Media Aesthetics: COMM 309
syllabus |  schedule of events

Schedule of Events

Week 1: August 25
Welcome and Introductions

Week 2: August 30
How we see: Medium(s) and Modes
Readings: Gee, Chapter 1 & 2
Deliver: Introduction of self (on Monday)

Week 3: September 8
Semiotics and Semiotic Domains
Readings: Gee, Chapter 3

Week 4: September 13
Internal & External Design Grammars
Readings: Gee, Chapter  4; Coates, Chapter 1

Week 5: September 20
Design and Concinnity
Readings: Coates, Chapter 2 & 3

Week 6: September 27
Showcase and Critique 1
Deliver: Composition 1: The Mashup, due Monday Sept. 27

Week 7: October 4
Revisit learned principles from Gee Chapters 1-4, Coates Chapters 1-3
Midterm in class on Wednesday, October 6

Week 8: October 11
Making Messages
Readings: Coates Chapter 4 & 5

Week 9: October 18
Culture, Products and Media
Readings: Coates Chapter 6, Gee Chapter 5

Week 10: October 25
Showcase and Critique 2
Deliver: Composition 2: Image + Text + Sound, due Monday Oct. 25

Week 11: November 1
Readings: Coates Chapters 7 & 8

Week 12: November 8
Readings: Gee, Chapter 6 & 7

Week 13: November 15
Showcase and Critique 3
Readings: Coates, Chapters 9 & 10
Deliver: Composition 3: Client-based Multimodal Minute
Monday, November 15 will be a peer-critique day for Composition 3. Use class time to perform peer-critiques of 2 other groups’ compositions and edit your compositions again for Wednesday.

Week 14: November 29
Learning Principles Revisited
Readings: Gee’s Learning Principles, Chapter 8

Week 15: December 6
Deliver: Final Projects: A Picture of Learning Today