Semiotics is the study of the sign in various forms of communication used to communicate and share ideas or meanings. It extends the notion of text beyond the written page to any artifact that can ?stand for? something else including pictures, sounds, gestures, body language, and even objects. It is therefore the study of making meaning (both ?encoding? and ?decoding?) in its widest possible sense. This course is concerned with the description of sign systems and the codes that structure meaning, as well as the particular instances or events in which signs are constructed. Particularly, it focuses on the concept of Sign and its practical usage and analysis as introduced by the two most prominent figures Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles S. Peirce. The students are given the variety of usage of sign, how it works, what it means and why it means as it means. Finally students are also equipped with the ability to do the analysis of any kinds of sign, verbal or nonverbal.