Evans, Jessica and Hall, Stuart (1999). “What is Visual Culture?” in J. Evans and S. Hall (Eds.), Visual Culture: The Reader (pp. 1-8). London: Sage Publications.
Kress, Gunther (2006). Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. New York: Routledge. (Ch. 1: The Semiotic Landscape: Language and Visual Communication).
Hill, Charles A. and Helmers, Marguerite (2004). Defining Visual Rhetorics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (pp. ix-61).
Mitchell, W.J. Thomas (1994). Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation. (pp. 11-16) Chicago : University of Chicago Press.
Berger, John (1990). Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (Paperback) New York: Penguin (DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS)
Lanham, Richard
(2006). Preface, and "Stuff and Fluff." The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information (pp. xi-41). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Lanham, Richard (2006). "What's Next for Text". The Economics of Attention. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
SUPPLEMENTAL: LaGrandeur, Kevin (2005). Digital Images and Classical Persuasion. In Mary E. Hocks and Michelle R. Kendrick (Eds.), Eloquent Images: Word and Image in the Age of New Media. Boston: MIT Press.
Barthes, Roland (1982). Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Part 1). New York, Hill and Wang. (BARTHES IS CONSIDERED THE patron saint of visual cultural studies)
Berger, John (1992). “Uses Of Photography.” About Looking, New York: Pantheon Books, 27-63.
(PERUSE) Our Common Commonwealth (2006). The Report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences. American Council of Learned Societies.
Weekly 2 page reading syntheses (DUE at the beginning of each class). Each paper is worth 5 points and of the 11 papers students can choose not to do one. (10 x 5 = 50)
5-7 page Visual Rhetoric paper (Due March 12) Worth 25 points.
Research or Performance Visualization (Due April 30) Worth 25 points.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
As noted in the UNI Catalog, “Students are expected to attend class, and the responsibility for attending class rests with the student. Students are expected to learn and observe the attendance rules established by each instructor for each course. Instructors will help students to make up work whenever the student has to be absent for good cause; this matter lies between the instructor and student. Whenever possible, a student should notify the instructor in advance of circumstances which prevent class attendance.” (http://www.uni.edu/catalog/acadreg.shtml#attendance)
Attendance will be recorded for this course, and all unexcused absences will figure into the final grade. Attendance will also factor in the Participation part of the students’ grade.
A note on missing classes: If students miss class for a reason other than severe illness or other extenuating circumstances, it is NOT the instructor’s responsibility to re-teach material to students during office hours. Students missing class are responsible for making up all class instruction and activities and for finding out from peers what they missed.
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
Plagiarism, cheating, improperly sourced work, and other academic misconduct will not be tolerated. The UNI Catalog is clear on this: “Students at the University of Northern Iowa are required to observe the commonly-accepted standards of academic honesty and integrity. Except in those instances in which group work is specifically authorized by the instructor of the class, no work which is not solely the student's is to be submitted to a professor in the form of an examination paper, a term paper, class project, research project, or thesis project. Cheating of any kind on examinations and/or plagiarism of papers or projects is strictly prohibited. Also unacceptable are the purchase of papers from commercial sources, using a single paper to meet the requirement of more than one class (except in instances authorized and considered appropriate by the professors of the two classes), and submission of a term paper or project completed by any individual other than the student submitting the work. Students are cautioned that plagiarism is defined as the process of stealing or passing off as one's own the ideas or words of another, or presenting as one's own an idea or product which is derived from an existing source.” See the UNI Catalog for full details.
Disability Services
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) provides protection from illegal discrimination for qualified individuals with disabilities. Students requesting instructional accommodations due to disabilities must arrange for such accommodation through the Office of Disability Services. The ODS is located at 103 Student Health Center, phone number: 273-2676.
Academic Learning Center's Free Assistance with Writing, Math, Reading and Learning Strategies The Writing Center offers one-on-one writing assistence open to all UNI undergraduate and graduate students. Writing Assistants offer strategies for getting started, citing and documenting, and editing your work. Visit the Online Writing Guide and schedule an appointment at 008 ITTC or 319-273-2361.
The Math Center offers individual and small-group tutorials especially helpful for students in Liberal Arts Core math courses. No appointment is necessary, but contact the Math Center at 008 ITTC or 319-273-2361 to make certain a tutor will be available at a time convenient for you.
The Reading and Learning Center provides an Ask-a-Tutor program, consultations with the reading specialist, and free, four-week, non-credit courses in Speed Reading, Effective Study Strategies, PPST-Reading and -Math, and GRE-Quantitative and Verbal. Visit this website and 008 ITTC or call 319-273-2361
