DART

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Subject

DART

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course

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undergraduate

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bulletins.psu.edu

Education Integrative Studies, digital arts course introducing 2D graphics software through explorations of the 2d digital art medium. This is a General Education Integrative Studies, digital arts course introducing 2D graphics software through the creation of original digital artwork and the exploration of the 2d digital art medium. Course content explores technology, digital art, and visual culture, and concepts of identity, digital culture, and propaganda. Students create original artwork using graphic software such as Adobe Photoshop. They acquire skills and methods of research and development, creative production, critical

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

provides digital artists and designers with a studio-based exploration of critical, theoretical, and historical understandings of digital media and research. This course provides digital arts and media design majors with a studio-based exploration of critical, theoretical, and historical understandings of digital media processes and creative research methodologies. Students practice formal art and design skills, acquire and expand digital proficiencies, and reflect upon their creative research in studio-based inquiry and production. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 100 or DART 202

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

opportunity for the realization of more focused studio explorations in digital arts and design disciplines. This course provides digital arts and media design students the opportunity for the realization of more focused digital media explorations, creative research and studio production while building upon material introduced in previous courses. Students will create individual and team-based studio work that investigates more advanced issues and problems in the digital arts and design from a variety of disciplinary understandings, resulting in a portfolio of completed and fully realized studio-based projects. A primary purpose of the course is to bring together students engaged in a range of studio explorations and create a synergistic group dynamic that will inform and advance the work of all participants; hence, personal initiative and strong self- learning skills are a given expectation. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 200 enforced Concurrent at Enrollment: ART 211Y

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

General Education Course 3 General Education Course # (GQ) ENGL 15, 15A, or 30H 3 ‡ (GWS) 16

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

foundational skills for producing images, videos, objects, and interactive real-time virtual spaces with 3D software. This course will introduce 3D digital art and design foundational skills, concepts, and methodologies for producing images, videos, objects, and interactive real-time virtual spaces using 3D software. Student will master and apply 3D tools in exploring creative expression, design possibilities, and effective and compelling means of communication. 3D design concepts and tools extend the means by which we respond to change in a purposeful way ¿ connected to a wide range of media formats that create, communicate, and respond to new ideas, forms, and questions. In this course, students will respond to project and exercise prompts through the production of textured polygonal surfaces, animated 3D scenes, image and video renders, and thoughtful critique. Students will engage with readings and film screenings through discussions and writing to encourage critical understanding and reflection. Students will come away from this course with a broad repertoire of creative design approaches and the ability to apply digital 3D production concepts, methodologies, and skills in publishing creative works in a variety of media settings including the web, film, print, and product design. The course provides students the requisite 3D computer graphics and conceptual skills to take more advanced new media, digital arts and media design courses in the School of Visual Arts. Bachelor of Arts: Arts

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

fundamentals along with core skills and knowledge necessary for producing animated work. This course focuses on creative work that is grounded in fundamentals and engages students in studio-based research methods to advance their skills and critical competence in time-based media. Students are introduced to core skills and knowledge necessary for producing animated works that communicate ideas,

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

object-oriented programming fundamentals for the production of expressive interactive experiences such as animations, interfaces and games. This course introduces object-oriented programming fundamentals for the production of expressive interactive experiences such as animations, interfaces and games. This course focuses on creative work that is exploratory and experimental and engage students in studio research methods to advance their skills and critical competence in new media. Students apply computation concepts based on readings and discussions of key texts about interactive design, media art, and game design to the creation of original interactive projects. The course offers a series of scripting exercises in which students learn to develop applications using both a top-down and bottom-up design process. Students also develop a series of more ambitious computational projects using an iterative design process. They produce detailed design treatments and working prototypes before turning in final applications developed using an object-oriented programming language. The course gives students the requisite computational and conceptual skills to take more advanced new media, digital arts and media design courses in the School of Visual Arts. Bachelor of Arts: Arts

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

No Prerequisites Required. Certificate Learning Objectives • Capstone Experience: Students will be able to produce a capstone project reflective of their personal growth and their ability to conduct professional research in the program, blending theory and purpose, with the latest Internet-based technologies. • Creative Capabilities: Students will apply entry-level competencies in enhancing their creative capabilities through problem-solving and visual communication strategies in designing computer graphics and multimedia. • Critical Thinking: Students will be able to explore, discuss, develop, and share informed views and perspectives about visual arts and design through critical writing and creative art making. • Foundation Competencies: Students will develop foundation competencies in applying conceptual, technical, and historical knowledge and skills in visual arts projects, digital art, web design and art criticism. • Visual Literacy: Students will acquire a practical understanding of the conventions, languages, practices, and aesthetics that digital artists and designers use, thus developing personal competencies and capabilities in visual literacy.

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

the potential of 3D printing as a vehicle for creative expression. Studio sessions include hands-on printing with materials both hard and soft, from bio-plastics to ceramics. The class is designed to be collaborative and interdisciplinary. We will investigate the role 3D printing can play in the working processes of Artists & Designers presently and in the future. We¿ll ask questions about the potential of this technology and we¿ll discuss our answers and opinions. Our class will spend a significant amount of time making and iterating designed objects and sculptural forms via 3D modeling, 3D scanning, and 3D printing. We will become familiar with 3d modeling software programs and printer control programs via course projects, tutorials, and one-on-one instruction. Our software and hardware choices will be focused particularly on tools that are open source and free, emphasizing a D.I.Y. approach to this emerging technology. We will also spend a great deal of time investigating a range of approaches to 3D printing from craft processes to industrial applications, large and small. Each week we will introduce a discussion topic and a hands-on project.

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Select 8 credits from the following:

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 18 Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

18

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

9

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

course in which students develop digital art and design work that promotes creative thinking and problem-based learning in producing digital media projects to be included in their digital portfolio. Students also gain increased ability and independence in the application of

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

advanced studio exploration of interdisciplinary collaborative projects in the digital arts and design disciplines. This course will consider and develop advanced studio work that investigates, from a variety of disciplinary understandings, increasingly complex issues and problems in the digital arts and design disciplines. The course will emphasize collaborative and team-based projects, exploring the creative potential within the group dynamic as well as in relation to a client. A primary purpose of the course is to bring together students engaged in a wide range of studio explorations and create a synergistic group dynamic that will inform and advance the work of all participants; hence, personal initiative and strong self-learning skills are a given expectation. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 300 and ART 211Y

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

creating and critically evaluating digital painting. This digital arts studi course focuses on creating and critically evaluating digital painting and builds upon previous digital arts studio courses by extending students experience with the creative exploration of the digital medium. This course will engage art and design students on the principles, techniques and relevant technologies to advance their skills and critical competencies in digital painting and concept art through hands-on studio production in collaboration with SoVA studio faculty. The course is for students enrolled in the Art BA, Art BFA, Art Education BS, Digital Arts and Media Design BDes or Photo BDes degree programs Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 202 and ART 250

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 8

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

focuses on developing and critically evaluating motion graphics and time-based media art and design. This course will build upon previous digital arts studio courses and provide students with an in- depth studio experience to further develop motion graphics and time-based media techniques and production strategies through the creative exploration of the medium. This course will focus on the production of creative work that is exploratory and experimental and engage digital art and design students on the principles, processes, methods and relevant technologies to advance their skills and critical competence in motion graphics, animation and time-based media. The course is for students enrolled in the Art BA, Art BFA, Art Education BS, Digital Arts and Media Design BDes or Photo BDes degree programs. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 202

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

designing and developing interactive stories, games and expressive applications targeting mobile and touch screen devices This course teaches students how to design and develop interactive applications for mobile and touch screen devices. Through lectures, discussions and exercises, students are exposed to the latest methods of gestural interface design. They produce through an iterative design process a series of short projects and learn to integrate interface elements, interactive storytelling techniques, and implement design patterns using a scripting language. o Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 202 and DART 205

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Illustration for Comics and Sequential Art is a digital arts studio course that focuses on the process of making art for comics, graphic novels, storyboards, and other sequential art forms. This course will focus on developing strategies for creating sequential media projects, while critically evaluating the visual communication of narrative. This course will engage art and design students' drafting, conceptual, and storytelling skills while building experience in relevant technologies through hands-on studio production. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 202 Recommended Preparations: Familiarity with 2D computer graphics software, imaging devices, and foundational 2D drawing and design skills are recommended preparation for this course. Bachelor of Arts: Arts

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 8

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 8

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Sound Design for Digital Arts and New Media Production is a digital art course that introduces students to the fundamental techniques of creating compelling sound design experiences for art and design projects. This course provides an in-depth studio experience in which students will learn sound synthesis techniques, sound spatialization, the use of sound effects, and how to apply these skills to their art and design projects. This course includes both pre-recorded sound creation and real-time sound generation for digital arts. This course also covers the intriguing field of data sonification, teaching how to transform data into sound. By the end of the semester, students will have developed the technical skills to create art and design projects that engage audiences through both visual and sound elements. Bachelor of Arts: Arts

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

depth studio experience that will concentrate on authoring interactive games while critically evaluating the way rules and systems shape games. This course will focus on creative work that is experimental, while building fundamental coding concepts that will advance the student's competence with new media. Through a series of small projects, students will design and develop both individually and in teams, 2D and 3D game prototypes using a game engine and scripting language. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 205 Bachelor of Arts: Arts Undergraduate - The Pennsylvania State University 2026-2027 3981

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

2D Animation Studio (4) is a digital art course that provides student with an in-depth and hands-on studio experience with 2D animation and related techniques, software, and production workflows. Through a series of technical demonstrations, weekly screenings, theoretical readings, individual research, and student presentations, students will develop effective strategies for creating 2D animated works while engaging in critical reflection on their creative processes. Students will have the opportunity to consider and realize 2D animated creative works. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 204 Recommended Preparations: DART 214 or DART 312

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

media design students an opportunity to conceptualize an undergraduate thesis. Each student will have the opportunity to identify the primary issue of theoretical concern based on his/her personal interest, and pursue research in a rigorous, in-depth manner. The preparation and initiation of the undergraduate thesis will occur within a collaborative team-based studio environment. Students in DART 400 will begin to research and synthesize disciplinary and interdisciplinary understandings through the exploration of critical, theoretical, and historical perspectives of digital media. This understanding will foster the spirit of in-depth arts and design inquiry and research, and will build upon arts and design awareness, skills, and methods introduced in previous courses. The student will integrate studio and theory while creating a significant work of digital art or design. The student will work with a faculty adviser(s) in addition to the instructor of record for the course towards the completion of design documents, proof of concepts and prototypes for the undergraduate thesis. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 301 Enforced Concurrent at Enrollment: ART 476

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

digital arts and media design students an opportunity to implement an undergraduate thesis. This course is the second part of a two- course undergraduate digital arts and media design thesis to be taken in the final year of study. Each student will have the opportunity to further explore the primary issue of theoretical concern based on his/ her personal interest, and complete research in a rigorous, in-depth manner. The creation and implementation of the undergraduate thesis will occur within a collaborative team-based studio environment. Students in DART 401 will build upon the preliminary research and studio investigations undertaken in DART 400. The thesis will synthesize the student's arts and design awareness, skills, and methods introduced in previous courses. The student will integrate studio and theory while creating a significant work of digital art or design, which demands a high degree of responsibility, self- motivation, and personal commitment. The student will work with a faculty adviser(s) in addition to the instructor of record for the course towards the completion and presentation of the undergraduate thesis.

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

focused on further developing students' skills in 3D art. Building on foundational coursework, this course emphasizes intermediate to advanced 3D production workflows, including complex modeling and environment design, advanced animation workflows, and extensive critical engagement with creative process. Through lectures, readings, and intensive hands-on studio practice, students will refine their technical, conceptual, and design approaches while exploring contemporary digital tools in support of personal and artistic expression. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: DART 203 Bachelor of Arts: Arts

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 8

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 8

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Animation and Time Based Media Emphasis

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

18

Credits (max)

20

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 12

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 8

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Select one of the following:

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Select 4 credits from the following:

Subject

DART

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 12 As a DART teaching assistant, you will activate your learning in ways that will reinforce and enrich your understanding of Digital Arts and Media Design course material. In addition to this intellectual benefit, working as a teaching assistant is excellent professional experience that enhances skillsets including planning, organization, collaboration, time management, critique, and effective communication. Finally, teaching assistantships are a great way to cultivate strong relationships with faculty in a team setting who may become mentors and personal and professional resources. Specific duties of undergraduate teaching assistants might include leading discussions, demonstrations, and critiques; holding office hours; doing research or creating materials for the instructor; and performing tasks related to the course (e.g. taking attendance or keeping records). Grading of exams and assignments is not an appropriate task for undergraduate TAs. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: fifth-semester standing Recommended Preparation: Prior discussion with DART faculty to address justification and readiness.

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 12 Supervised student activities on research-based projects on an individual or small-group basis.

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 18 Supervised on or off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required. Undergraduate - The Pennsylvania State University 2026-2027 3983

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

18

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 18 Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

18

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest. Digital Media, Arts, and Technology (DIGIT)

Subject

DART

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

9

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

undergraduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu