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Comp & Comm II

Composition and Communication II is the second of two general education courses focused on integrated oral, written, and visual communication skill development emphasizing critical inquiry and research. In this course, students will explore issues of public concern using rhetorical analysis, engage in deliberation over those issues, and propose solutions based on well-developed arguments. Students will sharpen their ability to conduct research; compose and communicate in written, oral, and visual modes; and work effectively in groups (in pairs and small groups).

Comp & Comm II

Composition and Communication II is the second of two general education courses focused on integrated oral, written, and visual communication skill development emphasizing critical inquiry and research. In this course, students will explore issues of public concern using rhetorical analysis, engage in deliberation over those issues, and propose solutions based on well-developed arguments. Students will sharpen their ability to conduct research; compose and communicate in written, oral, and visual modes; and work effectively in groups (in pairs and small groups).

Comp & Comm II

Composition and Communication II is the second of two general education courses focused on integrated oral, written, and visual communication skill development emphasizing critical inquiry and research. In this course, students will explore issues of public concern using rhetorical analysis, engage in deliberation over those issues, and propose solutions based on well-developed arguments. Students will sharpen their ability to conduct research; compose and communicate in written, oral, and visual modes; and work effectively in groups (in pairs and small groups).

Digital Literacy

This course teaches elementary and fundamental approaches to digital production and critique by asking students to consider cultural, technological, aesthetic, political, and other objects of digital study.

Writing Markup

In this course, students will explore the history, theory, and application of markup languages, such as HTML or SGML. Markup languages are the underlying structure and instructions for the web and all digital artifacts.

Podcasting And Sound

In this course, students will study recorded sound and produce their own recordings. Course texts will include podcast episodes and readings from the field of sound studies. Major projects will include a student- produced podcast, a proposal for the podcast, and audio exercises.

Digital Humanities

While the humanities traditionally include literature, the arts, music, philosophy, and history, the digital humanities combines these traditional areas of humanistic inquiry to theories of computation, online archives, data mining, visualization, mapping, But how, why, and to what end? This course provides an overview of the Digital Humanities as an emerging area of interdisciplinary study relevant to scholarly and professional work. In this course, we'll explore key theories and concepts relevant to the Digital Humanities.

Spirit Chemistry

In this course, students will explore the production of distilled spirits. The production of distilled spirits involves three basic steps: selection and processing of a carbohydrate (starch or sugar), fermentation of the carbohydrate to produce ethanol and distillation of the ethanol. In these processes, substances are produced and concentrated in the ethanol that create the unique flavors and fragrances associated with the individual spirit. Seven distilled spirits (moonshine, vodka, gin, rum, tequila, bourbon and scotch) will be discussed in detail.

History Of Photography

Global survey of the history of photography from its inception to the present day. Organized thematically around various critical frameworks, this course exposes students to diverse photographic practices across culture and time. Emphasizing fine art photography, the course explores the ways in which both analog and digital photography are used to operate across multiple disciplines, such as art, design, science, social science, fashion, etc.

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