Programs and Areas
Curriculum/Courses in Digital Media Studies
Recent Courses Related to Digital Media Studies

Current Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing
(ENG 780, Kay Halasek). Examined the political, rhetorical, and pedagogical issues surrounding the discipline of composition, focusing on both the 19th and 20th century history of composition studies and on-going theoretical and pedagogical debates in the field. In this seminar a central concern was the relationship between composition pedagogy and technologies of composing and in particular digital composition.Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
(ENG 795 C, H. Lewis Ulman). Focused on case studies of research projects in rhetoric and composition that employed, or focused on, digital media.Studies in Literacy: Electronic Literacy
(ENG 883C, H. Lewis Ulman). Focused on various theories of electronic literacy and explored various modes of digital media production.
Seminar in English Romantic Literature: The Romantic Fantastic
(ENG 840C, Les Tannenbaum). Students constructed hypertext versions of selected Romantic texts as collaborative projects.Seminar in Composition: Literacy and Multimodality
(ENG 880C, Cynthia Selfe). Explored the theory and practice of multimodal literacy with a focus on related social, political, and educational issues. Students composed both video and audio essays that focused on literacy issues.Seminar in Composition: Digital Media Advocacy and Multimodal Pedagogy
(ENG 880C, Cynthia Selfe). Explored framing theory as a basis for formulating effective messages that enact political advocacy in specific rhetorical contexts. Students composed print, video, and audio public service announcements (PSAs) and read contemporary scholarship on multimodal composition and pedagogy.Seminar in Composition: Digital Media Production in First-Year Writing
(ENG 880C, Scott Lloyd DeWitt). Students created curricula for sections of first-year composition with digital media production at their core. Students were then assigned sections of computer-supported first-year writing the following quarter where they could teach their course.Contact
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