Academic Catalog 2018–2019

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GRDE420 Visual Culture

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This studio course approaches the study of visual culture and its theoretical frameworks. How designers decode visual information and audiences encode them is fundamental to the discipline of graphic design. This course approaches the study of visual culture and its theoretical framework. It investigates the production, form and reception of images as well as introduces theoretical strategies to understand how meaning is produced by and through images within their historical context. This course is taught through presentations, discussions, projects and critiques.

Prerequisite: ENG102 Academic English II