Course Descriptions

Please see the Course Catalog for a complete listing of Media Arts courses.

 

422 Digital Compositing II

3 cr. Offered spring. Media Arts Majors only. Combines the common aesthetic and technical language with solid design principles. Students immerse themselves in the making of a body of integrated-digital 3D work that explores the technical and aesthetic possibilities of multi-layered x y z plane actualizations.

 

445 Sound for Digital Media

3 cr. Offered spring. Media Arts Majors only. This course is targeted to the integrated digital media student and introduces fundamental concepts, principles and practices of digital sound recording and editing. This will enable students to expand their aesthetic by integrating their sonic and visual creative work.

 

500 Digital Tech in the Arts I

4 cr. Offered autumn. This course explores the relationship between aesthetics and the emerging capabilities of digital technology. It will cover the historical relationship between science and art up to the end of the 30th century and examine the methodology of critical artistic applications.

 

510 Digital Tech in the Arts II

4 cr. Offered spring. Expands upon the research begun in MAR 500 by exploring the development of emerging 21st century digital technologies and their impact on aesthetics in artistic production.

 

514 Advanced Compositing Techniques

4 cr. Offered spring. Continuation of the work from MAR 422 by furthering the development of artistic principles and best practices and culminates in an in-house presentation of graduate level motion design techniques.

 

520 Graduate Teaching Seminar

2 cr. Offered autumn. This graduate seminar is designed for prospective graduate teaching assistants and will cover techniques and best practices for both in-class and online delivery.

 

522 Intro to Interactive Digital Media

4 cr. Offered autumn. Based upon the research developed in MAR 500 and 510, graduate students will explore and begin to develop artistic applications of interactive digital media, which will culminate in a semester end in-house presentation.

 

523 Techniques in Interactive Digital Media

4 cr. Offered spring. Expands upon the work begun in MAR 522 and will culminate in a semester end public presentation.

 

524 Compositing Applications I

4 cr. Offered autumn. Based upon the concept and principles developed in MAR 422 and 514, graduate students will create a compositing project fro pre-production through post-production, which will culminate in a semester end in-house presentation.

 

525 Compositing Applications II

4 cr. Offered spring. Expands upon the work begun in MAR 524 and culminates in a semester end public presentation.

 

580 Principles of Cinematography

4 cr. Offered autumn. Intermediate study of digital cinematography including color theory, composition, lens choice, continuity, camera movement/support, lighting for film and video, and grip in both studio and location situations.

 

687 Final Portfolio Production

4 cr. Offered autumn. Ongoing production and content work relating to thesis projects.

 

688 Media Production Lab

3 cr. (R-12) Offered every term. Participation as a support/design team member for student or professional productions.

 

690 Media Apprenticeship

3 cr. (R-6) Offered every term. Work outside of program in an area of professional interest.

699 Final Portfolio Post-Production

6 cr. Offered spring. Final work on thesis portfolio. Approval by the student’s thesis committee is required for graduation.