SOCY 465 - Visual Sociology

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture
Prerequisites: SOCY 110 or SOCY 121
Will examine the impact of visual imagery on the social world and will study the various ways in which visual imagery may be employed to investigate the social world. Additionally, the history of photography and sociology will be reviewed, with consideration of the methodological issues arising from the use of visual research methods in social science. This course will provide firsthand experience merging photography and sociology.