This course is an active learning incubator in London where students will critique and create popular culture communication technologies via interaction with the London technology community.
2. When are we going?
June 3- June 24, 2017
(3 weeks)
3. Who can go?
1. CSULB
Communication
Majors
2. Any CSULB Student
3. Students from
other universities
Preference is considered in this order: first come, first served.
3. CSULB alumni
4. Community
Members
6. What will we be doing?
1. Tour Tech City
2. Attend London Technology Week
3. Visit creative hubs, co-working spaces, and
accelerators
4. Meet and be mentored by London's startup
entrepreneurs
5. Create and critique pop culture technologies
6. Pitch your ideas to the London tech community
7. What are the course objectives?
1. To describe how disruption and innovation create
communication technologies
2. To apply critical media literacy and computational
thinking skills to analyze communication
technologies
8. What are the course objectives?
3. To identify how technology is socially constructed
and exists in tension with ethics, sustainability,
ability, sexuality, gender, race, and class
4. To create a new communication technology
5. To communicate effectively and informatively about
communication technology
9. What are the assignments?
1. Readings on technology
2. Online Exam
3. Reflection essay
4. Group projects
5. Pitch a new tech to
the community
*Assignments are subject to change
Bring a laptop or tablet!
10. How will COMM 439 count for
credit?
1. Upper division elective
2. COMM 490 if you’ve already taken
COMM 439
3. COMM 639 if a grad student
11. What’s included?
1. Shared living accommodations
2. Visits & activities in Tech City
3. London Technology Week events
4. 21-day London travel card
5. Daily breakfast
12. How much does it cost?
Approximately $3300 $2800 +
Tuition $897 & Insurance $85
Airfare not included
We are offering a $500 discount for
deposits made by 12.15.16!!!
13. When do you need the ?
Amount Description Deadline
$1,000 First Deposit 12/15/16
$900 Second Deposit 2/15/17
$900 Final deposit 4/1/17
$982 Tuition and Insurance TBD
TBD Airline ticket to London At your discretion
14. Why should I go with
Dr. Utley?
• She’s been teaching pop culture & technology for a
couple years.
• She was in London recently and partnered with
Startup Insights UK an org that designs innovative
courses & activities for entrepreneurs & universities.
• She’s really hyped about this trip.
15. What kind of tech experience
does Dr. Utley have?
• She’s the founder of Love Lines (an early stage
startup)
• She’s the director of technology for Infidelity
Counseling Network (a small nonprofit)
• She’s an advisor for Queery (an early stage mobile
dating app)
16. What if I have other
questions?
Dr. Utley
Ebony.Utley@csulb.edu
17. What if I want to apply
now?
Let’s do it
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