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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Visual Storytelling


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Visual Storytelling Minor

Interdisciplinary minor

The Visual Storytelling Minor is an interdisciplinary minor offered by the departments of English Studies and Visual and Performing Arts. The minor integrates art, storytelling and technology, introducing students to the field of creative visual storytelling utilizing interdisciplinary methodologies. It weaves design, illustration and narrative analysis, providing students with a solid foundation in graphic design and narration-plus cinematic, digital and traditional illustration techniques-as well as various approaches to storytelling for creative visual presentation.

The minor offers students the opportunity to concentrate in this focused area to satisfy an interest in the printed book and its film, or digital adaptations; to prepare for further academic, or professional study in visual storytelling and visual culture; or to work as cartoonists, graphic novelists, art directors in Advertising or Corporate Communication, Art or English teachers, or film and comics critics.

The minor requires the completion of a minimum of 18 credits, with a minimum of five (5) courses chosen from the list below and distributed so that at least two (2) are English courses and at least two (2) are FAA courses.

 

Minor Requirements


The minor requires the completion of a minimum of 18 credits, with a minimum of five (5) courses chosen from the list below and distributed so that at least two (2) are English courses and at least two (2) are FAA courses.

Educational Objectives of the Minor


  • Understand the drawing process, including sketching the human figure;
  • Use computer tools and applications for design and imaging;
  • Understand sequencing and demonstrate the ability to critically analyze stories in terms of their verbal and visual properties;
  • Understand the difference of sequential imaging for film, print, and digital dissemination;
  • Understand film theory and demonstrate the ability to critically analyze film transformations of graphic novels;
  • Know the history and elements of Film;
  • Know the genres and conventions of graphic storytelling;
  • Write or illustrate a story in various formats.

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