuries | Consuelo Endrigo-Williams |
SUMMER QUARTER 2026
The HAVC Department regularly offers courses during Summer Session. A minimum of one upper-division course will be offered during Session 1 and Session 2 (specific courses vary). For the latest offerings, please visit the Summer Session website.
