Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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AL 360  Visual Rhetoric

Description:
Visual literacy, design, and rhetoric. Effects of visual elements in print and online documents. Intensive writing and design.
Effective Dates:
FS02 - US04


WRA 360  Visual Rhetoric

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I writing requirement.
Description:
Visual literacy, design, and rhetoric. Effects of visual elements in print and online documents. Intensive writing and design.
Semester Alias:
AL 360
Effective Dates:
FS04 - FS08


WRA 360  Visual Rhetoric

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
(WRA 202) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Professional Writing major or approval of department.
Description:
Visual literacy, design, and rhetoric. Effects of visual elements in print and online documents. Intensive writing and design.
Semester Alias:
AL 360
Effective Dates:
SS09 - US12


WRA 360  Visual Rhetoric

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
(WRA 202) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Professional Writing major or approval of department.
Description:
Visual literacy, design, and rhetoric. Effects of visual elements in print and online documents. Intensive writing and design.
Semester Alias:
AL 360
Effective Dates:
FS12 - US15


WRA 360  Visual Rhetoric

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
((WRA 202) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) or (AL 242 and completion of Tier I writing requirement)
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Arts and Letters or in the Professional Writing Major or approval of department.
Description:
Visual literacy, design, and rhetoric. Effects of visual elements in print and online documents. Intensive writing and design.
Semester Alias:
AL 360
Effective Dates:
FS15 - US19


WRA 360  Design of Print and Digital Documents

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
(WRA 202 or concurrently) or (WRA 260 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Experience Architecture Major or in the Professional and Public Writing Major or approval of department.
Description:
Rhetorical and cultural dimensions of composing and designing print and digital documents. Analysis and composing of documents with attention to rhetorical affordances including typography, and color theory.
Semester Alias:
AL 360
Effective Dates:
FS19 - FS22


WRA 360  Design of Print and Digital Documents

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Description:
Rhetorical and cultural dimensions of composing and designing print and digital documents. Analysis and composing of documents with attention to rhetorical affordances including typography, and color theory.
Semester Alias:
AL 360
Effective Dates:
SS23 - Open