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JRN 445 Online Serena Carpenter, PhD Assistant Professor office 344 email via Angel Dates Jul 1 Aug 15
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Course Objectives
To foster your visual intelligence cognitively and critically To increase your visual literacy, which is the ability to interpret and create visual communication To develop intuitive and rational skills that will help you intelligently and ethically produce and consume media messages
Course Materials
Students will need regular access to a computer to access course materials on the ANGEL course management system (www.angel.msu.edu). You will also need a digital camera. A phone camera will work for the purposes of this class. NOTE: Since this is an online class, I want to keep all of our correspondence within the Angel system where the class will be held. When a question or concern arises, email BOTH the teaching assistant (Kang Li) and me ONLY through the Angel system.
Deadlines
The weekly discussion board and drop box are under the Lessons tab on Angel and they will go dark at the time the assignments are due that following Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
Grading
Grading of assignments will be based on your participation, ideas, work ethic, meeting deadlines, quality of your work, and integration of the readings and lectures. Some grading criteria include: Connecting your work to readings and class discussion Fluency with which reflect visual grammar used in text and lectures Understanding of visual literacy principles presented in readings or lectures Quality writing that expresses clear thinking Writing that is free of typos, spelling errors and poor grammar 90 = 4.0 85 = 3.5 80 = 3.0 75 = 2.5 70 = 2.0 65 = 1.5 60 = 1.0 59 & under = 0
Assignments
5 Quizzes (10 points ea.) 5 Discussion board posts (10 points ea.) 3 Comments per week (10 points ea.) Personal impact assessment Font poem Photo ethics photo slideshow Good and bad photojournalism assessment 5-7 page final paper 50 points 50 points 50 points 35 points 25 points 35 points 30 points 125 points 400 points
Total
Weekly Quizzes
The online quiz will be on the content of lectures, supplemental material and book readings (available under the Lessons tab on Angel). The quiz will end the on the due date on each Sunday at 11:59 p.m. There will be a total of five quizzes. These quizzes are meant to measure to what extent you have watched the lectures and have read the material.
Weekly Assignments
Watch video lectures before completing the assignment. It is important that you apply what you learn from previous lectures. There are total of four weekly assignments: 1) personal impact assessment, 2) font poem, 3) photo ethics photo slideshow, and 4) good and bad photojournalism assessment. The goal of these assignments is to develop your image critiquing skills.
Final Project
Write a five- to seven-page paper critically examining a photograph, collection, or exhibit. The paper is based on your understanding of how to critique images based on the book chapter, mini-assignments, and lectures.
Week 1 (7/1-7/7)
Week 2 (7/8-7/14)
Week 3 (7/15-7/21)
Week 4 (7/22-7/28)