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Semiotics

Semiotics

  • SEM 101 - Sign, Sense and Meaning
    Course DescriptionAll signs and symbols require interpretation. Semiotics is the key to discovering meaning and revealing messages. Using ads, logos, texts, film and other media, this course, offered in English, will present the theories innovated by French semioticians and will focus on the theories and applied aspects of French Semiotics. By surveying its theorists, from the Sémiologistesto Post-structuralists, students will acquire a broad understanding of the theoretical framework that shapes today's semiotic field of inquiry. Formerly FRS 101.
    Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
    Liberal Studies:LL
  • SEM 102 - Introduction to Visual Semiotics
    Course DescriptionThis course surveys the semiotic investigation of the visual sign. Through lectures, students will learn about important studies in visual semiotics, its main researchers, models, texts, and applications. The second half of the course delivers, through a series of applied projects, an opportunity for students to critically analyze and produce visual signs in and for a variety of media including film, graphic novels, commercials, the development of logos, and other social conventions (including clothing and physical attributes).
    Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
    Liberal Studies:UL
    Prerequisites:SEM 101
    Antirequisites:CMN 403 and SEM 201
  • SEM 201 - Visual Semiotics
    Course DescriptionThis course surveys the semiotic investigation of the visual sign. Through lectures, students will learn about important studies in visual semiotics, its main researchers, models, texts, and applications. The second half of the course delivers, through a series of practical, an opportunity for students to critically analyze and produce visual signs in and for a variety of media including film, graphic novels, commercials, the development of logos, and other social conventions (including vestments and physical attributes).
    Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
    Antirequisites:SEM 102