INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
An introduction to digital communication and how it shapes our everyday lives. Develop digital communication skills, explore digital media tools and trends, and examine expressions of power online.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Consider the relationship between digital media and communication Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain basic concepts in digital communication theory Audience: Undergraduate 3. Imagine a specific audience for digital communication Audience: Undergraduate 4. Fashion digital messages that can effectively engage that audience Audience: Undergraduate 5. Deploy basic design principles in text, photo, and video digital communications in communication to a chosen institutional audience Audience: Undergraduate 6. Deploy basic video production techniques in video digital communications to a chosen non-institutional audience Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Consider the relationship between digital media and communication Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain basic concepts in digital communication theory Audience: Undergraduate 3. Imagine a specific audience for digital communication Audience: Undergraduate 4. Fashion digital messages that can effectively engage that audience Audience: Undergraduate 5. Deploy basic design principles in text, photo, and video digital communications in communication to a chosen institutional audience Audience: Undergraduate 6. Deploy basic video production techniques in video digital communications to a chosen non-institutional audience Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027