Today we live in a society that is bombarded by visual imagery. Unfortunately, we receive very little education in the structure, form or content of images. This situation may leave us feeling ineffective in our ability to produce images or to decipher their more subtle messages. Visual Literacy is a first step for students interested in architecture, interior design, graphic design, art and art education, textile design, and journalism and mass communications to challenge this situation and to begin a serious exploration of the visual world, a world that is as complex and organized as the verbal world.
Visual Literacy at the University of Nebraska refers to a collection of courses cooperatively designed, taught and administered by the Colleges of Architecture, Fine and Performing Arts, Education and Human Sciences, and Journalism and Mass Communications. The Visual Literacy program consists of interrelated studio and lecture courses taken each semester of the first year. These courses are required of all first year students interested in the design professions and the fine arts.
Visual Literacy investigates the ways we as a society communicate our beliefs and values through the artifacts we make. It enables students to explore the formal qualities of the visual world and to develop new sensitivities toward their visual environment. Beginning design students will develop an expanded awareness of their surroundings and an understanding of the potential for visual images and constructed artifacts to express their own ideas and observations about the world.
Visual Literacy at UNL is a "Program of Excellence" and as such benefits by partial support from the Office of Academic Affairs which provides funding to grow academic programs into national prominence.
Visual Literacy at the University of Nebraska refers to a collection of courses cooperatively designed, taught and administered by the Colleges of Architecture, Fine and Performing Arts, Education and Human Sciences, and Journalism and Mass Communications. The Visual Literacy program consists of interrelated studio and lecture courses taken each semester of the first year. These courses are required of all first year students interested in the design professions and the fine arts.
Visual Literacy investigates the ways we as a society communicate our beliefs and values through the artifacts we make. It enables students to explore the formal qualities of the visual world and to develop new sensitivities toward their visual environment. Beginning design students will develop an expanded awareness of their surroundings and an understanding of the potential for visual images and constructed artifacts to express their own ideas and observations about the world.
Visual Literacy at UNL is a "Program of Excellence" and as such benefits by partial support from the Office of Academic Affairs which provides funding to grow academic programs into national prominence.
