Course Schedule
The following schedule offers a provisional plan for all work throughout the semester. We may revise it as needed. PDF readings are available for download at EMU Online (see Doc Sharing).
1.Week of Jan. 5-9
Mo.5
Syllabus and schedule
Introductions
Definitional bearings (selections from Young, Becker, and Pike on heuristic/heuretic; Ott and Dickinson)
Charticle setup
2.Week of Jan. 12-16
Mo.12
Buchanan, "Declaration by Design: Rhetoric, Argument, and Demonstration in Design Practice," pp. 4-22 (PDF)
Charticle pitches
3.Week of Jan. 19-23
Mo.19 MLK, Jr., Day - No Class
4.Week of Jan. 26-30
Mo.26
WSPNYE, Ch. 1-2, 1-20
Charticle draft due (in class; peer review)
Visual strategy setup
Illustrator and InDesign Tutorials
Beginner's Guide to InDesign
5.Week of Feb. 2-6
Mo.2
Cancelled - weather
6.Week of Feb. 9-13
Mo.9
WSPNYE, Chs. 3-5, 21-62
DUE: Charticle
WSPNYE, Chs. 6-7, pp. 63-112
Visual strategy pitches
Logo design challenge (in class)
Flickr Creative Commons
Illustrator Tutorials
7.Week of Feb. 16-20
Mo.16
WSPNYE, Chs. 8-9, 113-158
Visual strategy dev
Photoshop Basix
Color Blender
Pictaculous
8.Week of Feb. 23-27
No classes - Winter break
9.Week of Mar. 2-7
Mo.2
Tufte, "PowerPoint Does Rocket Science: Assessing the Quality and Credibility of Technical Reports"
Helvetica (Video)
Visual strategy dev
WSPNYE, Chs. 14-15, pp. 237-261
10.Week of Mar. 9-13
Mo.9
Drucker, "Graphesis," pp. 1-50, PDF
Visual strategy dev
11.Week of Mar. 16-20
Mo.16
Cairo, "Introduction" and Part I, Foundations, pp. xiv-92
The 18 Best Infographics of 2014, Fast Company
Visual strategy review (in class)
12.Week of Mar. 23-27
Mo.23
Cairo, Part II, Cognition, pp. 97-149
Gibson, "The Theory of Affordances," pp. 127-143 (PDF)
Fr. 27
DUE: Visual strategy
13.Week of Mar. 30-April 3
Mo.30
WSPNYE, Chs. 10, 159-176
Cairo, Part III, Practice, pp. 153-209
14.Week of Apr. 6-10
Mo.6
Cairo, Part IV, Profiles, Selections
Reynolds, Presentation Zen excerpt
Ignite setup: Addiction! Staying Afloat
Ignite setup: Mad Handles
DUE: Draft of Missing Chapter
DUE: Upload slidedeck no later than Sun., 4/12, 5 p.m.
15.Week of Apr. 13-17
Mo.15
Viz. Ignite Series
Course Evaluations
DUE: Fri., 4/17, Missing Chapter
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