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Interactive Media Arts

  • MPI 501 - Production I
    Course DescriptionThis course provides students with an active working environment for the production of creative projects. Lectures and discussions are closely aligned with the assignments and are aimed to assist students with their projects by introducing them to new ideas, new techniques, and trends in contemporary art and design.
    Weekly Contact:Lab 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
    Prerequisites:MPF 422 or MPS 408
  • MPI 503 - Creative Technologies for Visual Media I
    Course DescriptionThis course expands student knowledge related to digital media design and augments their technical skill set. Approaches to advanced digital text, graphic design, and animation will be covered and explored through 2D, 3D, and time-based assignments. Emphasis is placed on fundamental design skills and design thinking.
    Weekly Contact:Lab 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
  • MPI 601 - Production II
    Course DescriptionThis course extends the exploration of hybrid and digital media, at an advanced level, incorporating both theoretical and practical considerations. The primary focus is on taking digital content and bringing it into the physical realm in the form of an installation, interactive experience, performance, or physical prototype.
    Weekly Contact:Lab 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
    Prerequisites:MPI 501
  • MPI 602 - Media Languages: Old and New Vocabularies
    Course DescriptionThis course uncovers the deep time of analog and digital communication media by examining the technical, symbolic and social codes that constitute their production and use in contemporary visual culture. Key developments in media are examined in order to understand critical and historical issues associated with them. Emphasis is placed on how visual, aural, verbal, and nonverbal forms govern the construction of media artifacts.
    Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
    Prerequisites:MPC 210
    Custom Requisites:Available only to Image Arts students
  • MPI 603 - Creative Technologies for Visual Media II
    Course DescriptionThis course extends the digital-media design knowledge as acquired in MPI 503 and augments the student technical skill set. The distribution of hybrid media content through various digital platforms, as well as in physical space, will be explored with an emphasis on developing engaging user experiences and effective user interaction.
    Weekly Contact:Lab 3 hrs.
    GPA Weight:1.00
    Billing Units:1
    Count:1.00
  • MPI 71A/B - Senior Thesis
    Course DescriptionThis course focuses on the production of an extended digital-media project. The projects are either collaborative or individual in nature and draw on the theories and practices introduced in earlier years. The critique and public display of this senior project is an integral and mandatory part of the process.
    Weekly Contact:Lab 6 hrs.
    GPA Weight:3.00
    Billing Units:2/2
    Count:2.00
    Prerequisites:MPI 601