Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Interactive Studies Program Proposal
COURSES SUGGESTED FOR INTERACTIVE STUDIES PROGRAM
The following courses have been suggested by faculty to be appropriate for an Interactive Studies program. They are presented in no particular order except this: already-existing courses are presented first; courses yet to be proposed are presented after. The list is not exhaustive. Some of the courses might be required for the program; others might be elective. The number of units for the program has not yet been determined.
We are seeking input from students, faculty, potential corporate sponsors, and the public. Write to suggest other possible courses to include, or to make suggestions about the program in general.
Existing Courses:
English 411, Writing Interactive Documents. (Smith) 4 units. Existing. Rhetoric and writing of multimedia art or information pieces, typically with Director or HyperCard as authoring tools.
English 419. Independent Multimedia Projects. (Various) Existing. 1-4 units.
English 450, Computer Applications for English Teachers. (Lant) 4 units. Existing. Approved at state level for credentialling. Provides teachers with the skills needed to take advantage of electronic resources for teaching.
English 519. Web Authoring. (Smith) 4 units. Existing. Writing pages, managing sites, understanding the uses and impact of the Web.
Art 323, Introduction to Digital Image making (Bergman). The course is based on the use of color slide photography scanning and printing via dye sub prints. The course is an introduction to photoshop, scanning,resolution, image color and control, the use of masks, layers and the basic potential of image composition using photoshop adn photographs as the starting point. Also emphasizes personal style developoment both with color photography and the modification via digital controls.
Art 466, Advanced Digital Image Making (Bergman),deals extensively with advanced techniques of Photoshop 3.0. Knowledge of Photoshop will be used to produce visually stimulating ideas that capture a personal vision and express students' voice using the digital medium. To accomplish this goal, we will be working primarily with scanned photographic images and manipulating these images using the features of Photoshop. We will examine the technical aspects of working with images in Photoshop as well as critical issues such as, the role of the artist, issues of content and aesthetics, legal and moral issues and the role of digital technology in today's changing world.
Art 467, Designing For the World Wide Web,focuses primarily on the production of Web pages using HTML - the hypertext language the drives the Web. This class will address some of the following Internet Basics: What is the World Wide Web and what is all the hype about? How is it used for corporate communication? How the Internet has evolved from a research tool for the government and scientists to an information resource for the general public? What are the implications of this explosive growth?
Humanities X250, Computer Applications in the Liberal Arts (Bernstein). Existing. 4 units.
Humanities 402 Subtitle: Ethical Issues in Cyberspace (Michelfelder). Existing. 4 units.
CSc 405 Computer Networks. [CSc] 4 units including 1 laboratory. Existing. Network architectures and protocols: network performance analysis, etc.
CSc 414 Authoring Languages and Systems [CSc] 4 units including 1 laboratory. Existing, but needs redefinition. Advanced techniques utilizing the computer to assist individualized instruction. Comparison between authoring languages and authoring systems.
Courses yet to be proposed:
GrCxxx - Understanding Graphic Communication. The course covers the relationship between graphic communication history, technology, and communication. History and theories are used to explain the presence of digital technologies today and provides the student with a methodology for forecasting the future. (proposed by Levenson)
Music xxxx. - Introduction to Composing - Fundamental concepts in music composition. Creative projects. Study of compositional techniques, development, and structure. Analysis of examples from the literature. (proposed by Barata.)
MU3XX - Introduction to Sound Design - Fundamental tools ofelectroacoustic sound design. Concepts and application of music studio procedure, recording, synthesis, and MIDI. Studio Projects. (proposed by Barata.)
MU310 - SoundDesign: Recording - Exploring creative use of recording technology. Analog and digital equipment for recording music. Analysis and creative projects. (proposed by Barata.)
MU411 -Sound Design: Synthesis - Compositional application of sound synthesis techniques. Realization of computer music. Creative projects. (proposed by Barata.)
CSc 4xx Computer Human Interaction. [Beug, Fisher,Dalbey] 4 units including 1 laboratory. New. Design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use.
CSc 4xx Information Retrieval [Beug, joint with the librarians] 4 units including 1 laboratory. New. Principles for the design evaluation and use of information retrieval systems. Indexing, storage and retrieval of multimedia information.
CSc 4xx Computers & Music. [Beug, joint with music department] 4 units including 1 laboratory. New. History and practice of using computers to compose and synthesize music. computer based music analysis.
Send comments or suggestions about the Interactive Studies proposal to:
Doug Smith
Professor, English
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 93407