VCM713: Academic Discourse in Visual Analysis / College of Creative Arts

This course is designed for students, critical designers and creators of design with an intention to equipped them with theory, concepts and methodologies on valuing textual media in visual communication discipline such as films, television shows, videogames, visual, narratives through intense discussion and academic discourse. Through an interdisciplinary comparative/various lens (including oral, print, photographic, and digital forms), the course looks at the role and functions of media, theory and application of problem in structuring methods used in design, and judging the factors that directly or indirectly influences the visual design problem. Over the course of the semester, through readings, lectures, and discussions as well as students own writing in conducting content and contextual analysis, students will have the opportunity to theoretically analyze, explore and debates about the role of creativity, metamorphic thinking and other methods of idea generation.