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GD 156 — MEME WORKSHOP (CUR-276)

GD 156 — MEME WORKSHOP is a DePaul University catalog course in College of Communication. This course will provide an introduction to Memes: including history, theory, and evolution. Students will research how the democratization of digital tools allowed for memes to become a means of cultural communication and documentation of design, culture, and society on a global scale from self-help to humor, to politics and beyond.

Summary 🟢 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: Graphic Design
  • College/School: College of Communication
  • Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
  • Catalog: GD 156
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
  • Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

This course will provide an introduction to Memes: including history, theory, and evolution. Students will research how the democratization of digital tools allowed for memes to become a means of cultural communication and documentation of design, culture, and society on a global scale from self-help to humor, to politics and beyond. Additionally, students will study the importance of the re-purposed, re-appropriated, and re-used digital image as both a revolutionary and evolutionary design, as well as a piece of collected data for where it has traveled.This workshop includes lectures, discussions, critiques, presentations, hands-on activities, and lab (computer work) time and weekly assignments. Students will experiment with various tools for making memes: everything from open-source, free platforms to more traditional design software.

Resource relevance

Relevant applied coursework per catalog description review (labs, studios, instrumentation, media production, or similar).

Notes

Catalog course key: GD 156.

Catalog context

  • Recent schedule: Not offered in the queried registrar terms