2022-2023 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 06, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Film and Media Arts Courses


Return College of Visual and Performing Arts  

Department of Film and Media Arts

Courses

Art Photography

  • APH 180 - International Course

    Department of Transmedia
    1-6 credit(s)
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
  • APH 242 - Art Photography Intro II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth study of color photographic techniques. Processing, printing, and historical and contemporary models.
  • APH 243 - Digital Imaging for Art Photo

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Art Photography students explore the applications of digital and electronic photography as an art form. Using their own scanned photographs and digital camera images, students will utilize the computer to construct new art work.
  • APH 261 - Art Photography, Introduction

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Introductory course explores how contemporary artists use photography. Various approaches to art photography are presented to describe, critique or mediate on modern life. Working with digital cameras, students experiment with equipment, techniques and strategies to make their own original work. Course is for art photography majors only.
  • APH 262 - Art Photography Introduction II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth study of analog and digital photographic techniques. Printing and output from digital and film sources, color control and calibration. use of flash and simple lighting techniques.
  • APH 263 - Art Photography:Advanced Digital Imaging

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Designed to give students the skills to employ the latest techniques in digital imaging. Topics covered include: digital workflow, advanced color corrections, compositing techniques, color management and color profiling.
    PREREQ: APH 261  AND APH 262 
  • APH 264 - Beginning Digital Photography

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    An overview of lenses, settings and exposure control. Photoshop software is used as a digital darkroom, with an emphasis on curves, levels, color adjustment, scanning and printing. Offered only in Florence.
  • APH 267 - Introduction to Analog Photography and Darkroom

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    This introductory class explores the ways contemporary artists use analog black and white photography as an approach to describing, critiquing or meditating on modern life.  Students learn to use analog cameras, develop film and make gelatin silver prints to create their own original work.  
  • APH 340 - Topics in Art Photography

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Topics selected before registration by the department and specified in the time schedule.
    Repeatable
  • APH 341 - Art Photography Intermediate

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Development of a personal style and an extended body of work. Use of contemporary and historical models to explore technical, critical, and aesthetic issues.
  • APH 342 - Art Photography IntermediateII

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuation of APH 341 . Presentations, issues, and assignments based on the work of contemporary and historical photographic artists to explore the visual issues raised by these artists.
  • APH 361 - Lighting for Photography

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Lighting techniques for the photography studio and on location. Students use digital, medium and large format cameras on group and individual assignments. Critical study of the interaction between fashion, cinema and fine art photography.
    PREREQ: APH 263 
  • APH 362 - Art Photography Junior Seminar

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Wide range of contemporary photographic practices. Students are encouraged to experiment with assignments that address specific conceptual issues, such as how artists formulate their self-identity, inspiration and attitude.
    PREREQ: APH 361 
  • APH 365 - Photo and Media Skills and Techniques

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduces skills and techniques to help majors develop independent, research-driven photographic projects. Students will be exposed to a wide array of ideas that form the foundation of contemporary, image-based practices.
    PREREQ: APH 261 AND APH 262
  • APH 461 - Art Photography:BFA Senior Seminar

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students propose and develop their own projects which will be reviewed in individual and group critiques. Working closely with faculty, students, utilize technical, conceptual, and visual tools to evaluate and expand their own work. Preq: APH 362 
    PREREQ: APH 362 
  • APH 462 - Art Photography: BFA Exhibition and Portfolio

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students refine their own projects which will be reviewed in individual and group critiques. Development of skills to create a professional quality exhibition, portfolio, and artist presentation.
    PREREQ: APH 461 
  • APH 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    Department of Transmedia
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  • APH 561 - Art Photography: Contemporary Art and Photography

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Contemporary artists working with photographic images are studied through slides, readings, lectures, and discussions.
  • APH 562 - Art Photography: Contemporary Critical & Theoretical Texts on Art & Photography

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Recent and contemporary critical theories and applications studied through readings, lectures, and discussion. Emphasis on student research papers.
  • APH 563 - Art Photography: Non-Traditional Modes

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploring the possibilities and reasons for producing work outside the parameters of traditional practice, looking at artists whose work co-opts, challenges and eschews the gallery system, using those artists as models for their own production.
  • APH 564 - Image/Sequence: Photo Book

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theoretical and critical discussion of photographs in series, sequences and books. Software for editing and layout introduced to produce photo-based artist books. Specific attention paid to how the photo-book expands the meaning of individual images.
  • APH 565 - Art Photography: Performance Art

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course introduces the concepts, techniques, and variations of performance art. Special emphasis on performances made expressly for the camera will be considered. Many examples of performance art are analyzed.
  • APH 566 - Art Photography: Photography and Cinema

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students explore the interplay between contemporary photography and cinema. By constructing sets, scouting locations, studying images and films, and appropriating cinematic language, students will create photographic works influenced by moving images.

Computer Art

  • CAR 101 - Introduction to 3D Animation and Visual Effects

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The first course in this three course series focuses on concepts, aesthetics, and practice of 3D animation and visual effects. This course is an introduction to modeling, texturing, digital-sculpting and shading.
  • CAR 111 - Introduction to Programming for Visual and Networked Art

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    An introductory course that combines the programming/scripting of digital art projects with thinking about software, interactive digital art, and digital culture.
  • CAR 120 - Experimental Animation

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introductory studio course explores animation through the use of various processes. Students will experiment with claymation, collage/cut paper, direct drawing, and stop motion. Emphasis on use of conventional materials and approaches.
  • CAR 131 - Introduction to Multimedia

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    The fundamentals for making art with computers in consideration of time and interactivity. The fundamentals of using programming and software applications for multimedia and the internet.
  • CAR 201 - Intermediate 3D Animation and Visual Effects

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The second course in this three course series focuses on concepts, aesthetics, and practice of 3D animation and visual effects. This course will be an introduction to keyframe, procedural and character animation.
    PREREQ: CAR 101 
  • CAR 211 - Introduction to Electronics and electronic Object Making for Art

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    An introductory level physical computing class. The course covers electrical and mechanical engineering techniques for the purpose of art and cultural production.
  • CAR 230 - Topics in Computer Gaming I

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploring computer gaming topics assigned at the outset of the semester. Topics may include mobile gaming, pervasive gaming, self-made alternative game controllers for existing games, or 3D gaming.
  • CAR 233 - 2D Computer Gaming

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to various software techniques and programming concepts that are central to creating computer games in 2D environments. Experimental practices and critical theory associated with this field will supplement the practical lessons.
  • CAR 240 - Multimedia Programming

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Techniques for creating procedural, data-driven, and interactive visuals, as well as cultural issues regarding the nature of online communication. May not be repeated for credit.
    PREREQ: CAR 111 
  • CAR 241 - Audio Production and Recording I

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The course will focus on digital audio production in the media arts. Emphasis on the relationship between sound and image. Topics include studio recording, field recording, microphone and mixing techniques.
  • CAR 270 - Experience Credit

    Department of Transmedia
    1-6 credit(s)
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  • CAR 301 - Advanced 3D Animation and Visual Effects

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The third course in this three course series focuses on concepts, aesthetics, and practice of 3D animation and visual effects. This course will be an introduction to lighting, rendering, and effects (hair, cloth, and dynamics).
    PREREQ: CAR 201 
  • CAR 302 - Previz and Character Development for Animation

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    This course will get you inside your animation and game characters. Who are they? Where did they come from? Why are they holding that chainsaw?
  • CAR 330 - Topics in Computer Gaming II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    This course focuses on ambitious gaming projects in a collaborative environment. Students will work in groups to design, develop, and implement a computer game. Platform and delivery format will vary
  • CAR 340 - Computer Gaming

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Techniques for creating computer games. Explores gaming theory, strategy, and aesthetics. May not be repeated for credit.
    PREREQ: CAR 240 
  • CAR 341 - Audio Production and Recording II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    This course will build on the foundation of CAR 241 . Includes advanced sound mix, mastering, installation and delivery formats, and advanced wave form synthesis.
    PREREQ: CAR 241 
  • CAR 401 - Animation Workshop I

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Integrate skills and knowledge gained in the first three animation courses into full-on, industry-style production. You will work collaboratively on ambitious projects, participating in every aspect of production of an animated short film.
    PREREQ: CAR 301 
  • CAR 402 - Visual Effects Workshop I

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A focus on the prospect of integrating the 2D and 3D worlds within the context of contemporary visual effects, while developing clear professional based workflows to be implemented in future creative art practice.
  • CAR 415 - History of Animation

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Viewing, discussing, writing and reading about examples from many periods foster a context for contemporary practice in this dynamic medium.
  • CAR 430 - Computer Art Seminar

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Students will propose and complete a major individual or collaborative studio project.
    PREREQ: SENIOR LEVEL
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  • CAR 432 - Senior Project

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    To focus the best creative and intellectual resources in the realization of the senior project and portfolio. Pursue areas of personal interest and to explore new ideas in the realization of their artistic goals.
    PREREQ: CAR 430  AND SENIOR LEVEL
  • CAR 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    Department of Transmedia
    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  • CAR 501 - Animation Workshop II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Building on the collaborative animation experience from the first semester of the animation workshop, students step into supervisor roles helping to manage all aspects of the production of an animated short film.
    PREREQ: CAR 401 
  • CAR 502 - Visual Effects Workshop II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Building on the collaborative VFX experience from the first semester of the VFX workshop, students step into supervisor roles helping to manage all aspects of the production team(s) workflow.
    PREREQ: CAR 402 
  • CAR 520 - Topics in Electronic Environments

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    A practical, project-based exploration of computer art that happens across computational devices, platforms, and spaces. Semester topics may include networked public spaces, audiovisual performance, mobile applications for activism.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  • CAR 530 - Special Topics in Computer Art

    Department of Transmedia
    3-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Various topics in computer graphics are explored through research, creative activity, and theoretical discussion. Topics address historical as well as contemporary issues that bridge art and technology.
    PREREQ: CAR 101  
    Repeatable

Film

  • FIL 121 - Filmmaking Workshop: Physical Aspects

    College of Visual and Performing Arts
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Introduction and development of technical aspects and skills of filmmaking.
  • FIL 122 - Sound/Image

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Development of the student’s understanding and approach to the critical and practical challenges of working creatively with image and sound.
  • FIL 124 - Filmmaking Workshop: Concepts

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester


    Introduction and development of aesthetic and critical concepts of filmmaking, sound and image.

     
    PREREQ: FIL 121

  • FIL 221 - Cinematic Modes of Production: Documentary/Experimental

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the various codes and forms that work at the mainstream and borders of cinematic production, such as documentary and experimental.
    PREREQ: FIL 121 and FIL 124
    COREQ: FIL 225 and FIL 228
  • FIL 222 - Post-Production Workshop

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introduction to various means of organizing and manipulating images and sound by both analogue and non-linear means.
    PREREQ: FIL 221 
  • FIL 223 - Cinematic Modes of Production: Fiction/Hybrid

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the various codes and forms that work at the mainstream and borders of cinematic production, such as fiction and hybrid.
    PREREQ: FIL 221
    COREQ: FIL 226
  • FIL 225 - Problems of Film Perception

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A survey of major ideas of visual and audio perception. These ideas will be related to semiotic systems and how filmic meaning is encoded and decoded and/or recorded by the spectator.
    PREREQ: FIL 254
  • FIL 226 - Survey of Film Theory

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Readings in classical film theory and criticism and critical works discussed in relation to film screening.
    PREREQ: FIL 254
  • FIL 228 - Film Scriptwriting

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introductory course to the basic elements of film scripting: dramatic fundamentals, screenplay format, narrative strategies, character creation, and dialogue development.
    COREQ: FIL 221 
  • FIL 250 - Topics in Film History & Culture

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Topics will focus around codes and forms that work at the mainstream and borders of cinematic production.
    Repeatable
  • FIL 253 - Survey of Film History 1

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Growth of film from its origin to the French New Wave (1960’s). Technical, economic, and social influence on cinema; development of film as an art.
  • FIL 254 - Survey of Film History 2

    Department of Transmedia
    0-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Growth of film from the French New Wave (1960’s) to the present. Technical, economic, and social influence on cinema as an industry and art.
    PREREQ: FIL 253 Survey of Film History 1
  • FIL 321 - Filmmaking:Animation

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Laboratory in cel, object animation, and titling preparation, and execution. Special effects, Mattes, Rotoscoping and Bipack techniques.
    PREREQ: FIL 124
  • FIL 322 - Cinematic Modes Workshop

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Advanced exploration of cinematic modes through the creation of short film(s) and critical evaluation of the process. A 16mm release print is required upon completion of this course.
    PREREQ: FIL 223 
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  • FIL 324 - Scriptwriting Workshop

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: FIL 624
    Offers students further opportunity to develop scriptwriting skills. Special attention on story, character development, and narrative strategies. A portfolio-quality script for a feature-length film or for the senior project will be written.
    PREREQ: FIL 228
  • FIL 329 - Sound Design

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Principles of sound and acoustics as related to recording audio for film with equal treatment given to film sound design theory and practice in both analogue and digital forms of production assemblage and editing.
    PREREQ: FIL 124 and FIL 223
  • FIL 360 - Topics in Film Culture

    Department of Transmedia
    1-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Interaction between film and society. Specific issues, such as genre, auteur, ideology, spectatorship, and technology.
    PREREQ: FIL 254
    Repeatable
  • FIL 416 - British Masculinity On Screen: James Bond and Sherlock Holmes

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: QSX 416, WGS 416
    Offered only in London. Construction of British masculinity in screen adaptations of James Bond and Sherlock Holmes.  Providing close readings of texts and adaptations, explores gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity and nationhood in construction of hegemonic and “other” British masculinity on screen.
  • FIL 420 - Filmmaking:Senior Project

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Year-long production of a film demonstrating technical and artistic skills acquired in the film program. An accepted proposal required.
    PREREQ: FIL 223  OR FIL 322 
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  • FIL 423 - Italian Film NOW

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: LIT 423
    Offered only in Florence. By paying special attention to how certain themes are addressed- immigration, organized crime, and family life- this course provides a critical perspective on today’s Italian society and culture. It also examines how contemporary Italian film has challenged traditional cinematic language and transgressed genre boundaries.

  • FIL 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    Department of Transmedia
    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  • FIL 500 - Selected Topics

    Department of Transmedia
    1-6 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  • FIL 520 - Film Studies Seminar

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Advanced topics relating a focused set of critical and theoretical questions to a specific film or group of films. For graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
    PREREQ: FIL 225  OR FIL 226  
  • FIL 521 - Filmmaking: Selected Topics

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Modes of filmmaking such as experimental, narrative, expository; or technical areas such as cinematography, lighting, or art design.
    PREREQ: FIL 124 and FIL 223
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  • FIL 523 - Cinema Acting&Directing

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exercises in filming fictional dramatic scripts. Required of B.F.A. acting students and all film drama directors.
    PREREQ: FIL 223 and DRA 305
  • FIL 527 - Critical Problems Film&Video

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Methods of film and video criticism. The place of the author, the text, the spectator, and the ideological underpinnings of aesthetic value in the critical process.
    PREREQ: FIL 225  AND FIL 226 

Transmedia

  • TRM 151 - Transmedia Colloquium I

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.
  • TRM 152 - Transmedia Colloquium II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.
  • TRM 153 - Studio Concepts

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Introduces students to thinking critically and practically about time-based creative practices. Explores the use of digital media in concepts surrounding time/space, image/sound, interactivity/networks, and performance/movement. Students will work with photo, film, video, and computer.
  • TRM 154 - Interconnected Studios

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    The theory of interdisciplinary practices will be the focus of contemporary art making and intersection of time-based media in animation, interactive technologies, installation, and performance art.
  • TRM 251 - Intermediate TransMedia Studio

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Builds on the basic tools and concepts introduced in TRM 153 . Students explore thematic and topical problems in the media arts, while deepening their critical and technical skills.
    PREREQ: TRM 153  AND TRM 154 
  • TRM 310 - Literacy, Community and Media

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Double Numbered with: TRM 610
    This course brings University students into local public schools to offer instruction in media such as photography and video, along with writing exercises to develop projects that explore issues of identity, community and family.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  • TRM 316 - Introduction to Visual Culture

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: AIC 316, CRS 316
    Introduction to critical approaches that illuminate how modes of visual culture function as rhetoric, commerce, art, and ideological expression. Examines how institutional frameworks shape global image circulation.
  • TRM 351 - Advanced Transmedia Studio

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    This course will presume a technical ability which allows for more specialized topics of discussion/study. Students will be required to create projects in collaboration, exploring ideas in depth and understanding historical and critical precedents.
    PREREQ: TRM 251  
  • TRM 401 - Physical Computing Research

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    The use of electronics, computers, and fabrication techniques of various materials for constructing interactive artworks that go beyond keyboard/mouse/screen relationships. Critical theory related to physical computing.
    PREREQ: CAR 132 AND SCU 295  AND SCU 392 
  • TRM 451 - TransMedia Synthesis

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s)
    Culmination of the transmedia experience for graduating seniors. Projects are intended to increase the self-awareness of artistic vision, honed from the flexibility and diversity of the transmedia curriculum.
    PREREQ: TRM 351 
  • TRM 511 - Art & Environment: Animals

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    An interdisciplinary course examining the lifeworld of animals and posthumanism in light of current environmental issues. Involves readings and film viewings from sciences, arts and humanities. Students make original projects in response to readings.
    Repeatable 1 time(s)
  • TRM 512 - Art & Environment: Food

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    An interdisciplinary course examining art and media that critiques or productively re-imagines the production, distribution, and consumption of food. Students will draw on readings and independent research to make their own projects.
    Repeatable 1 time(s)

Art Video

  • VID 211 - Video Sketchbook

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A medium for perceptual and conceptual development. Most work done exclusively with camcorders. Editing equipment and instruction is available for projects requiring post production.
  • VID 212 - Intro Art Video

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A medium for making art. Video works by professional artists are studied, readings are required, specific projects are assigned. Production and post-production skills are refined.
  • VID 270 - Experience Credit

    Department of Transmedia
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  • VID 280 - International Course

    Department of Transmedia
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  • VID 310 - Studies in Art Video

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Relationship with traditional studio arts, music, cinema, television, computers, telecommunications, and networks. Art video recordings are used to focus and structure explorations of the contemporary media environment.
    Repeatable
  • VID 311 - Intermediate Art Video

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Use as a medium for making art. Production and post-production skills are refined. Perceptual and conceptual development informed by contemporary art history and theory.
  • VID 312 - Intermediate Art Video II

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Use as a medium for making art. Production and post-production skills are refined. Perceptual and conceptual development informed by contemporary art history and theory.
  • VID 313 - Advanced Post-Production Techniques

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: VID 613
    A workshop in audio and video post-production techniques. Specific exercises that structure learning in audio/video relationships. Advanced audio/video techniques are explored. Additional work is required of graduate students. VID 613 is required of Art Video M.F.A. students.
    PREREQ: VID 212 
  • VID 411 - Advanced Art Video

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Use of video to produce art informed by contemporary art history and theory. Students produce tapes of significant depth demonstrating technical skills sufficient to support their aesthetic strategies.
  • VID 412 - Art Video:Thesis Project

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Production of a thesis project, most frequently a suite of related tapes, including written conceptual/theoretical analysis.
  • VID 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    Department of Transmedia
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  • VID 510 - Video Art History

    Department of Transmedia
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Video art history from the 1960s including the fluxus and art and technology movements, early performance, image processing, installation, and socio-political explorations.