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10 DESIGN CULTURE
Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. Open to nonmajors. Understanding design process, with emphasis on development of visual language; study of historic, scientific, technological, economic, and cultural factors influencing design in our physical environment. P/NP or letter grading.
11A DESIGN HISTORY I
(Same as Statistics M237.) Studio, six hours. Requisites: courses 254, 256. Through expanding reach of telecommunications networks and general advancement of data collection technologies, almost every aspect of our lives can be "rendered" in data. Contemplation of use of data in creation of media art and examination of each step in process of data collection, analysis, and representation. Topics include databases and data warehousing, exploratory analysis and visualization, clustering and pattern finding, sampling, and various data mining algorithms. Exploration, through discussions, of fundamental concepts like complexity and randomness. Techniques that organize data, search for patterns, and create meaningful and/or expressive representations. Letter grading.
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9 ART, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading.
11B DESIGN HISTORY II
Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. Enforced requisite: course 11A. Development of ideas and projects in design, with focus on graphic design primarily in U.S. from 1930 to 1990. Beginning with proposition that there is no one way to practice or analyze contemporary design, lectures focus on evolution of range of issues that include role of designer, practice of design, and consumption of design. Design as art, service, science, politics, and other definitions of practice -- and investigation of physical realizations of those practices as way to understand pluralities of design today. P/NP or letter grading.
101 MEDIA ARTS: INTRODUCTION
Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. Limited to and required of Design | Media Arts majors. Survey of media arts, their history, aesthetics, and cultural roles from late-19th century to present. Investigation of media arts within broad historical and cultural framework. Discussion of parallels and links with other cultural forms, including history of technology and various art and design practices. P/NP or letter grading.
* Summer courses are open to non-majors.