Emphasis on analytic methods, the aesthetic characteristics of media forms and how visuals are utilized and understood. Several perspectives considered, including historical, cultural, and critical. Class Description Students will be exposed to an intensive introduction to theories of visual culture and gain practical experience in producing multimedia content. By the end of the course, students should possess a set of tools for understanding and analyzing visual texts, and an understanding of how to create meaningful content for an increasingly visual and digital media world. Generally, classes are organized as seminars.
Students discuss issues related to the readings for the class.
There will also be short lectures and tutorials to introduce new concepts, and time to work collaboratively on projects in the New Media Research Lab. This is a challenging class in which the student will be exposed to a wide range of materials and investigate in more depth those that she finds most interesting. In order to succeed in the class, students should be willing to put a great deal of time and effort into reading and understanding the the materials, and to work on their own to gain expertise in one of the sets of new media production tools they will be introduced to. Class Assignments and Grading Writing and visual production assignments serve to help support our discussion and investigation of visual culture. The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses.