2024-2025 Catalog

CJN-H152 Honors Visual Aesthetics

Students will analyze how visual texts are constructed within a social historical context. This course introduces a formalist approach to understanding visual media, such as screen language. Students will acquire visual literacy through defining and applying concepts in cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing, and genre analysis. Students will develop analytical skills to deconstruct the components of a frame, sequence, or film/video.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Student has satisfied all of the following Academic Unit (Computed) in the selection list Advertising Public Relations and Social Media, Art and Design, Biology, Biology and Radiation Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Communication Journalism and Media, Economics, English, Environmental Science and Studies, History Language and Global Culture, INTO College of Arts and Sciences, Math and Computer Science, Medical Dosimetry, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and Legal Studies, Psychology, Radiation Sciences, Sociology and Criminal Justice ... And Student has satisfied all of the following Student is a member of the Honors Summary All Student Cohort

Offered

Fall, Spring