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COM 150

Intro Digital Comm & Culture · 3 credits · Fall 2026

Requirements

Prerequisite: English Proficiency Index of 55 or higher, or ESL 94RW or higher

About this course

This course introduces students to the major critical methods, policy issues, and creative forms involved in contemporary digital media in the United States and across the globe. The course will foster discussion regarding the ways digital media affects ways of thinking, availability and access to ideas and cultures, ways of storing knowledge and memory, and avenues for cultural resistance and activism. Students will engage with academic and popular texts to analyze the history and evolution of the role of digital communication in human interaction and culture. Through written reflections, analysis of media, lectures, and films, students will consider how digital media functions in educational, professional, and social contexts.

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0500-LEC Regular
Arranged · TBA
Online-Asynchronous
Elizabeth WhitneyChill Rank 1 of 5: Chill?★ 4.6(36)Difficulty 2.0/5 · 90% would take again#2 chillest of 3 for this course
Online AsynchronousClosed
1300-LEC Regular
Mon · 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Online-Synchronous / Online-Asynchronous
Daniel GilmoreChill Rank 1 of 5: Chill?★ 5.0(15)Difficulty 1.3/5 · 100% would take again#1 chillest of 3 for this course
Online MixClosed
1400-LEC Regular
Thu · 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Fiterman 204
Eliot ChaytChill Rank 2 of 5: Easy?★ 4.1(14)Difficulty 2.3/5 · 87% would take again#3 chillest of 3 for this course
In PersonOpen
5000-LEC Regular
Wed · 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Online-Asynchronous / Fiterman 504
Daniel GilmoreChill Rank 1 of 5: Chill?★ 5.0(15)Difficulty 1.3/5 · 100% would take again#1 chillest of 3 for this course
Hybrid AsynchronousOpen