May 09, 2025  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

HIST 357 - History of Communication Tech


3 Credit Hours
This class explores a series of historical revolutions in the technology of human communication. We will focus in particular on writing, printing, and hypertext technologies, tracing the story from the invention of writing through the medieval book, the printing press and up to the internet and the World Wide Web. Students will complete a wide variety of projects, including research projects culminating in public websites.

Course Attributes: Humanities Elective

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate


College of Arts & Sciences History