ENGH 505: Document Design

ENGH 505-001: Document Design
(Spring 2027)

05:55 PM to 07:10 PM M

East Building 121 - Hybrid

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Section Information for Spring 2027

Visuals persuade us. Visual forms of communication affect the way we take up information, interpret complex data, trust sources, understand the world around us, and relate to or identify with others, and they encourage us to think, feel, and act in specific ways. The goal of our class is to explore the process in more depth, to better understand how information is communicated through visual—rather than solely textual—means.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Produce print and digital designs that respond to a specific rhetorical exigence.

• Practice manipulating different components of document design, including text placement, images, color, typeface, and white space.

• Analyze visual elements rhetorically and interrogate how design elements impact the relationships between text, author, audience, and content.

• Develop print and/or digital designs that adhere to best practices of accessibility and disability in design.

• Develop an ethical framework for understanding and designing visual communication. 

This is a hybrid section with face-to-face meetings and asynchronous online coursework.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Theory and practice of using computer programs to design and produce publications including brochures, fliers, newsletters, and small magazines. Includes readings, writing papers, and producing and editing copies and original publications. Offered by English. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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