Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

- identify various approaches to narratives within art, design, literature, and society at large

- recognise structures of narrative and storytelling in creative work

- develop an understanding of the specific domain(s) of visual narrative

- explain basic principles of multimodal communication

- assess the use of visual narrative in their own design practice

Credits: 3

Schedule: 15.09.2021 - 20.10.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Arja Karhumaa, Robynn McPherson

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

Roby Redgrave McPherson

pronouns: they/them

email: hello@robynn.xyz



CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This course is an introduction to the diverse approaches to the notion of narrative, especially in the context of design and visual communication. Designers, artists, writers, and researchers introduce examples of narratives which work over multiple modes of communication, including but not limited to text, image, layout, typography, photography, choreography, and comics, as well as time-based media such as animation, games, and motion graphics. The course includes critical examination of the ubiquitous role of narratives in the contemporary society.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Good attendance, class exercises and course assignments. Successful completion of the course will require 80 % attendance. Students will be required to give course feedback in order to successfully complete this course.

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Class work 24 h, independent work 57 h

DETAILS

Study Material
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lupton, Ellen: Design is Storytelling (2017)

  • applies in this implementation

    LeGuin, Ursula: Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula LeGuin (1986)

    Pimenta, Sherline and Ravi Poovaiah: On defining Visual Narratives (2010)

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Autumn I

    2021-2022 Autumn I

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E2212

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

    The order of priority is as follows:

    1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
    2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
    3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
    4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
    5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
    6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
    7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
    8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
    9. other students.