ENGL 392B S21 CEL

Course Description and Learning Outcomes

Description

This course introduces students to the study of visual artifacts from a rhetorical perspective. You will become familiar with the basic principles of rhetoric, visual grammar, and visual semiotics, and then use those principles to analyze the rhetorical workings of visual artifacts in a variety of media, including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital works. In addition to practicing visual analysis, you will also be using your knowledge of visual rhetoric to create a visual product of your own.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to do the following:

• Use a variety of methods to analyze visual artifacts and understand how they function rhetorically.
• Employ those tools to create rhetorically effective visual products of your own.

This online course was developed by Bruce Dadey, with instructional design and multimedia development support provided by the Centre for Extended Learning.

Grade Breakdown

The following table represents the grade breakdown of this course.

Materials and Resources

Readings

All readings and resources for this course will be accessible through the course LEARN site.

Resources

• Library services for Co-op students on work term and students taking online courses

Course Schedule

Important: ALL TIMES EASTERN - Please see the University Policies section of your Syllabus for details