{"id":81895,"date":"2022-08-01T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=81895"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:38:21","slug":"comic-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/communication\/programs\/comic-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-apx1n9j-0d790160bc358642b58087bb2dfc5ec3\">\n.avia-section.av-apx1n9j-0d790160bc358642b58087bb2dfc5ec3{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='SOU Communications Program - Social Media Strategy Micro Credentials - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-apx1n9j-0d790160bc358642b58087bb2dfc5ec3 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll 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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.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Completed your requirements and ready to collect your badge?<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/A5kAZGG1j4Zyf3Z5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply to receive your micro-credential badge here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Required Courses<\/h3>\n<p>COMM 218 \u2013 Comics: Culture &amp; Politics<br \/>\nART 349 \u2013 Comics and Picture Book Methods<br \/>\nCOMM 460E \u2013 Visual Communication<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Outcomes\/Competencies<\/h3>\n<p class=\"heavy-man dig-4\">Students who complete the Comic Studies Micro-Credential will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create illustrations suitable for use in comic books and graphic novels (ART349)<\/li>\n<li>Write and storyboard comic and graphic novel narratives (COMM218, ART349)<\/li>\n<li>Understand the structure and function of the modern comic and graphic novel industry (COMM218, ART349)<\/li>\n<li>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)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4r82rfr-b65d8027764d7a6bd64e8b59d9ca647c\">\n.flex_column.av-4r82rfr-b65d8027764d7a6bd64e8b59d9ca647c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4r82rfr-b65d8027764d7a6bd64e8b59d9ca647c av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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