Comic Studies

The Comic Studies badge synthesizes courses in the study and production of comic art. Students develop skills in illustration and the creation of comic narrative, and also exercise a critical and scholarly understanding of comics media as a dynamic, pervasive, and economically significant genre in contemporary society.

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Required Courses

COMM 218 – Comics: Culture & Politics
ART 349 – Comics and Picture Book Methods
COMM 460E – Visual Communication

Learning Outcomes/Competencies

Students who complete the Comic Studies Micro-Credential will be able to:

• Create illustrations suitable for use in comic books and graphic novels (ART349)
• Write and storyboard comic and graphic novel narratives (COMM218, ART349)
• Understand the structure and function of the modern comic and graphic novel industry (COMM218, ART349)
• Systematically analyze comic and graphic novel content to unpack political context associated with frames such as race, gender, choice, economic class and physical ability (COMM218, COMM460E)