PWR 212 MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I
This course introduces students to the interrelated, specialized studies and practices of visual rhetoric, digital humanities, data design, and multimedia authoring. Students will develop a rhetorical foundation for analyzing and producing screen-based interfaces and data visualizations. The course emphasizes a process-oriented approach to design wherein design includes attention to planning, research, revision, and production. Students learn to focus on design from a rhetorical perspective, one that balances writers’ goals, users’/readers’ needs, and text design possibilities. Students will learn some newer technologies/software that that they may not already know in order to create multimedia and visual texts, but students are not expected to have prior technology or design experience.
Offered
Offered spring.