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Fall 2020 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (16860)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 20 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Notes:
- This course focuses on technologies of writing - the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text - and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; the future of reading after the internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia, Facebook, Google (owned by Alphabet Inc.), and Twitter. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing--the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text--and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; the future of reading after the internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the long history of writing technologies. We all write, and read what others have written: what does that involve?
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Papers Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16860/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 March 2018
Fall 2019 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (20441)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 315
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 20 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing--the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text--and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; the future of reading after the internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the long history of writing technologies. We all write, and read what others have written: what does that involve?
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Papers Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20441/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 March 2018
Fall 2018 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (20948)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 303
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 20 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mh+ENGL4722+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing--the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text--and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; the future of reading after the internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the long history of writing technologies. We all write, and read what others have written: what does that involve?
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Papers Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20948/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 March 2018
Fall 2017 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (34529)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 303
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mh+ENGL4722+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing--the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text--and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; the future of reading after the Internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
- Exam Format:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34529/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 March 2017
Fall 2015 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (20552)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 10
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mh+ENGL4722+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing--the alphabet, hand-writing, printing, and electronic text--and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; the future of reading after the Internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
- Exam Format:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20552/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Fall 2014 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (21715)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 303
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing -- the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text -- and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; theories of technological determinism; the future of reading after the internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia and Facebook.
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21715/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
Fall 2013 | ENGL 4722 Section 001: Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies (28060)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 150
- Course Catalog Description:
- Equivocal relation of memory and writing. Literacy, power, control. Secrecy and publicity. Alphabetization and other ways of ordering world. Material bases of writing. Typographical design/expression. Theories of technological determinism.
- Class Description:
- Technologies of writing -- the alphabet, handwriting, printing, and electronic text -- and their cognitive and social consequences. Topics include writing and memory; literacy, power, and control; printing, language, and national identity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; secrecy, privacy, and publicity; typography, legibility, and design; theories of technological determinism; the future of reading after the internet. Readings will range from Homer and Plato to Wikipedia and Facebook.
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: "Other Evaluation" is 10% for online comments on readings. The "basic course requirements" (mentioned in the University definitions of course grades) include regular attendance. - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Also 5 online comments on readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/28060/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
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