Professor: Eduardo Navas (ean13@psu.edu)
Office hours: Wed and
Fri 11AM to 12:00 PM, 206 Art Cottage
One sentence description:
A&A 106 Interdisciplinary Digital Studio (IDS) Seminar II (3) will consist
of 3 modules that will introduce students to emerging technologies that are
applicable to interdisciplinary electronic design study.
General Description:
A&A 106 Interdisciplinary Digital Studio (IDS) Seminar II (3) is the second
foundational course that consists of three modules during which students will
be introduced to further studies and methods in digital design process and
applications that are necessary for IDS design research and creative
production. What students learn in the two preliminary courses during the first
of year in the IDS major will have direct application in digital design
problems that will be introduced in the beginning, intermediate, and advanced
courses in the IDS Program. Content of the three modules will include two and
three-dimensional modeling, animation; sound, and game design concepts and
processes according to each studentŐs interests and creative needs. Each module
will be complemented with lectures by Visiting Professors from the IDS program
who will share what they teach as well as discuss
their own creative production.
Class
Focus
Art 106 consists of extensive creative
exploration between image, sound, and text. The course begins with text, to
then move on to sound, and image. The fourth step is to combine the three media
elements into a project. This entire process takes four weeks.
The next step will be for students to develop
in-depth hands techniques to produce digital images to be combined with sound
and text. This stage will enable the students to develop their drawing skills
or modeling skills based on their inclinations as artists or designers. This
process will take about four weeks.
Students will then take what is learned in
the first two stages to develop a preliminary project on a medium of their
choice. The medium will be chosen by each student based on a
software learned in Art 105. The third project will be considered a
tentative investigation that explores basic ideas students propose to explore.
This stage will take about four weeks.
And the fourth and final project is a more advanced version of the third
project, which should also take about four weeks. Students will be able to
develop a finished final assignment that should be of portfolio quality.
Throughout the semester students will submit weekly assignments designed as
stepping-stones for the realization of all three major projects.
Class
will consist of weekly lectures followed up with lab time. Students will be
introduced to concepts and history that are essential to their engagement with
contemporary digital art and media design production. The class sessions will
consist of two parts for most meetings. The first part will consist of a
lecture and the second of lab time. The exception to this will be when there is
a major project critique, which will take the entire class time, or when a
visiting professor gives a lecture on a subject of their choice.
Learning Outcomes:
A Note on Plagiarism
Plagiarism
will not be tolerated. A student who commits plagiarism will be reported to the
office of the visual arts. The studentŐs behavior will be taken very seriously
and dealt with according to the guidelines provided by Penn State
University – School of Visual Arts. To avoid plagiarism, please cite your sources when
appropriate.
Academic Integrity Statement
University Policies and Rules Guidelines states that academic integrity is the pursuit of
scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic
integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The
Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are
expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this
expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should
act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and
property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed
through the fruits of their efforts. Academic integrity includes a commitment
not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or
deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles
of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by
others.
Academic dishonesty includes but
is not limited to acts such as cheating on exams or assignments; plagiarizing
the words or ideas of another; fabricating information or citations;
facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others; claiming authorship of work
done by another person; submitting work completed in previous classes; and/or
submitting the same work to multiple classes in which a student is enrolled
simultaneously.
Accessibility
Statement
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University's educational programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities. The Office for Disability Services (ODS) Web site provides contact information for every Penn State campus: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/dcl. For further information, please visit the Office for Disability Services Web site: http://equity.psu.edu/ods.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/guidelines. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campusŐs disability services office will provide you with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that you request accommodations.
Safety Information
Students in the School of Visual Arts may find themselves working in the shop or in their studios or classrooms using a variety of power and hand held equipment, which may cause injury. Students should use the shop only after having received an orientation in the use of such equipment and when supervised by faculty or shop personnel. Should any injuries occur, in the shop, studios, or classrooms in the School of Visual Arts please report them to Matt Olson, Shop Supervisor, Room 108-A Visual Arts Building, Phone: 814-865-3962, email: mjo5165@psu.edu.
Assigned
as needed (See weekly class schedule below)
No
purchase required.
Recommended:
Digital Art by Christiane Paul
New Media Art by Mark Tribe & Reena
Jana
Available
online at https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/MarkTribe/New+Media+Art
Course Requirements
Please note that final grades
are dependent upon consistent performance in all course
requirements.
Grading
Total
100%
Grade Scale
Letter
grade assignments are as follows:
Attendance
Semester Schedule
Check Angel for readings
aside from the assigned books as noted in the schedule below. Also make sure to purchase the required
books when they become available at the university bookstore. There may be more readings in additions
to the basic ones below. Check Syllabus
link on Angel for updated reading materials.
Week 1:
Friday, January 11, 2019
Introduction
to class | First Weekly Assignment on Text
Week 2:
Friday, January 18, 2019
Discuss
first Weekly Assignment on Text | Introduce Weekly Assignment on Sound
Week 3:
Friday, January 25, 2019
Discuss
Weekly Assignment on Sound | Introduce Weekly Assignment on Image
Week 4:
Friday, February 1, 2019
Discuss
Weekly Assignment on Image | Introduce Major Assignment 1 on image, sound and
text.
Week 5:
Friday, February 8, 2019
In
class critique of Major assignment on image and sound | Introduce premises for
Major Assignment 2 | Weekly exercise due on February 15 | Lectures on drawing
images and/or modeling environments
Week 6:
Friday, February 15, 2019
Critique
of weekly assignment | Work on weekly assignment due on February 22
Week 7:
Friday, February 22, 2019
Weekly
assignment critiqued | Work on weekly assignment due on March 1| Prepare to
work on Major Project 2 due on March 15
Week 8:
Friday, March 1, 2019
Weekly
assignment critiqued | Work on Major Project 2 due on March 15
Week 9:
March 4 - 8, 2019
Spring Break
Week 10:
Friday, March 15, 2019
Critique
of Major Project 2 Introduce premises for Major Project 3 | Students evaluate
how what they explored in major projects 1 and 2 can be expanded and/or
incorporated in more advanced
projects | Work on weekly assignment due on March 22
Week 11:
Friday, March 22, 2019
Critique of
weekly assignment | Work on weekly assignment due on March 29
Week 12:
Friday, March 29, 2019
Critique
of Major Project 3 | Introduction of Major Project 4 | Work on weekly
assignment due on April 5
Week 13:
Friday, April 5, 2019
Critique
of weekly assignment | Work on weekly assignment due on April 14
Week 14:
Friday, April 12, 2019
Lab
day work on weekly assignment towards Major Project 4
Week 15:
Friday, April 19, 2019
Lab
day share progress on project | work on Major Project 4
Week 16
Friday, April 26, 2018
Final critique of Major
Project 4
Week 17:
Friday, May 3, 2018
Revision of Project