SCHEDULE
The schedule is subject to change—check Discord for updates.
INTRODUCTION
Class 1 [online]—W 08/28: Lecture – Introductions / Overview of the class, structure and goals [Assignment 1, due the day before Class 3]
M 09/02: COLLEGE CLOSED, NO CLASSES.
Class 2 [in person]—W 09/04: Lecture – Understanding the Emerging, Interactive Media Landscape + Historical Context
DESIGN THINKING + PROTOTYPING
Class 3 [online]—M 09/09: Lecture – Human-Centered Design Thinking + Rapid Prototyping Methodologies [Assignment 2, due the day before Class 5]
Class 4 [in person]—W 09/11: Lab – Quick & Dirty Speculative Design Workshop [Assignment 3, due the day before Class 6]
GAME DESIGN + INTERACTIVE MEDIA TRACK (Design)
Guest Lecturer: Professor Hosni Auji
Class 5 [online]—M 09/16: Lecture – Intro to Game Design + Interactive Media Development
Class 6 [in person]—W 09/18: Lab – Values at Play // Discuss Project 1 [Assignment 4, due the day before Class 8]
Class 7 [online]— M 09/23: Lab – Game Concept
Class 8 [in person]—W 09/25: Lab – Project Development
Class 9 [in person]—M 09/28: Lab – Lo-fi Prototyping Lab
W 10/02: COLLEGE CLOSED, NO CLASSES.
Class 10 [in person]—M 10/07: Lecture – Rapid Prototyping Walkthrough // Open Lab – Designing the Playtest
Class 11 [in person]—W 10/09: Open Lab // Guest Lecture: Professor Hosni Auji
MEDIA COMPUTATION TRACK (Software)
Guest Lecturer: Professor David Bruce Smith
M 10/14: COLLEGE CLOSED, NO CLASSES.
Class 12 [online] – T 10/15: Lecture – Intro to Media Computation [Assignment 5, due the day before Class 14]
Class 13 [online]— W 10/16: Code: Or How To Write Something Differently and An Introduction to Creative Coding, Part 1 [Assignment 6, due the day before Class 15]
Class 14 [in person]— M 10/21: Lecture + Lab –Computing Machinery and Intelligence (Can Machines Think?) and Intro to Creative Coding, Part 2
Class 15 [in person]— W 10/23: Game Design Playtest // Lecture + Lab – The ELIZA Effect and You + Creative Coding, Part 3 [Assignment 7, due the day before Class 17]
Class 16 [in person]— M 10/28: Lab – Creative Coding, Part 4 // Discuss Project 2 (work on Assignment 7 -> Project 2)
Class 17 [in person]— W 10/30: Game Design Presentations // [Assignment 08, due before class 19]
PHYSICAL COMPUTING + 3D FABRICATION TRACK (Hardware)
Guest Lecturer: Professor Allison Berkoy
Class 18 [online] —M 11/04: Lecture – Intro to Physical Computing & Fabrication // PROJECT 2 CODE REVIEW – Project Presentations + Critiques
Class 19 [in person]— W 11/06: How smart does your bed have to be, before you are afraid to sleep in it? Discuss Assignment 8. Introduce Project 3.
Class 20 [in person] —M 11/11: I’ve never been sued by a door: speculative design.
Class 21 [in person]— W 11/13: Lab – Project 3 Project Development
Class 22 [in person]— M 11/18: Project 3 Research & Development
Class 23 [in person]— W 11/20: Lab – Project 3 R&D + presentation preparation
Class 24 [in person]— W 11/25: PROJECT 3 DUE: Project Presentations + Critique [Assignment 9, due the day before Class 26]
W 11/27: CLASSES FOLLOW FRIDAY SCHEDULE, NO CLASS.
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY TRACK (Software)
Guest Lecturer: Professor David Bruce Smith
Class 25 [online]— M 12/02: Lecture – Intro to Music Technology
Class 26 [online]— W 12/04: Lecture + Lab – Introduction to Music Tech with Max/MSP [Assignment 10, due by Class 29]
Class 27 [in person]— M 12/09: Guest Lecture: Professor David Bruce Smith // Lab + Quiz 1 – Max/MSP
Class 28 [in person] —W 12/11: Discuss Project 4 / Lab + Quiz 2 – Max/MSP
Class 29 [in person] —M 12/16: Lab – Max/MSP + Project 4 preparation (Beethoven’s Birthday)
Class 30 [in person] —W 12/18: PROJECT 4 DUE: Project Presentations + Critiques
