Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Visible Language: History of Writing Systems
Term
2025A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
MELC
Section number only
001
Section ID
MELC0012001
Course number integer
12
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Timothy Hogue
Description
This will cover the history of the invention of writing with a focus on Cuneiform, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Mayan Glyphs, Chinese, the Alphabet, and their subsequent history down to their digital descendants. Writing will be analyzed as a technology with major social and cognitive effects.
Course number only
0012
Use local description
No