Communication, Culture, and Representation

4 credits

This course is a critical introduction to the history of representation, surveying a range of theories and methods that have been used to understand and shape representational practices. The course will focus on relationships between form and content across various representational genres in shifting cultural contexts. Course work may integrate scholarly study with production (e.g., image-making or video/media production). This is a distance education course. No credit for COMM 100B if taken after COMM 100BR. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.