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New Modes of Storytelling

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Digital and emerging technologies are changing the ways we tell and experience stories. How can we as storytellers, artists, and engineers use digital media and new technologies to engage 21st century audiences? You will explore the ideas and technologies that are shaping new modes of storytelling through a variety of transdisciplinary methods across multiple platforms, such as live performances, online experiences, mobile technologies, digital video, immersive installations, augmented and virtual reality, etc. Read course descriptions

Fundamental

Course Number Title Credits

ANIM:2125

Introduction to Animation

3

ANIM:3125

Animation I 

4

ARTS:2000

Big Ideas: Creativity for a Lifetime

3

CINE:1100

The Art of Smartphone Filmmaking

3

CINE:1834

Modes of Film and Video Production

4

CINE:4843

Film/Video Production: Image Design 

4

CINE:4845

Film/Video Production: Editing

4

CINE:4890

Media Production Workshop 

4

CS:1110

Introduction to Computer Science

3

CS:2110

Programming for Informatics

4

CS:2520

Human Computer Interaction 

3

THTR:3230

Scene Design I

3

CNW:2770

The Art and Craft of Writing for New Media

3

CW:3218

Creative Writing for New Media

3

Specialized

Course Number Title Credits

CINE:2866

Film/Video Production: Non-Fiction 

3

CINE:2868

Film/Video Production: Fiction 

3

CINE:4841

Film/Video Production: Sound Design 

4

CS: (T.B.A. for Spring 2018)

Introduction to Virtual Reality (Joe Kearney)

 

DANC/INTM:3050

Body/Image: Dance Discourse and Practice

3

INTM:2710 / CINE 2869 (see also CINE 2864)

Introduction to Intermedia 

3

MUS:3285

New Musical Instruments: from Design to Performance

3

MUS:4250

Composition: Electronic Media I

3

MUS:4251

Composition: Electronic Media II

3

SCLP:2810

Undergraduate Sculpture I 

3

SCLP:3840

Robotic Art Studio 

4

SCLP:4835

Electronic Objects and Spaces 

4

SCLP:4840

Air, Actuators and Motors

4

THTR:4230

Scene Design II

3

THTR:3250

Lighting Design I

3

THTR:4250

Lighting Design II

3

THTR/DANC:3880

Installations and Interactive Performance

3

THTR/DANC:3890

Producing and Directing Digital Video

3

COMM:1840

Television Studio Production

3

CW:3215

Creative Writing and Popular Culture

3

 

Sound Design

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Sound is a critical component of an audience’s experience of traditional and new media. You will select specialized courses in such fields as electronic music production and composing, audio engineering, and acoustics. You will develop both the theoretical and practical skills needed to create and produce sound design for live performance, interactive sounds, art exhibitions, analog and digital release of music, augmented and virtual reality, and games. Read course descriptions

Fundamental

Course Number Title Credits

CINE:1636

Intro to Film Sound (Theory)

 

CINE:4841

Film/Video Production: Sound Design 

4

MUS:3780

Audio Recording I

3

MUS:3781

Audio Recording II 

3

MUS:4250

Composition: Electronic Media I

3

MUS:4251

Composition: Electronic Media II

3

THTR:3260

Sound Design for the Theatre

3

Specialized

Course Number Title Credits

CS:1110

Introduction to Computer Science

3

CS:3980:0200

Topics in Computer Science I (Interactive Multimedia Programming)

3

CS: (T.B.A. Spr. 2018)

Introduction to Virtual Reality (Joe Kearney)

 

MUS:3280

Spectral Nature of Sound: Acoustics, Analysis, and Resynthesis

3

MUS:3285

New Musical Instruments: from Design to Performance

3

MUS:3190:0002

LOUi Laptop Orchestra

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SCLP:3840

Robotic Art Studio 

4

SCLP:4835

Electronic Objects and Spaces 

4

THTR/DANC:3890

Producing and Directing Digital Video

3

JMC:2020

Introduction to Multimedia Storytelling 

4

JMC:3645

Digital Storytelling 

4

 

Visual Design

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Visual design is a crucial element in telling stories and communicating in both traditional and new media. In this track you will focus on visual design by exploring topics such as digital video, theatrical design, graphic design, 3D design, and animation. You will develop both the theoretical and practical skills needed to create and produce visual design for live performance, interactive sounds, art exhibitions, analog and digital release of music, augmented and virtual reality, and games. Read course descriptions

Fundamental

Course Number Title Credits

ANIM:2125

Introduction to Animation 

3

ANIM:3125

Animation I 

4

CINE:1834

Modes of Film and Video Production

4

CS:1110

Introduction to Computer Science

3

CS:2110

Programming for Informatics

4

CS:2520

Human Computer Interaction 

3

THTR:3202

Graphic Design and Identity

3

THTR:3230

Scene Design I

3

THTR:4230

Scene Design II

3

THTR:3250

Lighting Design I

3

THTR:4250

Lighting Design II

3

THTR:3270

Entertainment Design

3

THTR/DANC:3890

Producing and Directing Digital Video

3

Specialized

Course Number Title Credits

CERM:3010

Advanced Clay Forming III 

4

CINE:2868

Film/Video Production: Fiction 

3

CINE:3195

Undergraduate Seminar Video Games & Cinema 

3

CINE:4821

Film/Video Production: Selected Topics 

3

CINE:4843

Film/Video Production: Image Design 

4

CINE:4845

Film/Video Production: Editing 

4

CINE:4890

Media Production Workshop 

4

CS: (T.B.A. for Spring 2018)

Introduction to Virtual Reality (Joe Kearney)

 

SCLP:3840

Robotic Art Studio 

4

SCLP:4835

Electronic Objects and Spaces 

4

SCLP:4840

Air, Actuators and Motors

4

TDSN:2210

Problems in 3-D Design 

3

TDSN:2240

Digital Drafting with AutoCAD 

3

TDSN:2250

Computer Modeling with 3ds Max 

3

GEOG:1050

Foundations of GIS

3

 

Interactive Design & Intelligent Spaces

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From Human-Computer Interaction to experiential museum exhibits, we are constantly interacting with both the physical and digital worlds. How does embedded computation change the way we experience our surroundings? Do immersive environments change how we experience art and performance? In this track, you will explore how the human body interacts with and can control computers, digital technologies, as well as visual and aural media to create unique, engaging, and embodied user experiences. You will learn practical skills needed to create dynamic spaces within the built environment that react to their physical surroundings and the inhabitants within. Read course descriptions

Fundamental

Course Number Title Credits

CS:1110

Introduction to Computer Science

3

CS:2110

Programming for Informatics

4

CS:2520

Human Computer Interaction 

3

CS: (T.B.A. Spr. 2018)

Introduction to Virtual Reality (Joe Kearney)

 

THTR/DANC:3880

Installations and Interactive Performance

3

INTM:2710 / CINE 2869

Introduction to Intermedia 

3

Specialized

Course Number Title Credits

CERM:3010

Advanced Clay Forming III 

4

CS:3980

Topics in Computer Science I (Hybrid Mobile Application Development) 

3

ECE:2120 / TDSN:2205

Art & Engineering 

 

IE:5995:0001

Contemp. Topics in Industrial Engineering (Creative Engineering Design)

3

IE/ME:4650

Mechatronics Engineering for Smart Device Design 

3

SCLP:2810

Undergraduate Sculpture I 

3

SCLP:3840

Robotic Art Studio 

4

SCLP:4835

Electronic Objects and Spaces prerequisites 

4

TDSN:2210

Problems in 3-D Design 

3

TDSN:2240

Digital Drafting with AutoCAD 

3

TDSN:2250

Computer Modeling with 3ds Max 

3

THTR:3250

Lighting Design I

3

THTR:4250

Lighting Design II

3

THTR:3260

Sound Design for the Theatre

3

THTR:3270

Entertainment Design

3

THTR:3230

Scene Design I

3

THTR:4230

Scene Design II

3

SCLP:4840

Air, Actuators and Motors

4

MUS:3285

New Musical Instruments: from Design to Performance

3

MUS:4250

Composition: Electronic Media I

3

MUS:4251

Composition: Electronic Media II

3

 

Choose your own adventure

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Geared toward the creative entrepreneur and the trail-blazers who do not fit into pre-defined categories, this track allows students to work with a PDA advisor to create a specialized plan of study.