Schedule of Classes

An introduction to the expressive range of screen languages in their cultural, historical, and technological contexts.

Introduction to the expressive potential of multimedia as a critical and creative tool, supplementing traditional forms of academic work.

An in-depth investigation of the close interrelationships among technology, culture and communication to form a solid foundation for digital authoring. Duplicates credit in former IML 101.

Critical analysis of the categories of race, class and gender within the diverse digital spaces of contemporary culture, from video games to the digital divide.

Emphasizing rigorous multimedia research and authorship strategies, this course prepares students to undertake large-scale digital projects.

Analysis and development of scholarly media projects using diverse web authoring strategies, technologies and documentation.

Creating real social change through multimedia, working in collaboration with a local nonprofit organization.

Production of Multimedia Honors thesis. Open to students in the Honors Program in Multimedia Scholarship only.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Introduction to digital scholarship at the graduate level, with a focus on media research ecologies, online portfolios and distributed scholarly presence. Open only to graduate students

An in-depth examination of the development of digital technologies in their cultural and historic contexts, with equal emphasis on digital analysis and production. Open only to graduate students.

Study and creation of scholarly multimedia projects integrating hardware, software and interactivity to consider new forms for scholarly expression within the realm of pervasive computing.