JOUR M05 - Introduction to Visual Communication

    Recent Professors
    Michael Hoffman
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2024, Fall 2023
    Class Size
    55–80 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2024 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    Introduces the significant theories of visual communication through images employed by the mass media and distributed via the Internet, print, electronic, and advertising media. Examines the tools used in analyzing visual communication. Creates and analyzes images for print, Web and video. Evaluates critically, using the framework of visual literacy, how society communicates through still and moving images, cartoons, typography and infographics. Analyzes how visual communication affects society and its cultural values.