2025-2026_College Catalog 
    
    Apr 04, 2025  
2025-2026_College Catalog

ART 204 - History of Visual Communication


Credits: 3
Lecture: 3 Lecture.
Introductory survey of major themes and historical phases of visual communication, and its historical development, key people who shaped its progress, and events that linked contributions to civilization.

Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
  1. identify and describe major historical developments in the history of visual communication;
  2. demonstrate their understanding of the impact of writing, printing technologies, typography, photography, and graphic design on visual culture;
  3. describe the influences of cultural heritage and the history of visual communication on contemporary visual communication strategies and literacy.