视觉研究领域包括各种图像和人工制品，以及视觉本身的历史，过程和技术。该证书将为博士生提供必要的工具，以批判性地思考视觉对象和体验，并将其应用于正在进行的学术工作和博士研究中。学生将结合对特定表征的持续分析，并关注更广泛的哲学框架和历史条件。
The field of visual studies encompasses a diverse range of images and artifacts as well as the history, processes and technologies of vision itself. This certificate will provide PhD students with the tools necessary to think critically about visual objects and experience and to apply that thinking to their ongoing scholarly work and doctoral research. Students will combine the sustained analysis of specific representations with attention to broader philosophical frameworks and historical conditions.