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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the role design plays in human communication. Students will gain familiarity with the basic concepts and assumptions underlying design practice and learn to see applied arts such as graphic design, architecture, and multimedia design function as communicative activities. Special attention will be given to the rhetorical methods associated with identifying design problems and implementing design solutions. Every fall (same as ART 251).
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Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This course is the meeting ground of the single most influential English author, Shakespeare, and the most distinctive and pervasive modern artistic form, the film. From its beginnings, film recognized Shakespeare as one of its most reliable and popular sources of material, and Shakespeare remains a potent presence in contemporary film. The course investigates the peculiar dedication to Shakespeare by considering both film versions of Shakespeare's plays ("Shakespeare on Film") and the frequent presence of Shakespearean material in films that have only the most tenuous connection to the actual playwright ("Shakespeare on Film"). Fall of alternate years.
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Prerequisite: ENGL 101. A survey of multimedia literature in English, from the medieval illuminated manuscript through contemporary hypertext. This course also introduces students to practical electronic media writing and hypertext design. Every fall.
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Prerequisite: ENGL 101. A seminar and workshop for writing literary journalism. Students will survey the genre from a historical perspective, analyze contemporary examples that may serve as models, and produce substantial work of their own. Students will gain experience in interviewing and research as well as employing literary techniques such as narrative, description, and dialogue. Spring of alternate years (same as ENGL 312).
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Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This course surveys the related fields of advertising and public relations and examines their role in contemporary society. Topics include history, law, ethics, social dynamics, and economic implications as well as creative and technical elements of the advertising and public relations campaign. The process of advertising and public relations is studied from the perspectives of art, business, and communication. Every fall (same as ENGL 314W).
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Prerequisite: ENGL 101. A workshop course for belletristic or personal essay. Includes an overview of the from representative essay literature. Every Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Students study basic techniques and formats used in print and broadcast journalism, along with similarities and difference in style among them. Grammar, syntax accuracy, logical construction, and other elements of good writing are emphasized, along with learning to write, under deadline pressure, basic, error-free copy. Additional emphasis on keeping up with current events and trends in the world through improved research skills. Spring of alternate years (same as ENGL 316).
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Prerequisite: COMM/ART 251. This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts, issues, and concerns associated with Web-based multimedia design. Course readings and exercises encourage students to explore the aesthetic and historical/cultural dimensions of design and then use this knowledge as the play, propose, implement, and rationalize their own Web site designs. Every spring. (Same as ART 351)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. A chronological survey of the cinema from its beginnings in the 1890's to the development of Classical Hollywood Cinema to 1939. Special attention is paid to major directors (Griggith, Eisenstein, Renoir), influential national cinemas (American, Russian, French, and German), and to dominant styles and genres (silent comedy, expressionism, Hollywood gangster and Western films) This course meets six hours per week, three of which are dev oted to screenings. Fall of alternate years. (Same as ENGL 368.
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3.00 Credits
A chronological survey of film from 1939 to the present. Special attention is paid to the breakdown of the Classical Hollywood model, the reaction of film makers to the challenge of television, and the rise of independent filmmaking. This course meets six hours per week, three of which are devoted to screenings. Spring of alternate years. Same as COMM 369.
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