Introduction to New Media

From UrsinusWiki

MCS/ART-220
Introduction to New Media: Practice and Theory
Professor Gregory Scranton

Contents 1 Course Description 2 Semesters Offered 2.1 Fall 2010 2.2 Spring 2010 2.3 Fall 2008 2.4 Spring 2008 2.5 Fall 2007 2.6 Spring 2007 2.7 Fall 2006 2.8 Spring 2006 2.9 Fall 2005

Course Description

This course offers an introduction to and exploration of digital media through artistic creation and critical engagement. Students will learn how to produce new works of art as well as how to critique and deconstruct them. Students will create new works individually and then collectively participate in class critiques, which will aid in the development of their own practice and further their understanding of how to read and analyze different types of media. There will be readings, writings, viewings, and discussions focusing on the topics of new media and digital art. This is a computer intensive course but requires no prior software/hardware knowledge and is designed for intro level students. Three hours of lecture; one hour of lab per week. Four semester hours.

Semesters Offered

Fall 2010

• 220.A

Spring 2010

• 220.A

Fall 2008

• 220.A

Spring 2008

• 220.A

Fall 2007

• 220.A
• 220.B

Spring 2007

• 220

Fall 2006

• 220

Spring 2006

• 220.A
• 220.B

Fall 2005

taught as a special topics under MCS240

• 240.A
• 240.B