SoC First Year Seminar: Interdisciplinary Topics in Communication Arts & Sciences (101-0-2)
Topic
Strategic Stories
Instructors
Eric Adrian Patrick
847/491-4229
AMS 214
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00PM-3:00PM, Wednesdays 10:00am-12:00pm
Nathan Walter
Meeting Info
Frances Searle Building 2378: Mon 9:00AM - 10:20AM
Overview of class
A survey of both visual and rhetorical practices throughout history and culture, with readings from media psychology, visual rhetoric, information design, and narrative theory. Students will write about these topics, complete short exercises on the frameworks we're learning, and complete a final project which can take diverse forms. A few of the topics covered will be Gestalt grouping methods, Persuasion, Learning Design, and Semiotics.
Registration Requirements
Enrollment is restricted to SoC undergraduate first year students.
Learning Objectives
1.To deepen understanding about, and encourage enthusiasm for, research related to diversity. 2.To learn about how scholars from different disciplines examine scientific questions, including the varied methods they use in the process. 3.To engage with scholars from across SoC, including through thoughtful in-class questions and discussion. 4.To consider the many different aspects of the field for communication could be examined and understood and even what cross-disciplinary collaboration might look like.
Class Attributes
SOC First-Year Seminar
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for School of Communication Freshmen & Sophomores only.