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A re­quired course for all Com­mu­ni­ca­tion De­sign stu­dents. Top­ics in­clude cre­ative user in­ter­face de­sign and best work­flow prac­tices. Stu­dents de­sign a web­site using an HTML tem­plate and de­velop de­sign, ty­pog­ra­phy and web pro­gram­ming skills. HTML and CSS are taught.

A required course for all Communication Design students. Topics include creative user interface design and best workflow practices. Students design a website using an HTML template and develop design, typography and web programming skills. HTML and CSS are taught.

An in-depth in­tro­duc­tion to com­mu­ni­ca­tion de­sign the­ory, this course ex­am­ines the­o­ret­i­cal per­spec­tives of de­sign prac­tice within the larger dis­course of de­sign and vi­sual cul­ture. Com­mu­ni­ca­tion mod­els, the na­ture of rep­re­sen­ta­tion, the di­men­sions of con­text, and semi­otics are ex­plored through crit­i­cal read­ings in key doc­u­ments from the early decades of the twen­ti­eth cen­tury to the pre­sent.

An in-depth introduction to communication design theory, this course examines theoretical perspectives of design practice within the larger discourse of design and visual culture. Communication models, the nature of representation, the dimensions of context, and semiotics are explored through critical readings in key documents from the early decades of the twentieth century to the present.