The course description may appear somewhat vague to some people. "This course introduces students to the interaction of texts and images in such professional writing fields as advertising, book illustration, technical documentation, journalism, and public relations. Issues may include visual and textual literacy, the semiotics and rhetoric of design, and the ideological basis of social communication."

In essence, the course teaches the language of symbols, how to form sentences by combining elements together, and how to effectively argue a point while bypassing written language. In this course, we were taught how to prepare an essay of images, and where it was appropriate to do so.

To view some images from the early projects I worked on in this class, visit the demo page.