Classes – Integrated Design & Media

FOUNDATIONS

ELECTIVES

FOUNDATIONS

- Pre-Thesis & Thesis
  This course is the capstone of the MS program in Integrated Digital Media. Each student, guided with thesis faculty completes a major media-production project. The thesis form and format are determined by agreement between the student and adviser with department approval.

- Media Law
  This advanced seminar explores in depth the theoretical and practical aspects of media-communications principles and regulations. Knowledge of media law is crucial for professionals. A full range of models will be explored, from Open Source public license to Digital Rights Management, as well as working definitions of Fair Use and the practical limits of sampling/mixing in different idioms and economic sectors.

- Theories and Cultural Impact of Media & Technology
  In this course, students will examine and analyze the history and theoretical discourse of media and technology, while connecting these studies to contemporary trends and issues. Students will also explore the cultural impact of media and technology. Lectures, discussions, readings, research, and writing constitute the body of this course.

- Ideation & Prototyping
  The creative process will be investigated in order to generate ideas for art, design, technology, and business endeavors. The course will show how ideation, design research & thinking, and prototyping can inspire, inform, and bring depth to what one ultimately creates. Students will expand their arsenal of design research skills, learn how to think critically about their audience, content, form, and processes, as well as, understand the importance of utilizing more than one research and design strategy.
- Creative Coding
  This course is an introductory programming class, appropriate for students with no prior programming experience. Traditionally, introductory programming teaches algorithmic problem-solving, where a sequence of instructions describe the steps necessary to achieve a desired result. In this course, students are trained to go beyond this sequential thinking – to think concurrently and modularly.

ELECTIVES

3 credit , 14 week courses

1.5 credit , 7 week courses