43 courses with the subject NME, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NME 1060Introduction to Sound3
A hands-on, introductory audio class in which students learn how to use sound in practical and creative ways, in three phases of production: acquisition, manipulation, and reproduction. Students also learn some of the history of artists and makers who use sound as their medium, as well of some of the technical and theoretical aspects of how sound is created and perceived.
Familiarizes students with the possibilities and techniques of 2D animation. The goal of the course is to guide students through various ways in which 2D animation can be made and used to express artistic ideas. The course has been designed to lead students along a path of technical and creative growth through exercises and projects.
Using a visual environment that provides immediate feedback, students are taught the basic principles of programming and, by extension, math. Lectures focus on key aspects of programming and how working artists use code creatively in their practice. In this course, math is never the end but rather the means to problem-solve during the creative process.
New Media majors take this course in the semester that they complete their foundation requirements. Grading is on a pass/no credit basis. Advanced Standing is a portfolio review that asks students to present work from the broad range of foundation classes they have taken. After applying for and receiving Advanced Standing, New Media majors can take Junior Seminar.
Examines the interplay between new art forms and technologies from early modernism through today. Focusing on how the two fields have developed in relation to each other, the course addresses two questions: what is the relationship between technology, technique, and art, and how has it changed over time? This is both an art survey course and a study of related philosophical questions. PREREQ: NME1050 Or MSA1050
An introduction to video as a creative visual, auditory, and spatial medium. Students learn the fundamentals of video production with the goal of making original work in the genres of single-channel tape, performance, and installation. At the same time, students are introduced to key works in the history of time-based arts in a weekly thematic program of viewing, listening, reading, and critique.
Students gain a solid understanding of website creation, using HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. Scripting languages and libraries are also introduced to create more advanced interactions or animations. Along with technical skills, students learn web design fundamentals and how artists have used and even served as authors of the web since its inception.
Since its inception, the Internet has been a platform for art-making. As the Internet has evolved, so have the tools and ideas that artists use to make art online. Through creative projects, discussion, viewing artworks, and reading, students will explore what it means to make art about, of, and for the Internet. PREREQ: NME2750
Introduces students to data as a creative tool. Students work with public datasets to build compelling visual stories about social and political issues. The course moves from research to design, covering infographics, mapping, and simple interactive work. Students will leave with strong skills in analysis, visualization, and narrative design. PREREQ: NME1160 Or DES2500 Or NME2100 Or DES2600
Students examine how contemporary artists and activists use printed matter to facilitate the exchange of ideas in the public sphere. They learn how printed material has been used since the invention of the printing press while examining its evolution through digital technology. Students produce and distribute projects using Risograph prints, posters, zines, stickers, and t-shirts alongside digital media. PREREQ: NME2100
Focuses on the relationship between digitally aided production processes and traditional techniques of drawing and object building. Emphasis is placed on the fabrication of objects and prints in multiples that interact with physical space and the body. Students are also encouraged to develop their own drawing tools and initiate ideas around making with new media technologies. PREREQ: NME2100
The first rule of guerrilla warfare is to know the terrain. Today’s terrain is one of symbols, media spectacles, and technology that artists are uniquely equipped to navigate. In this course, students learn to combine sociological research, communications strategy, technological methods, and artistic tactics to plan effective social interventions. Students should bring their passion, thoughtfulness, compassion, and planning skills.
Focuses on establishing a broad understanding of the 3-D game engine Unity and a critical understanding of the discourse surrounding modern virtual environments. Students are encouraged to deviate from traditional 3-D games, bringing content and forms of storytelling from other areas of interest. Artists and texts that examine our cultural fascination with the virtual are presented in class. Students are introduced to Unity and to the programming language C#, but some prior programming exper Credits: 4 PREREQ: NME1450 Or MAT1520 Or MAT1420
Using Pure Data, an open-source, graphical programming environment, students experiment with real-time media processing while exploring conceptual concerns and implications through historical and theoretical readings. Students are encouraged to explore personal experiments integrating these conceptual ideas into projects that may include algorithmic or interactive audio performances, screen-based visuals, or interaction with physical devices. PREREQ: NME1450 Or MAT1520 Or MAT1420
An intermediate lecture/studio course that explores techniques for creating dynamic, poetic, and lifelike animations in code. Students learn techniques to program movement and the simulation of natural systems and behaviors, and develop works that respond to various inputs. Projects are developed using open-source software environments like Processing and p5.js. PREREQ: NME1450 Or MAT1420 Or MAT1520
Familiarizes students with the possibilities and techniques of 3D animation. The goal of the course is to guide students through various ways in which 3D animation can be made and used to express artistic ideas. The course has been designed to lead students along a path of technical and creative growth through exercises and projects. PREREQ: NME1440
Students will complete a series of projects conceptualized by the students with feedback and checkpoints provided by the instructor. Screenings, lectures, group discussions and individualized meetings with the instructor will guide students along the way as they explore their unique interests and voices in animation. PREREQ: NME3310
An introduction to fine art digital printing and contemporary digital photography. Students expand their two-dimensional image-making skills while developing their artistic vision through the creation of a cohesive body of print-based work. Topics concerning the importance of contemporary photography are discussed in class through lectures and presentations. Students are expected to combine contemporary ideas with the rigor of printing quality images.
An advanced workshop for highly motivated students who have expressed interest and fluency in time-based video work. The class is devoted to the production of various independent video projects, culminating in a thesis project; in addition, students do multiple presentations focusing on situating their work within historical and contemporary contexts. A wide variety of time-based artworks are explored, including single-channel, multi-channel, and video installation work. Students are expecte PREREQ: NME2420
An exploration of the ways that graphic techniques can be used by video artists, animators, and designers in their work. Through lectures and presentations, students are exposed to the work of artists who use a variety of approaches, from abstract animation to kinetic text and transformation of live-action video. Students learn about key framing, matting, compositing, working in 3-D spaces, and other computer-based video processes. A special emphasis is placed on issues in contemporary video PREREQ: NME2420
Integrates art, design, and science to critically examine life in the Anthropocene. In this studio-seminar, students conduct hands-on research in the bio art lab, producing agar art, natural pigments, bioplastics, and sustainable prints. Through making and discussion, the course analyzes relationships among humans, technology, and the more-than-human world, interrogating contemporary definitions of “nature.”
The mouse and keyboard are great, but how else could we engage with computers? Students use Arduino micro controller kits, 3d printers, and the laser cutter to make new computer interfaces for games and interactive artworks. An emphasis is placed on creative and novel ways to reimagine our relationship to the computer. PREREQ: NME1450 Or MAT1420 Or MAT1520
Students develop a definition of new media through a range of learning experiences. These include a survey of work in the field, with guest artists and class trips to galleries, media production houses, and events; students’ critical writing and interactive discussions about what they are experiencing; and teacher-structured and student-initiated collaborative projects in which students test different creative roles, using various media. PREREQ: NME2100
Students meet weekly to discuss some of the seminal texts in new media and to make presentations on their senior project proposals. By the end of the semester, each student has a website describing his or her project and a working timeline.
Students meet weekly to develop their senior projects further, design the new media exhibition, and practice writing proposals to external organizations and preparing their résumés. PREREQ: NME4880
