Principles of Document Content and Design
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
430
Course Level
Undergraduate
Instruction Mode
Lecture
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Theoretical and cultural perspectives on the visual content and design of genres and media in Professional Communication. Instruction and practice in creating print and digital workplace documents.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Apply foundational definitions, principles, and theories of document design as a method of communicating content and connect that knowledge to theories of rhetoric and the technologies used to design documents.
Outcome
Identify the design qualities (pages, type, graphics, color, forms, etc.) of documents in particular genres and/or media and evaluate the rhetorical effectiveness of those qualities from a cultural perspective.
Outcome
Apply digital technologies to create rhetorically effective artifacts using appropriate genres and principles of document design.