Contemporary Media Literacies

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Develop contemporary media literacy by identifying and interpreting the rhetorical situation in multiple genres.

• Understand media literacies in cultural, social, and critical contexts.

• Apply knowledge of visual and digital rhetoric to craft and interpret messages with intention and purpose in multiple genres.

• Illustrate knowledge of visual and digital rhetoric to persuade an audience of a position on a relevant issue, in the genre of a proposal.

• Apply conventions of academic and professional written and oral discourse in and about digital contexts.

• Speak in genres appropriate to the discipline(s) of the primary subject of the course.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Short /Assignments	12%
Discussion Posts and Responses	18%
Informal Speaking Assignments and Genre Work	15%
Annotated Bibliography and Proposal	20%
Final Presentation	15%
Final Website/Project	20%

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
5 Short Assignments: 1 @ 15 points; 2 @ 30 points; 1 @ 40 pts.	115 points
12 Discussion Boards @ 15 points each	180 points
5 Genre Assignments: 1 @ 5 points and 4 @ 25 points each	105 points
2 Proposal Assignments at 100 points each	200 points
2 Presentation Assignments: 1 @ 50 points and 1 @ 100 points	150 points
Website Project	200 points
Total class points	950 points

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
94-100%	A
90-93.99%	A-
87-89.99%	B+
84-86.99%	B
80-83.99%	B-
77-79.99%	C+
74-76.99%	C
70-73.99%	C-
67-69.99%	D+
64-66.99%	D
60-63.99%	D-
Below 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

The University defines class attendance to be your responsibility as a student. Evidence of attendance in an asynchronous, online course can be demonstrated by correct application of assigned learning content (textbook, videos, other assigned readings, etc.) to the coursework, your timely submission of assignments, and your contribution in discussion forums and group work.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate, and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.