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Cre­at­ing com­puter ap­pli­ca­tions, in­stead of just using them, will give you a deeper un­der­stand­ing of the es­sen­tial pos­si­bil­i­ties of com­pu­ta­tion. Through weekly prob­lems, stu­dents will learn the fun­da­men­tals of pro­gram­ming the com­puter (vari­ables, con­di­tion­als, it­er­a­tion, func­tions, and ob­jects). These tools are the basic build­ing blocks of pro­gram­ming needed to cre­ate cut­ting-edge graph­ics ap­pli­ca­tions in­clud­ing in­ter­ac­tive art, live video pro­cess­ing, and data vi­su­al­iza­tion. The Java-based ‘Pro­cess­ing’ pro­gram­ming en­vi­ron­ment is the pri­mary ve­hi­cle for the class. The end of the se­mes­ter is spent de­vel­op­ing an idea for a final pro­ject and im­ple­ment­ing it using com­puter pro­gram­ming.

Creating computer applications, instead of just using them, will give you a deeper understanding of the essential possibilities of computation. Through weekly problems, students will learn the fundamentals of programming the computer (variables, conditionals, iteration, functions, and objects). These tools are the basic building blocks of programming needed to create cutting-edge graphics applications including interactive art, live video processing, and data visualization. The Java-based ‘Processing’ programming environment is the primary vehicle for the class. The end of the semester is spent developing an idea for a final project and implementing it using computer programming.

This course ex­plores re­search and doc­u­men­ta­tion for all media for­mats in­clud­ing text, im­ages, sound, and mul­ti­me­dia. Stu­dents will ex­am­ine the full life­cy­cle of in­for­ma­tion, in­clud­ing: how in­for­ma­tion is pro­duced and or­ga­nized in both tra­di­tional and emerg­ing media, lo­cat­ing in­for­ma­tion sources in a va­ri­ety of media and for­mats, crit­i­cal eval­u­a­tion of sources, the ethics of in­for­ma­tion use, and doc­u­men­ta­tion and ci­ta­tion of tra­di­tional and emerg­ing media and tech­nolo­gies. Stu­dents will cre­ate and pre­sent re­search and doc­u­men­ta­tion pro­jects.

This course explores research and documentation for all media formats including text, images, sound, and multimedia. Students will examine the full lifecycle of information, including: how information is produced and organized in both traditional and emerging media, locating information sources in a variety of media and formats, critical evaluation of sources, the ethics of information use, and documentation and citation of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will create and present research and documentation projects.

In this course, we will study lit­er­a­ture across gen­res, eras, and lo­cales. We will ex­am­ine broad themes such as fam­ily and home, the in­di­vid­ual and so­ci­ety, good and evil, and the con­flicts sur­round­ing glob­al­iza­tion. Specif­i­cally, we will ex­am­ine the fas­ci­nat­ing and yet con­fus­ing con­cept of glob­al­iza­tion, es­pe­cially its re­la­tion to lit­er­a­ture. The cen­tral ques­tions that we will ask in this class are: what does glob­al­iza­tion feel like?, and, what does it feel like to be transna­tional? The nov­els, short sto­ries, non-fic­tion es­says, and poems that we will read will help us an­swer this ques­tion, for lit­er­a­ture is very good at re­veal­ing and per­form­ing feel­ings.

In this course, we will study literature across genres, eras, and locales. We will examine broad themes such as family and home, the individual and society, good and evil, and the conflicts surrounding globalization. Specifically, we will examine the fascinating and yet confusing concept of globalization, especially its relation to literature. The central questions that we will ask in this class are: what does globalization feel like?, and, what does it feel like to be transnational? The novels, short stories, non-fiction essays, and poems that we will read will help us answer this question, for literature is very good at revealing and performing feelings.