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    Nov 04, 2024  
American University Catalog 2023-2024 
    
American University Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COMM-105 Visual Literacy (3)


This course introduces students to ways of understanding visual media through instruction in the fundamental principles of 2-D design, photography, and film/video. Students learn visual theory and immerse themselves in new ways of seeing; understand the impact of images in various forms and contexts; critically deconstruct images created by others while producing images of their own; and come to appreciate the influences of visual symbols on communication. Usually Offered: fall and spring.