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SEMESTER II,
ACADEMIC SESSION
2021/2022
YKT108E
Visual Communication
LECTURER Edmund Ngo | D13.024 | ext. 3316 | edmund.n@usm.my
COURSE This course provides basic and general expositions on visual communication such
SYPNOSIS as advertising, film, video, computer, photography, journalism, graphic,
animation and cartoon, and other communication media which have visual
elements. Emphasis will be given to the understanding of the use of visual in the
process of communication and how to evaluate visual images through various
perspectives. Student will learn how these visual images exerted through
practical exercises in photography.
COURSE Introduce students to the basics of visual communication and how to produce
OBJECTIVES visual materials suitable to be presented in media materials.
ASSESSMENT Assessment is 100 percent based on course work comprising three components:
• QUIZ | Individual – 30 %
Submission requirement:
- Word document.
- Visual elements for explanation page can include; headline, body text,
slogan, frame and other graphic elements
- Each photo should take up more than 50% of the page (can be in portrait
or landscape mode). Photo should be clear and not pixelated or skewed.
- Each photo needs a proper caption. Photos used must be taken original by
the student. No photos of yourselves. No old photos. No stock photos or
photos taken by others.