Design
Type of document Essay
1 Page Double Spaced (approx 275 words per page)
Subject area Art
Academic Level High School
Style APA
Number of sources/references 3
Order description:
Chapter 4: Design
Exercises
Find at least two examples (good and bad) of the following document design categories, and discuss the reasons why one is more effective than the other. You can look for sample documents published on the web, or at the websites themselves (they are PTC projects, too). You may not find all of the design elements listed for each category, but try to find as many as you can. And as you think about the
reasons for your opinions (good/bad) of the designs you find, keep in
mind audience and purpose.
- Shaping the Page. Margins, White Space (or lack thereof),
and/or Grids
- Styling Words. Fonts, Sizes, Emphasis, and/or Capitalization
- Accessing Information. Headings and/or Lists
- Other Features.
Visuals, Text Boxes, Borders/Lines, and/or
Headers/Footers
According to U.S. News and World Report https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/university-of-south-florida-main-campus-02048 , the Engineering department at the University of South Florida (USF) has over three
times the amount of male students (76%) than it does female students (24%). Of the 1,126 students, 856 students are male and 270 students are female. In order to increase the diversity at USF, the alumni and deans of the College of Engineering have asked for proposals on how to increase the female engineering population within their college. Your assignment is to use this data as well as other information from the links provided below and your own research on the topic in order to create a proposal that accurately does the following:
- Identifies and contextualizes the problem for the audience
- Attempts to find a solution to the issue
- Incorporates visual aids to more vividly depict data
- Persuades your audience that this solution would work and
supports your claim(s) with evidence
Explain the following: Why would my proposed solution work to solve this issue? What data does the audience need to understand my argument? How can this data be best displayed through visual aids? How can I ethically present the data to my audience?
Additional Resources
- USF College of Engineering Website https://www.usf.edu/engineering/
- The Various Engineering Programs at USF https://www.usf.edu/engineering/research/index.aspx
- U.S. News and World Report Statistics for USF Engineering Enrollment https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/university-of-south-florida-main-campus-02048
- Article: “How to Involve More Women and Girls in Engineering” http://theconversation.com/how-to-involve-more-women-and-girls-in-engineering-55794
- Article: “Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?”
https://hbr.org/2016/08/why-do-so-many-women-who-study-engineering-leave-the-field
