WRI 110 - YouTube Nation: Multimedia & Composition (First-Year Seminar)

Four Credits
Spring Semester

This seminar examines writing, multimedia composition and popular culture through the lens of YouTube and other social media sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.). Students will blog their observations, reflections, and analysis, later working them up into traditional essays, and will assemble a final e-portfolio. As a creative project, students will craft a digital story, a scripted and recorded first-person narrative illustrated with images, video, and music. 

Prerequisite(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar Requirement.
This course provides enhanced writing support.
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.