51-202 CD Studio II: Organizing Information
9 units, Carnegie Mellon University
In this course students participate in a range of exercises, projects, discussions, and readings that are geared towards deepening their understanding of communication design and improving their skills. Course activities require students to consider and propose ways to inform, convince, question, and engage their audiences by clarifying and organizing information. Students deconstruct existing pieces of communication design, studying how their composition, type and image usage, and hierarchy reflects the content being communicated and the order in which it is read. Working in print and digital media, students study the similarities and differences among mediums and explore methods for effectively communicating information in each area. Students analyze design examples from the perspective of the maker and the receivers. This facilitates discussions that focus on the role of the designer in the communication of information Should a designers voice be evident and the need for usercentered design solutions. This course is for undergraduate Communication Design majors only.
Prerequisites: 51-201
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