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...Granted, there are no midterms, essays, problem sets or readings assigned for many VES classes. Instead, there are eight-hour blocks of time struggling with intricate equipment in the basement of Sever Hall and brutally honest public critiques of finished projects. VES does not offer the satisfaction of there ever being a single correct answer...
...Instead, VES teaches a unique perspective about the human cultural and social experience. One senior literature concentrator currently enrolled in his first VES class explains, "I have come to think that there is a lot to be gained by learning to interpret and interact with visual art, visual data, visual literature. In many ways it is as rewarding as written literature or art history. It gives you a great additional perspective on the world to study it intensely even for one class...
...Harvard experience awards us a formal liberal arts education, enabling us to develop our interpretation of the world through whichever concentration we choose to study. Whether our discipline be economics, literature or VES, our concentration becomes that lens with which we learn to view and understand our surroundings...
...Ellen Phelan, the chair of the VES department and the professor of the Practice of Studio Arts, admits that "Harvard has a disgraceful record in its relationship with the arts." More important, she has the stories to prove...
...Despite the University's weak endorsement of the arts, there are now about 100 VES concentrators at the school and another 900 undergraduates enrolled in department courses. VES concentrators consistently win Hoopes Prizes for outstanding scholarly work or research...