DESMA 28
Interactivity
Description: Studio, six hours; outside study, six hours. Requisites: courses 21, 22, 25. Introduction to concept of interactivity and field of media art that follows history of computer as media for artistic exploration in relation to print, animation, and interactivity. Discussion of potential and ideas related to interactivity, with focus on required skills for creating interactive work. Development of programming skills in service of creating examples of media art. Concepts and skills taught enhance student ability to excel in future courses about Internet, animation, interactive media, and game design. Discussion and readings on four themes--form/programming, motion, interactivity/programming, and interface. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2019 - If you're coming into this class with zero prior programming experience, be prepared to work hard because you'll go from writing your first program to object oriented programming by the end of the 10 weeks. If you have programmed before, even a little bit, then it'll be significantly easier since you'll already have a conceptual basis for the topics covered in class. Regardless, Casey does a good job of breaking the concepts down and draws a lot of diagrams which I find helpful as a visual learner. He and the TA also host plenty of office hours if you're extra stuck. It's also vital that you keep up with reading and assignments since this class moves fast. Casey assigns both textbook readings and video tutorials––the videos are easier to follow along, but the readings are faster, so if you're in a time crunch you could technically choose to do one of the two and still be okay.
Winter 2019 - If you're coming into this class with zero prior programming experience, be prepared to work hard because you'll go from writing your first program to object oriented programming by the end of the 10 weeks. If you have programmed before, even a little bit, then it'll be significantly easier since you'll already have a conceptual basis for the topics covered in class. Regardless, Casey does a good job of breaking the concepts down and draws a lot of diagrams which I find helpful as a visual learner. He and the TA also host plenty of office hours if you're extra stuck. It's also vital that you keep up with reading and assignments since this class moves fast. Casey assigns both textbook readings and video tutorials––the videos are easier to follow along, but the readings are faster, so if you're in a time crunch you could technically choose to do one of the two and still be okay.
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