ENGL 3180: Language & Digital Technology
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories that underscore the interrelations of written, graphic, and digital communication within technical, rhetorical contexts. Section information text: This course investigates primarily written and graphic information in digital contexts from the past, our present, and the potential future. We consider our ever evolving relationships with information—both humanistic and post-human, both enabling and constrictive—made possible by technological apparatus. Students will learn how information communication technologies (ICTs) might be construed as “grammars” for both alphabetic and non-alphabetic “languages” through which information is variously inscribed, manipulated, accessed, recorded, or obfuscated by means of electronic tools—and their forerunners. We'll consider a selective history of computing, early information theory, platforms, interfaces, cloud servers, and the technology of writing itself.
Average GPA: 3.03
Grade distribution records: 703 students across 23 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 244 | 34.7% |
| B | 272 | 38.7% |
| C | 90 | 12.8% |
| D | 18 | 2.6% |
| F | 33 | 4.7% |
| W | 28 | 4.0% |
Based on 703 student grade records across 23 terms and 4 professors.
Instructors
- Melodye Gordon 453 students, Average GPA 2.96
- Matthew Osborn 144 students, Average GPA 3.09
- Gregory Wickliff 67 students, Average GPA 3.24
- Myles Hassell 39 students, Average GPA 3.21