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Courses
at Appalachian State University
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| C I 5830. Media Literacy |
| The course examines what it means to be
literate in a media era. Key concepts and principles from the field
of media literacy are studied through an examination of motion pictures,
advertising, television, photo journalism, broadcast news, and the Internet.
Emphasis is placed upon understanding media texts, media industries, media
narratives, and the form and language of a variety of different media.
Students are provided with critical frameworks for analyzing media as well
as with tools and techniques to be applied in several class projects aimed
at deconstructing media messages. |
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| C I 5930. Instructional Graphics |
| Examination of basic design principles
and concepts in the selection, design, and evaluation of graphic materials.
Course includes laboratory experience in design, development, production,
and publication of graphical materials. The laboratory experience centers
on the use of microcomputers and associated input or output devices. |
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| CI 5531 Web Page Design and Production |
| The purpose of this class is to provide
you with skills in webpage design and production. The class will introduce
you to basic HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), web page editors, graphics,
image mapping, graphic animation, copywrite guidelines, visual design concerns
in page design, and web site development. |
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| CI-5535 Global Issues – Media Literacy |
| (no description available) |
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| C I 5630. Instructional Technology |
| The course is intended to introduce students
to the field of instructional technology including its theoretical and
practical components. Students are introduced to traditional and emerging
electronic communication systems and equipment, and consider the application
such technology may have whether in education, business or industry. Particular
attention is given to the instructional design process with emphasis placed
on the relationship between the inception of a program or technology and
the actual instructional application and implementation of it. |
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| C I 5940. Media: Image and Influence |
| This media literacy course concentrates
on media representations, media audiences and media effects. Film
and television are studied in terms of their depiction of individuals,
institutions, and issues. Key categories of exploration include race,
class and gender. Case studies include representations of the family,
adolescence, minorities, and school. The social and psychological
consequences of media content are examined with emphasis upon child and
adolescent audiences, particularly in the areas of sexuality, violence,
and substance abuse. |
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| C I 5950. Non-fiction Film and Video |
| Students view and analyze a variety of
non-fiction films and videos in terms of both form and content. Emphasis
is placed on understanding the wide range of purposes for which non-fiction
programs are made, and on examining the variety of techniques used to achieve
those purposes. Students also engage in some hands-on experiences attempting
to capture reality on videotape as part of an effort to explore what
happens to reality when it is shaped into a film or video. |
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| CI-5534 Digital Production for the
Classroom |
| In this course we will develop activities
which integrate media production into a variety of curricular areas including
Language Arts, History, Visual Arts and Science. We will explore traditional
media forms such as photography and analog videotape, and we will develop
our skills in emerging technologies including digital still imaging (digital
photography, scanning and manipulation in Photoshop) and digital video
production. We will use digital video editing software to create
high quality video shorts, animation, and sound/slide shows, and we will
work to publish our work in the form of web-based materials for other teachers
to use. |
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| C I 5200. Multi-Media/Image Production |
| This course offers the student opportunities
to develop the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills necessary to
plan, design, produce, and present multi-image presentations. Presentation
formats range from analog and digital sound and multi/image formats to
various analog and digital projection and dissemination programs. |
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| C I 5635. Media Literacy and Curriculum
Development (To be completed summer 2002) |
In this course, media literacy is placed
within the traditional and emerging models of mass communication. The course
includes an examination of British, Australian and Canadian approaches
to media education within their respective school systems. Students are
required to develop a rationale that links media literacy to traditional
and emerging goals in American education.
An interdisciplinary approach is used to explore media literacy as both
a revolutionary and evolutionary concept. In addition to examining media
literacy as a competency or area for specific study, literacy is also addressed
in terms of classroom methodology and pedagogy. American schools
are analyzed in terms of the way their organizational culture and characteristics
impact innovations such as media literacy. |
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| FDN 5000 Research Methods (completed
at Western Carolina University Spring 2001) |
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