| Grade Range: |
| | 12 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | None. |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters. |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: |
| | English Language Arts |
| UC subject area satisfied: |
| | b - English |
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| Course Description: |
| | Changing Hearts and Minds is a year-long course that
teaches students to act as purveyors of change in the
world-at-large. Throughout the course students will
analyze a variety of print and digital texts in order to
identify and interpret an author’s, artist’s, and/or
designer’s message, and to determine how a specific
audience drives a creator’s decision-making process.
Students will evaluate and successfully use visual
design principles and elements to enhance, distribute
and increase visibility of a message or cause. This
process will lead students to use writing and the
principles of design to create texts and visuals that tell
stories and convey effective messages for the purposes
of effecting change; this also leads students to be critical
thinkers and active receivers of messages. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | 7212 - Advanced Design (Capstone) |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | https://ucci.ucop.edu/courses/b/changing-hearts-and-minds.html |