Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 418 - Advanced Digital Design for Journalists


Prerequisite, ENG 218  or consent of instructor. In this advanced course, students will master WordPress design skills introduced in ENG 211 , learning to blend editorial design essentials (grids, color, type, story structures, motion, user experience) with modern tools for building digital stories and engaging content. Students will work collaboratively with editors of the campus digital daily and monthly magazine to publish engaging digital content created by reporters and editors on a WordPress platform. Students will apply theories of design, photography and videography to produce content packages, infographics, animated GIFS, photo galleries, interactive quizzes, social media graphics, and teaser videos. The course will challenge students to understand the conceptual aspects of the formal language of the visual arts by analyzing the ever changing relationship between words and images. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits