Penn State University – School of
Visual Arts
Fall 2016
A&A 110 Interdisciplinary Digital
Media Studio I
Professor: Eduardo Navas (ean13@psu.edu)
Mondays & Wednesdays 11:15 AM–
2:15 PM
Office
Hours: Mondays and Wedsnesdays , 10 AM – 11 AM, 206 Arts Cottage
Course Description (as defined by Penn
State School of Visual Arts)
Provides arts and
design students an interdisciplinary studio-based exploration of critical,
theoretical, and historical understandings of digital media.
Emphasis of Class:
This class focuses
on developing projects that function across multiple media forms. Students will
develop an intimate understanding of how image, sound and text are redefined by
emerging media and deployed in material and virtual space to communicate ideas.
Participants will produce a set of projects that will explore the complex
relation of image, sound and text among print, time-based video, compositing, user
experience design, user interface design, and online web development.
Class Structure
Class sections for
the most part will be divided as follows: on Mondays, class will consist of
discussion and lectures on material being researched for weekly and major projects.
On Wednesdays, class will be a day of work and research. These activities may
swap from week to week depending on holidays and other events that may come up.
But for the most part, there should be ample lab time throughout the course.
Check the syllabus for details as well as the weekly webpage resource which
will be available online at the beginning of class. Students will be enhancing
their technical skills according to the focus they choose for each of the four
projects, but will be expected to gain basic skills in all the software and
development tools discussed throuhgout the course. Students will meet with the
instructor individually as needed. The students will turn in a total of four major
projects.
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 student¹s 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
campus¹s 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.
Available
at the bookstore:
Crow,
David. Visible Signs: An Introduction to
Semiotics in the Visual Arts. New York: Bloomsburry, 2016.
Suggested Reading
Not
available at the bookstore:
Lupton,
Ellen. Thinking with Type. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010.
Requirements
Please note that
final grades are dependent upon consistent performance in all course
requirements.
Grading
Grade Scale
Attendance
Semester Schedule
Note that the class
includes a series of short exercises, which are considered part of class
participation. These exercises are designed to complement the successful
completion of weekly and major projects. Lectures on history and theory will
shift according to the students¹ needs to gain practical knowledge from week to
week.
Week 1:
Monday,
August 22, 2016
Wednesday,
August 24, 2016
Week 2:
Monday,
August 29, 2016
Wednesday,
August 31, 2016
Week 3:
Monday,
September 5, 2016
Wednesday,
September 7, 2016
Week 4:
Monday,
September 12, 2016
DUE: First class project | In-class
critique
Week 5:
Monday,
September 19, 2016
Wednesday,
September 21, 2016
Week 6:
Monday,
September 26, 2016
Wednesday,
September 28, 2016
Week 7:
Monday,
October 3, 2016
Wednesday,
October 5, 2016
Week 8:
Monday,
October 10, 2016
Wednesday,
October 12, 2016
Week 9:
Monday,
October 17, 2016
Wednesday,
October 19, 2016
Week 10:
Monday,
October 24, 2016
· Weekly
Assignment critiqued
Wednesday,
October 26, 2016
Week 11:
Monday,
October 31, 2016
Wednesday,
November 2, 2016
Week 12:
Monday,
November 7, 2016
Wednesday,
November 9, 2016
Week 13:
Monday,
November 14, 2016
Wednesday,
November 16, 2016
Week 14:
Monday,
November 21 2016
Wednesday,
November 23, 2016
Week 15:
Monday,
November 28, 2016
Wednesday,
November 30, 2016
Review of work before
final project is due
Week 16:
Monday,
December 5, 2016
Wednesday,
December 7, 2016
Week 17:
December
12, 2016