USC 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.

Intermediate laboratory exploring computational systems through a series of critical design prompts. Emphasis on digital representation, time-based processes, abstract data and the relationship between humans and computers.

Introduction to the methods of visual design with respect to digital media authorship. Exploring the creative process through various conceptual workflows and hands-on techniques.

Investigation of the potentials of computational media to define new aesthetics, modes of representation and structures of communication.

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.

An introduction to a broad range of technical and theoretical issues surrounding the production of web-based content.

Hands-on investigation of opportunities and challenges offered by mobile interaction within both cultural and ideological contexts.

Development of documentation and archival strategies, with an emphasis on techniques of personal and professional representation.

Creating a story that uses three or more digital platforms (video, social media, games, comics, et cetera) with strategies drawn from entertainment, art and activism.

Survey of audio culture and sound technologies, focusing on developing sonic literacy and creating artwork using sound as a primary modality.

An introduction to audio and video techniques for digital storytelling across various platforms. Students will create multiple short-form projects using contemporary tools and technologies.

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

An introduction to the history, theory and critical context of 3-D spatial representation, as well as foundational authoring skills in modeling interactive 3-D spaces.

The history, theory and methods of design fiction, focusing on design videos and physical prototypes as tools for exploring contemporary social, political and ethical life.

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

Exploration of spatial sound practices, focusing on sound installation art, sonic visualization and audio storytelling techniques.

A hands-on exploration of emerging cinematic technologies, situated within a historical context through both theoretical and practical analysis.

Production of an interdisciplinary digital thesis project. Open to students in the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship Program only.

Production of a digital thesis project. Prerequisites: IML 441. Open only to Media Arts and Practice majors.

Studio class exploring spatial perception and advanced techniques of 3-D representation, stereoscopy, panorama, projection mapping, modeling for real-time environments, parametric modeling, and 3-D fabrication.

Investigation of the impact of natural patterns on digital media design. Explores the relationships among chaos, harmony, beauty, proportion, spirituality, holistic systems and shaped experience.

A hands-on mentored research lab experience within the context of media art and in association with a real-world project.

Individual research and readings.

Selected topics in multimedia literacy.

Critical and practical analysis of scholarly data visualization using diverse platforms. Open only to graduate students.

Deepening skills in audio/video storytelling methods through a semester-long, non-fiction media project.

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.

A hands-on mentored graduate research lab experience within the context of media art and in association with a real-world project. Open only to graduate students.

A writing workshop to explore innovative forms for critical writing, media-rich writing and video that borrow from creative nonfiction, the lyric essay, poetic/vernacular criticism.

Research leading to the masters degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Orientation to the profession, opportunities, presentation and analysis of recent developments and applications in Media Arts and Practice. Graded CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in former CNTV 603)

Develops an anti-essentialist theory of technology adequate to the digital age that serves as a conceptual and critical framework for developing a contemporary technological imagination. (Duplicates credit in former CNTV 604)

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794a)

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794b)

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794c)

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794d)

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794z)