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In our “Writ­ing with New Media” class, we will de­fine what we mean by the term “new media,” learn a shared ter­mi­nol­ogy for un­der­stand­ing new media, cre­ate de­liv­er­ables with new media in­di­vid­u­ally and col­lab­o­ra­tively, and es­tab­lish the foun­da­tion of your pro­fes­sional and tech­ni­cal writ­ing on­line pres­ence. More specif­i­cally, you will: • Ex­per­i­ment with new media com­mu­ni­ca­tion tech­nolo­gies and ar­tic­u­late how they re­late to tra­di­tional media tech­nolo­gies; • De­velop lit­era­cies for read­ing, eval­u­at­ing, and cre­at­ing new media com­mu­ni­ca­tions; • Col­lab­o­rate and share your new media com­po­si­tions within a sup­port­ive com­mu­nity of com­po­si­tion­ists; • Build heuris­tics to en­able your dy­namic tran­si­tion to learn­ing new media tech­nolo­gies as they emerge, and • In­te­grate the com­po­si­tion process into your new media cre­ation prac­tices (draft­ing, re­vis­ing, and re­flec­tion).

In our “Writing with New Media” class, we will define what we mean by the term “new media,” learn a shared terminology for understanding new media, create deliverables with new media individually and collaboratively, and establish the foundation of your professional and technical writing online presence. More specifically, you will: • Experiment with new media communication technologies and articulate how they relate to traditional media technologies; • Develop literacies for reading, evaluating, and creating new media communications; • Collaborate and share your new media compositions within a supportive community of compositionists; • Build heuristics to enable your dynamic transition to learning new media technologies as they emerge, and • Integrate the composition process into your new media creation practices (drafting, revising, and reflection).

This course ex­plores re­search and doc­u­men­ta­tion for all media for­mats in­clud­ing text, im­ages, sound, and mul­ti­me­dia. Stu­dents will ex­plore in­for­ma­tion is­sues, es­pe­cially in terms of their rel­e­vance today: how in­for­ma­tion is pro­duced and or­ga­nized in both tra­di­tional and emerg­ing media, how in­for­ma­tion ac­cess is af­fected by po­lit­i­cal, eco­nomic and cul­tural fac­tors, and the ethics of in­for­ma­tion use. Stu­dents will also ac­quire the prac­ti­cal skills of lo­cat­ing in­for­ma­tion sources in a va­ri­ety of media and for­mats, crit­i­cal eval­u­a­tion of sources, and doc­u­men­ta­tion and ci­ta­tion of tra­di­tional and emerg­ing media and tech­nolo­gies. Stu­dents will apply what they learn to cre­ate and pre­sent re­search and doc­u­men­ta­tion pro­jects.

This course explores research and documentation for all media formats including text, images, sound, and multimedia. Students will explore information issues, especially in terms of their relevance today: how information is produced and organized in both traditional and emerging media, how information access is affected by political, economic and cultural factors, and the ethics of information use. Students will also acquire the practical skills of locating information sources in a variety of media and formats, critical evaluation of sources, and documentation and citation of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will apply what they learn to create and present research and documentation projects.

“Aca­d­e­mic as well as oc­cu­pa­tional writ­ing such as lab re­ports and bids, em­pha­sis on the doc­u­mented re­port, sum­ma­riz­ing ma­te­r­ial and writ­ing let­ters. Writ­ten pre­sen­ta­tions fre­quently uti­lize vi­sual aids such as graph­ics, maps and charts. Pre­req­ui­site: ENG 1101”

“Academic as well as occupational writing such as lab reports and bids, emphasis on the documented report, summarizing material and writing letters. Written presentations frequently utilize visual aids such as graphics, maps and charts. Prerequisite: ENG 1101”

The major de­sign­ers and the aes­thetic and tech­ni­cal de­vel­op­ments in print media from an­tiq­uity to the pre­sent are stud­ied in their cul­tural and artis­tic con­texts. Re­nais­sance to mod­ern prac­tices are ex­ten­sively ex­am­ined.

The major designers and the aesthetic and technical developments in print media from antiquity to the present are studied in their cultural and artistic contexts. Renaissance to modern practices are extensively examined.

This course ex­plores cre­ative vi­sual think­ing and its im­por­tance to com­mu­ni­ca­tion de­sign. Stu­dents will ex­per­i­ment with im­age-mak­ing tech­niques and learn to use graphic el­e­ments to com­mu­ni­cate con­cepts and ideas.

This course explores creative visual thinking and its importance to communication design. Students will experiment with image-making techniques and learn to use graphic elements to communicate concepts and ideas.