The course introduces students to the fundamentals of visual literacy by exploring key concepts and methods from the fields of art history and visual culture. Both disciplines study the role images play in their social contexts by exploring the way in which their visual language communicate and shape human perceptions, experiences and narratives about history, society, politics, religion, economy and culture. The starting point of each course will be either a key concept(s) or method(s) through which students will: (a) gain a profounder understanding of both disciplines' historical developments, sources, branches of study, and practices, (b) learn how to analysis and contextualise the complex visual language of images. While concepts and methods shape the course content, students will be introduced to a spectrum of images and art from a range of cultures as well. Students will be invited to interact directly with images and not solely with their photographic reproduction through museum visits.