In this course, students will read, interpret, and critique a wide range of comics and graphic novels. Students will be introduced to the history of comics as well as the vocabulary of comics. Students will analyze the use of the gutter, frames, line, color, and the interplay between text and image. Students will also analyze how the topics of superheroes, disaster, war, punk, illness and disability, gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity, among others, are represented within the context of comics and graphic novels. Students will engage actively with a variety of comics and graphic novels as well as the interpretations and insights of their classmates. Level I Prerequisite: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6
Level I Prereq: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6
Class offerings by semester
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Even Years |
   Blended classes also available |
Blended classes also available |
Blended classes also available |
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Odd Years |
Blended classes also available |
Blended classes also available |
Blended classes also available |
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Please refer to the course schedule to see the specific time and platform for which the course is offered. |
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| Description | Hours |
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| Credits | 3 |
| Lecture Hours | 45 |
| Clinical Hours | 0 |
| Lab Hours | 0 |
| Other Hours | 0 |
| Total Hours | 45 |
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