Courses

Comics combine images with words in a unique way in order to communicate with and emotionally engage the viewer/reader. In taking classes for this minor, students will be required to think outside of accustomed disciplinary boundaries and to analyze and experiment with the interaction of both visual and linguistic systems of meaning.


The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of undergraduate courses that fulfill the Comic and Cartoon Studies minor requirements.


Featured Courses

Our interdisciplinary Comics and Cartoon Studies minor, the first of its kind in the nation, presents students with an international, historical, and critical perspective on the art of comics, from editorial cartoons to comic books to graphic novels. Check out a few of our featured classes below!

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ENG 280 Intro to Comic Studies

This class provides an introduction to the history and art of comics and to the methodologies of the academic discipline of Comics Studies. Students will be exposed to a range of different comic-art forms (including newspaper strips, collections of serialized comic books, and free-standing graphic novels), as well as examples of contemporary comics scholarship.

Graphic arrative course

ENG 385 Graphic Narratives & Cultural Theory 
 

Survey of the 20th- and 21st- century graphic novels in the context of cultural theory.


2025-26 Courses

The tables below list the upcoming courses for Comics and Cartoon Studies in Fall 2025. The tables are updated as curriculum decisions are made, so check back when considering future registration choices.

CRN

Course number

course title

Instructor

10289

ANTH 163

Origin of Storytelling

Sigiyama M

10639/16359

ARTD 250

Print Media in Digital Art 

Warren T

10653

ARTD 350 

Digital Drawing

Kripper K

10654

ARTD 350 

Digital Drawing 

Vala J

16364

ARTD 410 

Advanced Digital Drawing

Bagby J

11473

COLT 360

Gender & Identity in Lit

Powell A

11474

COLT 360 

Gender & Identity in Lit

McDunn K

16056

ENG 280

Intro to Comic Studies

Kelp-Stebbins K

16059

ENG 280 

Intro to Comic Studies

Saunders B

11909

ENG 381M

Film, Media, & Culture

McGuffie A

16323

ENG 385

Graphic Novels & Cultural Theory 

Kelp-Stebbins K

16069

ENG 407

Seminar: Writing for Comics 

Mat Johnson

12726

JCOM 301

Gender Media Diversity 

Chatman D

12892

JPN 250 

Manga Millennium

Walley G