CIND1003
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course examines the human experience of making meaning. This experience is identified as consisting of two major components: the creative process of expressing ideas through various forms of communication media, and the experience of encountering and interpreting those forms. It will explore how the making of meaning as a form of creative production interplays with the making of meaning as a form of creative reception. Students will explore the manner in which the contexts of production and reception affects how different meanings may be understood from individual acts of communication.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2021.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. recognise and understand a variety of models applied to the making of meaning
2. understand the interplay between producers and consumers of symbolic messages in the making of meaning
3. use a variety of methods for making meaning
4. develop an understanding of the importance of social and cultural contexts and ways of knowing in the making of meaning
5. demonstrate written communication skills at introductory level
Content
- The Exchange of Symbolic Messages
- Simple Transmission Models
- Semiotics
- Encoding-Decoding
- Active Audience
- Discourse
- Cultural Context Models
- Meaning Making Systems
- Power Relationships Between Producers and Consumers of Symbolic Messages.
Assessment items
Quiz: Quiz
Project: Project
Essay: Essay
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.