Bachelor of Arts in Visual & Material Culture

at Goucher College

Telling the “stories” of objects and places from diverse perspectives lies at the core of the Visual & Material Culture Program. This program is a 21st-century approach to art history and preservation. The curriculum expands upon these disciplines to include the examination and role of images, objects, architecture, and the built environment not only as reflections of history, but actors that make history. Billboards, Instagram, fashion, urban green spaces—they all tell a story. Our students learn what those stories are by investigating the meaning and purpose behind everything that people and societies create as ways to express emotion and thought.