Details: Text Technologies, Minor

MinorText Technologies

The field of text technologies combines scholarly study with creative production and public-facing research on analog and digital media. The study of English has traditionally focused on reading printed texts on paper. A minor in text technologies from Wichita State explores how the notion of "text" is much more, and constantly changing, from Roman tablets to Incan quipu to film to voice memos to iPads. In this innovative program, the humanities and technology converge to explore the past, present and future of the written word. The minor offers an expansive definition of what it means to "read" a "text." 

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To take courses in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, you must first be admitted to Wichita State.

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Curriculum

This minor challenges students to reconsider assumptions about textuality and investigate its role in our world by asking questions like: How are texts designed and used? What is the relationship between writing and power? What patterns can we uncover in the histories of literature, media and information technology? Why are humans motivated to write and record ideas?

You'll train in interdisciplinary thinking about how and where people access texts, from ancient scrolls to digital audiobooks. By integrating literature, writing and media studies with digital methods in coding, game design and publishing, the minor offers disciplinary diversity in its methods and in the kinds of work you'll complete.

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Careers

A minor in text technologies from Wichita State will equip you with skills that lead to diverse career options in the public and private sectors — from advertising agencies and the film industry to non-profits and academia.

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