Department Website: Visual Literacy
The Visual Literacy minor focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to studying photographic and video arts, photojournalism, and documentary film. The minor gives students models for thinking critically about the interpretation and impact of images in society and artistic creation, and the evolving role of video in online news and social media. The curriculum integrates experiential learning with the theories and ethics of artistic and journalistic visual creation.
Visual Literacy Minor
Program Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| INMD 101 | Media Literacy | 3 |
| 6 |
| Digital Art Foundations 1 | |
| Photographic Art 1 | |
| Photojournalism | |
| Introduction to Filmmaking | |
| Design and Editing | |
| 9-11 |
| Image Communication | |
| Art Fusion | |
| Documentary History & Analysis | |
| History of Photography | |
| Documentary Filmmaking | |
| Creative Filmmaking | |
| Total Hours | 18-20 |
See the Undergraduate Catalog department sections for individual course descriptions.
Note: Students using JOUR 470 Documentary Filmmaking and/or DGMP 320 Image Communication to satisfy the Visual Literacy minor requirements, may not also use the courses for an upper-division BRCO, JOUR or PRLS elective course required for Digital Media Production, Journalism, or Public Relations majors and minors.
