Course: Visual Communication and Visual Literacy

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Course title Visual Communication and Visual Literacy
Course code KAGD/DXVCL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Noga Pavel, prof. Mgr. A. ArtD.
  • Kolesár Zdeno, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- focus on current trends in the field, - issues of the influence of technological and software development on creative procedures and self-realization of a designer, - basic parameters and definitions of visual communication - the issue of visual literacy - personalities: Otto Neurath, Henry Dreyfuss, Gerd Arntz, Ladislav Sutnar, Charles Bliss, Miroslav Klivar, Otl Aicher, Ladislav Kessner, Tufte, Mc Luhan, Elkins, etc.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
  • Home preparation for classes - 13 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of theoretical studies of visual communications and ability to implement it into the structure of the dissertation thesis.
Knowledge of theoretical studies of visual communications and ability to implement it into the structure of the dissertation thesis.
learning outcomes
Self-reliance during the implementation of the study plan of doctoral studies, the student has knowledge in the field and uses theoretical knowledge on a suitable application level in his/her dissertation.
Self-reliance during the implementation of the study plan of doctoral studies, the student has knowledge in the field and uses theoretical knowledge on a suitable application level in his/her dissertation.
teaching methods
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • Bergström, Bo. Essentials of visual communication. London : Laurence King, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85669-577-0.
  • KRESS, Gunter. Literacy in the New Media Age. New York: Routledge, 2003.
  • Tufte, Edward R. Beautiful evidence. Cheshire : Graphics Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9613921-7-7.
  • TUFTE, Edward Rolf. Visual Literacy. New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-95811-0.


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