Art + Design

ARTD 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTD 2000. Introduction to Immersive Media. (4 Hours)

Introduces three forms of immersive media—augmented reality, 360 video, and virtual reality—through engagement in content creation, the fundamentals of software tools, development methodologies, and production techniques. Offers students an opportunity to produce basic immersive sequences, read literature, play games, and experience contemporary projects that highlight the uniqueness of immersive media.

ARTD 2100. Narrative Basics. (4 Hours)

Explores narrative sequence and story development in a variety of story architectures and media combinations, including text, video, music, audio, and design. Uses lectures, in-class workshops, and collaborative projects to expose students to the critical role of narrative in society and interactive media, including games. Offers students an opportunity to develop an interactive media design document over the second half of the semester.

Prerequisite(s): ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTD 2350. Photo Basics for Nonmajors. (4 Hours)

Offers a basic photography course that introduces students to the use of camera controls, computer-based image and file management systems, lighting, and final printing. Additionally, books on demand, slide shows, and image archiving are demonstrated and then explored by students. No previous experience is necessary. Does not fulfill major or minor requirements for students within the Department of Art + Design.

ARTD 2360. Introduction to Photography. (4 Hours)

Introduces creative photography, exploring techniques and processes starting with the basic principles of camera controls, lens and lens functions, digital image presentation basics, as well as photographic seeing and visual thinking. Evaluates and expands technical and conceptual knowledge of the medium. Beyond the technical foundation of digital image making, analyzes various theories and understanding of ways of seeing photographically. Culminates in a final project and presentation designed to demonstrate the importance of technical expertise, editing, sequence, layout, and presentation of ideas.

Corequisite(s): ARTD 2361

ARTD 2361. Photo Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces students to the creative possibilities of photographic image editing and management with Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. Offers students an opportunity to establish a professional digital workflow, acquire industry-standard creative techniques for photographic image editing, and gain an understanding of the importance of high-quality postproduction output.

Corequisite(s): ARTD 2360

ARTD 2370. Animation Basics. (4 Hours)

Offers an introductory studio course that explores the creative potential of animation. Exposes students to a variety of traditional animation processes and techniques through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on assignments. Provides an historical survey of animation art through the twentieth century. Emphasizes using the computer to develop concepts creatively while learning the fundamental skills of constructing animated images and forms.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 2220 with a minimum grade of D- ; ARTF 1120 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTD 2371. Animation Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces intermediate skills and software used in creating 3D animation. Explores modeling, surfacing, lighting, key framing, and rigging in this technology workshop.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2370 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 2380. Video Basics. (4 Hours)

Offers an introductory exploration into the moving image as an art form. Covers the fundamental technical and aesthetic aspects of contemporary video production. Emphasizes personal, experimental works from an individual point of view. Analysis of projects is directed toward the development of a personal voice.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 2220 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 2381. Video Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces intermediate skills and software used in capturing, manipulating, and editing video and audio in this technology workshop.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2380 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTD 3460. Photography: Concept + Process. (4 Hours)

Explores how process informs concept and vice versa, with a focus on making and photographic practice. Emphasizes creative projects, readings on contemporary photography, and the responses and presentations on the ideas brought forth by our investigations. Constructive critiques, which include investigation of the nuances of the medium and its uses, encourage confidence of creative abilities, vision, and independent thinking. Students use photographic concepts and creative techniques for the development, coordination, and completion of a final photographic body of work. Considers the politics of representation and contextual references and seeks to answer: Who is it of? Who is it for? What does it do? Who does it serve? This is an intermediate photography seminar.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2350 with a minimum grade of D- or ARTD 2360 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTD 3470. Animation 1. (4 Hours)

Introduces the fundamentals of three-dimensional computer animation. Class lectures and demonstrations are followed by substantial hands-on exploration. Students gain fundamental skills for modeling, surfacing, and animating. Projects progress from creating simple geometric objects to realistic organic characters. Basic systems for animating are introduced and explored.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2370 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 3471. Virtual Environment Design. (4 Hours)

Utilizes elements of story and game play in the design of both 2D and 3D environments, integrating architecture, landscape, and set dressing. Introduces real-time procedurally generated terrain and flora, asset optimization, and nonlinear path finding. Explores content ranging from historically accurate and contemporary hyperrealistic to stylized and fanciful.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 1120 with a minimum grade of D- ; ARTD 2370 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 3472. Character Design for Animation. (4 Hours)

Focuses on the development of characters as they relate to game design and animation. Explores, through treatments and synopsis, theme-based character back story, rationale, and visual design. Integrates learning objectives of both 2D and 3D, optimized rigging, movement study, and accessory and prop design.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 1120 with a minimum grade of D- ; ARTD 2370 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 3473. Animation for Games. (4 Hours)

Explores all areas of 3D game asset creation—animation, modeling, shading, effects, and their integration. Working in small groups, students have an opportunity to learn how to construct animated assets that work efficiently within a game programming environment. Encourages students to specialize in at least one area of asset creation.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 3470 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 3480. Video: Sound and Image. (4 Hours)

Continues the study of video as an art form. Focuses on the dynamic relationship between sound and the moving image. Begins with audio exercises exploring various aspects of sound design that are integrated into an in-depth video production. Emphasizes the production of innovative video art with powerful visual imagery, complex editing rhythms, and creative sound design.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2380 with a minimum grade of D- or MSCR 1230 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 3485. Experimental Video. (4 Hours)

Constitutes an advanced video production and analysis course. Emphasizes the development of personal vision and building a working knowledge of contemporary experimental video art techniques. Offers students an opportunity to expand conceptual ideas and visual language skills by interrogating concepts of time, movement, light, and space within their exploratory working process. Visual research and discussion supplement the studio work.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2380 with a minimum grade of D- or MSCR 1230 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTD 4530. Media Arts Degree Project 1. (4 Hours)

Explores the criticism and theory associated with digital art. Offers students an opportunity to apply this knowledge to research in one of the digital media (photography, animation, and video) in preparation for completion of their degree project.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTD 4565. Photography: Visual Strategies + Context. (4 Hours)

Emphasizes combining students’ personal aesthetic choices with refined technical skills in this advanced photography seminar. Students integrate personal vision, historical research, and well-defined concepts in their work. Through lectures on contemporary topics and artist studio and museum visits, students situate their own ideas and processes to historical and cultural forces. Focuses on the relevance of contemporary models in which the still image is used, specifically interdisciplinary approaches.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 3460 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 4570. Animation 2. (4 Hours)

Continues ARTD 3470. Focuses on seamless integration of animated three-dimensional models with digital photographic backgrounds. Continued emphasis on building comprehensive modeling, surfacing, and animation skills. Students develop original content based on course objectives. Complex systems for creating realistic movement are introduced. Exposes students to compositing and animation processes through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on assignments.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 3470 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 4575. Animation 3. (4 Hours)

Continues ARTD 4570. Focuses on building comprehensive modeling, animation, and compositing skills in this advanced studio course. Students explore creating special effects through seamless mixture of computer-generated imagery and digital video footage. Advanced compositing and lighting techniques are introduced and explored. Students create original characters using organic modeling and surfacing techniques. Exposes students to animation and compositing processes through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on assignments.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 4570 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 4660. Studio Photography. (4 Hours)

Examines studio practices and lighting techniques. Offers students an opportunity to obtain a thorough understanding and working knowledge of contemporary practice in the photography studio. Includes comprehensive exercises and assignments with various types of lighting equipment.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2360 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 4661. Photography: Experimental Processes. (4 Hours)

Offers a studio/lab course in which students study the history of photographic processes and contemporary approaches of the medium while creating their own photographs in the darkroom. Explores 19-century techniques such as camera obscura, photograms, cyanotypes, tintypes, kalli-types, cliché verre, and others. Investigates the use of analog film photography and digital photography in combination with alternative processes. The structure of the course is designed to present exciting ways of thinking about technical questions, materials, subject matter, and aesthetic approaches through experimentation.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 2350 with a minimum grade of D- or ARTD 2360 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTD 4670. Media Arts Degree Project 2. (4 Hours)

Continues ARTD 4530. Offers students an opportunity to research and produce a final semester project and a written thesis.

Prerequisite(s): ARTD 4530 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience

ARTD 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTD 5001. Art, Context, Action 1. (4 Hours)

Offers an advanced studio-seminar to foster the creation and understanding of contemporary interdisciplinary art, emphasizing its role in reflecting and shaping its social contexts. Course activities include viewing, reading, and discussion of key projects, theories, methods, and professional practices as they have evolved over time, as well as regularly scheduled critique of the students’ ongoing bodies of work. Experiential learning opportunities allow students to interact with practitioners, curators, and institutions in the field. Offers students an opportunity to grow as practicing artists, designers, and arts professionals.

ARTE 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTE 2301. The Graphic Novel. (4 Hours)

Explores the word-and-image medium of comics as a narrative form. Focuses on the contemporary phenomenon of the so-called graphic novel. What are the preoccupations of today’s graphic novels? How does their storytelling work? Some work in translation is included, but the course largely concentrates on the American tradition, focusing on fiction, memoir, and nonfiction reporting and adaptation. Offers students an opportunity to learn practices of reading—and making—comics. Emphasizes the formal language, or grammar, of comics in order to interpret its narrative procedure and possibilities.

Prerequisite(s): ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov, NUpath Interpreting Culture

ARTE 2500. Art and Design Abroad: Studio. (4 Hours)

Offers an intensive studio course taken abroad and taught by an art and design faculty member. Exposure to regional artists, history, culture, museums, architecture, and physical geography provide focus of study and creative exploration. May be repeated without limit.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov, NUpath Interpreting Culture

ARTE 2501. Art and Design Abroad: History. (4 Hours)

Offers an intensive history course taken abroad and taught by an art history, design, or art faculty member. Exposure to regional and international artists, history, culture, museums, landscape architecture, galleries, material culture, and architecture provide a rich context for studying the history of art and design. Offers students an opportunity to understand narrative and visual components through detailed hands-on workshops and detailed creation of artistic formats, including design, text essays, photographic essays, temporary exhibitions, video art projections, and live performances as artifacts. May be repeated without limit.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov, NUpath Interpreting Culture

ARTE 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTE 2991. Research in Art and Design. (1-4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity to conduct introductory-level research or creative endeavors under faculty supervision.

ARTE 3901. Art and Design Special Topics. (4 Hours)

Offers an art and design course in which format and content are determined by the instructor. May be repeated up to five times.

ARTE 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTE 4901. Special Topics in Art and Design Studio. (4 Hours)

Offers an art and design studio in which format and content are determined by the instructor. May be repeated up to five times.

ARTE 4970. Junior/Senior Honors Project 1. (1-4 Hours)

Focuses on in-depth project in which a student conducts research or produces a product related to the student’s major field. Combined with Junior/Senior Project 2 or college-defined equivalent for 8 credit honors project. May be repeated up to five times.

ARTE 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTE 4992. Directed Study. (1-4 Hours)

Offers independent work under the direction of members of the department on a chosen topic. Course content depends on instructor. May be repeated without limit.

ARTE 4996. Experiential Education Directed Study. (4 Hours)

Draws upon the student’s approved experiential activity and integrates it with study in the academic major. Restricted to those students who are using it to fulfill their experiential education requirement. May be repeated without limit.

Attribute(s): NUpath Integration Experience

ARTE 5901. Special Topics in Art and Design Studio. (4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity for the intensive study of specialized themes in areas of research in studio and aesthetics related to art and design. Instructor determines format and content. May be repeated up to five times.

ARTF 1000. Art and Design at Northeastern. (1 Hour)

Introduces students to the intellectual and extracurricular opportunities within the Department of Art + Design and the College of Arts, Media and Design. Exposes students to the cultural vibrancy of Boston with the goal of building networks that facilitate a supportive learning community. Familiarizes students with their major and introduces them to the resources at the university and across the city to help them succeed academically. Provides grounding in the culture and values of the university community and seeks to help students develop interpersonal skills.

ARTF 1120. Observational Drawing. (4 Hours)

Focuses on developing an understanding of the structure of object and figure through freehand drawing. Offers students an opportunity to explore a wide range of materials, including wash, charcoal, and pencil.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTF 1121. Conceptual Drawing. (4 Hours)

Seeks to expand the student’s knowledge and skills through a mark-making process. Offers students an opportunity to begin to understand the relationship between form and meaning while relating the drawing process to broader concepts of communication.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTF 1122. Color and Composition. (4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity to discover and research basic principles, language, and concepts inherent in two-dimensional visual systems. Offers students an opportunity to learn to think critically, analyze, and apply basic principles to design and art projects. In a studio workshop setting, three primary phases explore art, design, and photography.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTF 1123. Color and Composition Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces skills and software, such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, used in creating and manipulating pixel- and vector-based images, in a technology workshop format.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 1122 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTF 1124. Form and Structure. (4 Hours)

Explores three-dimensional form. Examines principles including mass, volume, line, plane, and texture. Introduces basic materials and structure through constructing models and prototypes. Presents sequential exercises with simple eye/hand skills and form recognition. Explores complex projects that require an understanding of context, content, and developing original forms.

Corequisite(s): ARTF 1125

ARTF 1125. Form and Structure Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces skills and software used in creating 3D forms with the computer. Explores basics of 3D modeling, surfacing, lighting, and rendering in this technology workshop.

Corequisite(s): ARTF 1124

ARTF 1132. Recitation for ARTF 1122. (0 Hours)

Convenes for additional work, viewing, discussion, study, and project-based application of course content.

ARTF 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTF 2220. Movement and Time. (4 Hours)

Explores time-based art and design in an introductory lecture/studio format. Introduces formal, narrative, and alternative concepts for creative time-based communication. Assignments investigate video, animation, and a mixture of media in a screen based context.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTF 2221. Movement and Time Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces skills and software used in animating 2D and 3D images, graphics, and forms. Explores the basics of key framing, layering, parenting, 3D modeling, surfacing, and rigging in this technology workshop.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 2220 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTF 2223. Experience and Interaction. (4 Hours)

Explores the language of interactive experience as a compelling medium to communicate meaning. Examines how variables within the environment can change how we inhabit an experience physically, conceptually, and emotionally. Studies historical and contemporary examples of art and design projects designed as exchanges or experiences. Incorporates drawing as a means to understand the present and project potential future experiences.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTF 2224. Experience and Interaction Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces skills and software used in creating basic Web-based content. This technology workshop introduces software using HTML and style sheets such as Adobe Dreamweaver.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 2223 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTF 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTF 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTF 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 1250. Design Process Context and Systems. (4 Hours)

Explores common design practices, principles, and vocabularies, introducing the design process as a method of inquiry and problem solving through studio projects. Emphasizes the importance of an awareness of audience and context in the creation of meaningful communications and experiences. Explores the practice of design as an iterative process, offering students an opportunity to obtain an understanding of the value of systems thinking and the importance of feedback and exchange as a means for assessing the quality of design’s effectiveness in helping users achieve their goals.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 1255. Design Process Context and Systems Abroad. (4 Hours)

Explores common design practices, principles, and vocabularies, introducing the design process as a method of inquiry and problem solving through studio projects. Emphasizes the importance of an awareness of audience and context in the creation of meaningful communications and experiences. Explores the practice of design as an iterative process, offering students an opportunity to obtain an understanding of the value of systems thinking and the importance of feedback and exchange as a means for assessing the quality of design’s effectiveness in helping users achieve their goals. Taught abroad. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 2250. Typography 1. (4 Hours)

Introduces typography as the basis of graphic design and visual communication. Guides students through an understanding of letterforms, words, sentences, and text as both image and information. Studies form, context, and visual meaning. Introduces use of the typographic grid and issues of hierarchy and legibility through assigned projects, readings, and lectures. Includes the historical evolution of typefaces and their classification as a rational system.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 1122 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 2251. Type Tools. (1 Hour)

Offers students an opportunity to acquire technical software skills used in typesetting, such as Adobe InDesign, in this introductory lab.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2250 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 2252. Graphic Design 1. (4 Hours)

Explores graphic form and vocabulary through the development of icons and symbols. Applies graphic design principles to the correlation of forms with their function, content, and context. Incorporates a variety of media as visual communication elements.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 1122 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 2260. Programming Basics. (4 Hours)

Exposes students to basic programming design for user interfaces. Offers students an opportunity to become familiar with the logical elements of programming languages. Through lectures, hands-on in-class exercises, and modular projects, explores Web-based design and programming solutions for managing interaction and animation.

ARTG 2400. Interaction Design 1: Responsive. (4 Hours)

Applies information design principles to Web and mobile interface design. Explores user-centered interface and programming design strategies for the delivery of responsive data-driven websites. Discusses audience definition, content development, information structuring, and navigation. Emphasizes tools and strategies for design, such as site maps, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing, and iterative development. Offers students an opportunity to obtain meaningful interactive experiences through team-based projects.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 2223 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 2401. Interaction Design Tools. (1 Hour)

Introduces skills and software used in designing and developing Web-based interactive environments. Explores Web-page scripting and tagging, CSS-based design coding, options for front- and back-end page design connections, and alternative technologies.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2400 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 3100. Physical and Digital Fabrication. (4 Hours)

Explores interdisciplinary projects and themes in immersive media and physical making by fabricating novel artifacts and experiences. Students form groups to create design solutions to wicked problems. Student teams follow a hackathon model to explore multiple ideas quickly. By engaging in critique and studio practice, offers students an opportunity to demonstrate and grow their technical skills.

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 2260 with a minimum grade of D- or ARTD 2000 with a minimum grade of D- or ARTF 1124 with a minimum grade of D- or ARTG 2260 with a minimum grade of D- or CS 2510 with a minimum grade of D- or GE 1502 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 3250. Physical Computing. (4 Hours)

Explores the communication between the physical world and the interactive, computer-based interface. Examines the potential of reactive analog and digital devices embedded within the physical realm. Offers students an opportunity to use simple kit sensors and indicators designed to enable student teams to create interfaces triggered by gesture, bodily movement, physical forces, and other tangible actions. Concludes with discussions of more complex interactive devices, the relationship between physical computing and robotics, and possible future directions.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2400 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Analyzing/Using Data, NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 3350. Typography 2. (4 Hours)

Continues ARTG 2250, exploring structures and hierarchies through increasing typographic complexity. Investigates meaning, legibility, and readability with an emphasis on voice, organization, sequence, and the typographic grid.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2250 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 3450. Graphic Design 2. (4 Hours)

Explores the conceptual potential inherent in the merging of words/text with images/symbols to achieve a level of communication that exceeds the sum of visual and verbal components. Examining how the relationship of verbal and visual content can enhance meaning and comprehension, students identify a social issue of personal relevance and create a visual campaign targeting a core audience. Through a process including projects, readings, and lectures/discussions, students research, frame concepts, explore visual decisions, and determine appropriate deliverables.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2252 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 3451. Information Design 1. (4 Hours)

Introduces basic concepts, methods, and procedures of information design with a focus on mapping information. Students investigate visual systems and information structures such as maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams. Emphasizes the creative process of organizing, visualizing, and communicating data by making complex information easier to understand and use.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 3350 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 3460. Identity and Brand Design. (4 Hours)

Addresses the origins, significance, and consequence of identity and branding expressions, in diverse media, in terms of personal, cultural, and commercial values. Using design research and studio methods, a series of exercises explores expressions of individual and collective identity. Offers students an opportunity to work in teams to develop branding projects in a process designed to increase their capacity to create effective brand expressions and analyze semiotic significance and cultural and economic value. Critique of work and presentation of concepts of identity and brand seek to sharpen students’ skills and challenge their ideas about brand. External critique seeks to create valuable tests of bias and assumptions, while principles of managing attention and trust seek to build the ability to function as a brand steward in actual practice.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2250 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 3462. Experience Design 1. (4 Hours)

Investigates a wide range of design research methods and means of representing user intentions and actions in order to develop coherent designs based on the needs of the user. Includes use of context assessment, user experience audits, and scenario development as means to understand the motivations, behaviors, and values of audiences and participants.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 1250 with a minimum grade of D or ARTG 1255 with a minimum grade of D

ARTG 3463. Experience Design 2. (4 Hours)

Continues ARTG 3462 processes and strategies for creating compelling human-centered experiences. Offers students an opportunity to use design processes from multiple disciplines to develop real-world solutions.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 3462 with a minimum grade of D- or ARTG 3465 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 3465. Experience Design 1 Abroad. (4 Hours)

Investigates a wide range of design research methods and means of representing user intentions and actions in order to develop coherent designs based on the needs of the user. Includes use of context assessment, user experience audits, and scenario development as a means to understand the motivations, behaviors, and values of audiences and participants. Taught abroad. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 3510. Contextual and Theoretical Studies 2. (4-6 Hours)

Seeks to develop broader knowledge and understanding of the historical, social, practical, theoretical, and cultural ideas, practices, and phenomena of contemporary culture, design, art, and media in its broadest sense, from architecture to sound design. Offers students an opportunity to further contextualize aspects of art, media, design, and social theory by focusing upon a specific option and by writing a thesis proposal. Provides a program of work based on one option subject from the field of art, design, media, and visual culture. Offered by the University of Arts London for students pursuing international study.

ARTG 3520. Marketing Communications and Cultures 2. (4-6 Hours)

Explores the theories and principles of contemporary marketing communications tools and practices and sets them within a global, cultural, social, and historical context. Considers market engagement with human motivation and behaviors in terms of persuasion techniques, analyzing both historical models and contemporary trends. Offers students an opportunity to investigate global market landscapes, target markets, and consider how communication strategies and tactics are developed and organized to respond to stakeholders' needs in terms of traditional and new media platforms. Investigates the histories, theories, and processes of branding and debates its pros and cons while considering the ways in which branding could benefit your own practice. Offered by the University of Arts London for students pursuing international study.

ARTG 3530. Interdisciplinary Projects and Practices. (4-6 Hours)

Continues ARTG 3520, drawing together the elements of the course by offering students an opportunity to work collaboratively on interdisciplinary/industry projects. Offered by the University of Arts London for students pursuing international study.

ARTG 3700. Interaction Design 2: Mobile. (4 Hours)

Explores user-centered interface design for information exchanges using handheld and mobile devices. Studies the potentials for leveraging both the social and locative possibilities of mobile devices through research, discussions, and project assignments.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2400 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 4550. Design Degree Project 1. (4 Hours)

Draws on a range of theoretical and critical texts that address current issues and research methodologies in graphic design. This course is writing intensive and offers students an opportunity to complete weekly writing assignments and to visit local design studios, galleries, and museums. Writings and discussions are designed to lead to identification of a focus for ARTG 4551.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov, NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTG 4551. Design Degree Project 2. (4 Hours)

Forms the graphic design major capstone together with ARTG 4550. This intensive research-driven studio explores the realm of designing authorship. A single project theme extends in phases through an entire term to mirror the development sequence of complex professional design projects. Essential to the process is that the medium is not predetermined. Offers students an opportunity to investigate a topic of their choice, author and edit content, and determine the most effective medium for their message, which they design to resonate with a specific audience. Central to the course is a substantive written problem definition and proposal designed to integrate each student’s academic and design experience.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 3350 with a minimum grade of D- ; ARTG 3451 with a minimum grade of D- ; ARTG 4550 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience, NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 4554. Typography 3. (4 Hours)

Offers an advanced course exploring a variety of typographical solutions, including expressive formal and complex content-based projects.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 3350 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTG 4555. Graphic Design Synthesis. (4 Hours)

Offers students experience in the design of identity, information, persuasive messaging, and publication projects. Focuses on cross-platform (print, digital, and three-dimensional) manifestations—all based on a single area of content.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 3450 with a minimum grade of D- ; ARTG 3350 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 4700. Interaction Team Degree Project 1. (4 Hours)

Encompasses the definition, research, planning, and proposal of a large-scale project in graphic, interaction, or experience design. Guides students in interdisciplinary teams in the process of investigating and developing a topic of their choice, from defining audience to authoring and editing content and determining the most effective medium to resonate with a specific audience and context. A central aspect is writing a substantive problem definition and proposal that integrates each student’s academic and design expertise. This course is the first of two courses in a capstone sequence.The project concept and preliminary groundwork are completed in this course in preparation for final design and production the following term in ARTG 4701.

Attribute(s): NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTG 4701. Interaction Team Degree Project 2. (4 Hours)

Continues ARTG 4700. Guides the completion of the capstone project initiated in ARTG 4700 through a design process of prototyping, iteration, realization, testing, implementation, and presentation.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 4700 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience

ARTG 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTG 5100. Information Design Studio 1: Principles. (4 Hours)

Explores the theories and practices of information design through studio projects. Investigates visual systems and information structures such as maps, timelines, charts, and diagrams. Emphasizes the creative process of organizing, visualizing, and communicating data by seeking to make complex information easier to understand and use. Requires graduate standing or permission of program coordinator or instructor.

ARTG 5110. Information Design History. (4 Hours)

Investigates the history of visualization practices across disciplines and in relation to technology developments. Critically examines seminal visualizations in social, cultural, and technological contexts by means of discussions and writing activities in a seminar format. Requires graduate standing or permission of program coordinator or instructor.

ARTG 5120. Research Methods for Design. (4 Hours)

Examines qualitative and quantitative research methods pertinent to design. Through discussion and writing activities, offers students an opportunity to investigate varied inquiry toward the development of researchable questions, argument formation, and assessment methodologies. Students who do not meet course restrictions may seek permission of instructor.

ARTG 5130. Visual Communication for Information Design. (4 Hours)

Explores graphic and typographic theory, principles, and practices. Introduces students to visual communication design with a primary focus on typography as the fundamental means of conveying content. Readings locate design and typography within the larger history of visual art and writing development. Covers methods of organizing content through hierarchy and spatial organization of grid structures. Considers relationships between positive and negative space, depth perception, transparency, and color theory. Requires graduate standing or permission of program coordinator or instructor.

ARTG 5150. Information Visualization Principles and Practices. (3 Hours)

Introduces information visualization from theoretical and practical perspectives. Defines the information visualization domain and advances principles and methods for the effective visual representation of data. Contextualizes the field from a historical perspective. Presents the perceptual and cognitive tasks enabled by visualizations. Studies an extensive range of visualization models. Illustrates good and bad practices in visualization with real-world examples. Introduces concepts in computer programming in an information visualization context.

ARTG 5151. Information Design Critique Seminar. (1 Hour)

Requires students to present their work in design critique sessions to peers, faculty, and guests. Through these critiques, offers students an opportunity to improve their projects based on feedback, learn how to present their work effectively, and articulate design problems in verbal discourse. Can only be taken in conjunction with ARTG 5150.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 5150 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C or ARTG 5150 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C

ARTG 5310. Visual Cognition. (4 Hours)

Introduces human visual cognition as it applies to information design and visualization. Focuses on perception, attention, pattern recognition, information acquisition, memory, and creation of mental models. Explores reasoning, cognition, decision making, and problem solving in relation to visual artifacts. Students who do not meet course restrictions may seek permission of instructor or program coordinator.

ARTG 5320. Statistics for Design. (4 Hours)

Offers design students an opportunity to obtain the necessary skills to collect, summarize, analyze, and interpret data. Introduces concepts and methods in statistical reasoning and analysis. Topics include data mining, comparison, assessment, and delivery. Students who do not meet course restrictions may seek permission of instructor or program coordinator.

ARTG 5330. Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals. (4 Hours)

Introduces programming languages that allow computational analysis and digital delivery of dynamic information. Examines implications of environmental and personal sensor data sources, mobile collection and analysis of data, real-time networked data sets, and social use of shared data visualization tools. Students who do not meet course restrictions may seek permission of instructor or program coordinator. May be repeated once.

ARTG 5430. Visualization Technologies 2: Advanced Practices. (4 Hours)

Builds on the foundational skills acquired in ARTG 5330. Introduces students to intermediate- to advanced-level topics in web-based interactive visualization. Focuses on building greater proficiency in working with d3 and related JavaScript libraries and on acquiring knowledge of best practices and common patterns in data visualization problem solving. Through lectures, workshops, and a final project, offers students an opportunity to learn to effectively deploy their data visualization skills to explore and extract understanding from data in a critical and productive way.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 5330 with a minimum grade of C- or ARTG 5330 with a minimum grade of D-

ARTG 5600. Experience Design Studio 1: Principles. (4 Hours)

Offers students hands-on project development of systems, artifacts, communication, environments, or service offerings with a focus on the unique personal experience of the audience exposed to the project. Experience design is a holistic approach to design that investigates the human experience in specific situations to improve its quality, given an understanding of human goals, needs, and desires. This course provides a context for a cohesive experience through interaction, movement, and understanding, which builds on previous knowledge of audiences and applications. Presents students with design methods and processes for experience design by developing a semester-long project. Offers students an opportunity to develop competency in tools used to create the various elements that create the context for experiences in specific situations and events including interaction, artifact, and environment design. Understanding a design process and knowledge of studio critique practices is recommended.

ARTG 5610. Design Systems. (4 Hours)

Explores a systems-based perspective on our environment by addressing questions that are fundamental to design practice: What is a system, and what are the different types? How do we observe, analyze, and represent systems? What interactions can we have with systems and what are the different types of interaction? Explores structures and processes for the design of systemic relationships between people, artifacts, environments, and activities. Systems may be physical, virtual, social, or a combination. Through discussion, writing, diagramming, and project exercises, offers students an opportunity to learn principles of systems theory and explore the connection between design methods and systems thinking. Students who do not meet course restrictions may seek permission of instructor or program coordinator.

ARTG 5620. Notational Systems for Experience. (4 Hours)

Examines theoretical foundations, concepts, and methods of visual notational systems used in the effective analysis and communication of existing experiences and in the envisioning of conditions for future experiences. Notational systems are sets of graphic signs and codes that denote or prescribe specific actions, forces, operations, events, or performances that occur over time. Students engage with concepts and models through readings, discussion, case study analyses, and speculative design projects. Evaluates the role that notational systems play in documenting, analyzing, and understanding the human goals, actions, behaviors, and perceptions key to experience and assesses their value in designing for agency and new experiences. Students who do not meet course restrictions may seek permission of instructor or program coordinator.

ARTG 5640. Prototyping for Experience Design. (4 Hours)

Explores tools, technologies, and processes to create prototypes of artifacts, environments, and interactive systems for experience design projects. Offers students the opportunity to learn, use, experiment with, and test prototypes using a wide range of state-of-the-art prototyping technologies to further their understanding of multiple strategies and techniques of prototyping for experience design. Tools and techniques change over time but typically include laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC machining, electronics prototyping, augmented reality, machine tools and 2D forming, fast prototyping, and hand tools.

ARTH 1100. Interactive Media and Society. (4 Hours)

Offers a critical historical survey of interactive media from analog to digital techniques and from physical to virtual spaces. Examines the social, ethical, and cultural impact of interactive media. Concludes with a study of current issues and directions in interactive media. Through weekly lectures, research projects, and critical analyses, offers students an opportunity to consider current and historical aspects of interactive media and design.

ARTH 1110. Global Art and Design History: Ancient to Medieval. (4 Hours)

Investigates the history of painting, sculpture, design, and related arts through a study of masterpieces from prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages. Offers students an opportunity to become familiar with specific works, styles, and terminology of art and design and to develop an ability to communicate about the visual arts.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture, NUpath Societies/Institutions

ARTH 1111. Global Art and Design History: Renaissance to Modern. (4 Hours)

Explores the evolving history of visual art and architecture from 1300 through the 20th century. Combines integrated modules and activities together with observation and analysis of art and architecture, with the goal of interpreting cultures and understanding societies. Offers students an opportunity to learn specific works, styles, and specialized terminology, thereby developing an ability to communicate about the visual arts.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture, NUpath Societies/Institutions

ARTH 1200. Visual Intelligence. (4 Hours)

Introduces skills of visual intelligence. Combines techniques of observation (formal description, visual data, theories of attention) with multiple models of inquiry (decolonial discourses, intersectional feminisms, critical race theory, data ethics, disability studies), allowing students to develop comparative interpretations of diverse visual art and artifacts across time periods within a shifting global context. Examines differing ways image technologies shape society and operate as powerful tools for communication, innovation, and creation. Offers students an opportunity to understand, analyze, and critique visual art as artifact and act of public address. Students engage in experiments in visual thinking fundamental to the fields of art and design, their related institutions, and practices (publishing, curating, conservation, exhibition design) and other areas of knowledge production in the visual arts and cultural history.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture

ARTH 1201. Recitation for ARTH 1200. (0 Hours)

Offers a small-group discussion format to study material from ARTH 1200. Students view related course content and participate in project-based application of course topics.

ARTH 1400. The Science of Art, the Art of Science. (4 Hours)

Explores the intersection of science and art in Renaissance Italy, and the broad themes of observation, imagination, and invention. Topics include engineering, anatomy, botany, zoology, cartography, perspective and ecology. Observation will be considered both as a historical topic and as a practical method in the course. Students have an opportunity to hone their skills in both writing and drawing through weekly visits to the Museum of Fine Arts and study of original works of art.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture

ARTH 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTH 2200. Topics in Design History. (4 Hours)

Explores various design history topics through pioneering designers whose work has influenced contemporary design culture. Instructor determines format and content.

ARTH 2210. Modern Art and Design History. (4 Hours)

Surveys modernist movements from early to mid-20th century. Emphasizes the reciprocal evolution of art and design within cultural and social contexts.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture, NUpath Societies/Institutions, NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTH 2211. Contemporary Art and Design History. (4 Hours)

Offers a study of contemporary culture in an art and design survey from mid-twentieth century to present. Presents a thematic approach to late-modern and postmodernist movements, focusing on interrelationships among media.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTH 2212. Survey of the Still and Moving Image. (4 Hours)

Examines the history of still and moving images in relationship to other artistic, documentary, and journalistic practices.

ARTH 2213. Nineteenth-Century Art. (4 Hours)

Presents a selection of major works and movements of art from 1780 to 1900. Studies the development of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, naturalism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Art Nouveau in terms of major changes in society such as industrialization, urbanism, colonialism, scientific discoveries, nationalism, Japonisme, gender politics, and the workings of patronage. Themes include the relationship between revolution and art, heroes and antiheroes, the nature and responsibility of citizenship, the seeming inevitability of war, urbanism, and the intersection with social issues. Field trips and museum visits further enhance students’ appreciation of the historical context for interpreting cultures and understanding societies, thereby making our engagement with the art more enduring.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture, NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTH 2215. History of Graphic Design. (4 Hours)

Follows a chronological survey of graphic design from 4000 BC to the beginning of the 21st century, emphasizing work from 1880 to 2000, and the relationship of that work to other visual arts and design disciplines. Demonstrates how graphic design has responded to (and affected) international, social, political, and technological developments since 1450. Traces developments in the areas of typography and publication, persuasion, identity, information, and theory.

ARTH 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTH 3000. Topics in Visual Studies. (4 Hours)

Explores a variety of topics in visual studies, including historical and cultural models. Taught by faculty according to their research interests and expertise. May be repeated up to six times.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture, NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTH 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTH 4000. Topics in Visual Studies. (4 Hours)

Explores a variety of advanced topics in visual studies, including historical and cultural models. Taught by faculty according to their research interests and expertise.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture, NUpath Writing Intensive

ARTH 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTH 5100. Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism. (4 Hours)

Introduces the major critical and philosophical approaches that have transformed the reception, interpretation, and production of contemporary art since the 1960s. Examines a range of key interpretive methodologies—including modernism, postmodernism, psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, poststructuralism and deconstruction, critical race theory, visual studies, and globalism—designed to provide practitioners with the means to critically frame their own art making within contemporary debates about the meaning and social functions of art.

ARTH 5902. Special Topics in Art and Design History. (4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity for the intensive study of specialized themes in areas of research in art history, aesthetics, or critical studies. Format and content are determined by the instructor in this elective in Art + Design history. May be repeated up to five times.

ARTS 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTS 2340. Painting Basics. (4 Hours)

Presents an introductory studio course in the fundamental techniques of painting. Formal problems in the study of color, light, space systems, form, and composition establish the foundation for more individual creative expression. Uses critiques and slide lectures as needed.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTS 2341. Figure Drawing. (4 Hours)

Focuses on developing the student’s awareness of the structure of the figure as well as the emotive qualities of “figuration.” Students draw from a model in each class. They also develop drawings based on the political and social concerns of contemporary culture and the role of gender as seen through “image.”

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

ARTS 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTS 3449. Drawing in Mixed Media. (4 Hours)

Offers an upper-level course designed for students who want to explore the ever-changing discipline of drawing, which has now become a medium that stands on its own. Explores a range of media for generating drawings, including traditional techniques and computer-based media. Emphasizes open-ended application and interpretation of drawing as a medium. Requires students to attend lectures and exhibitions and keep a journal.

ARTS 3510. Studio Practice and Exhibition. (4-6 Hours)

Seeks to help students develop a body of work within their chosen pathway, to test and articulate concerns in discourse and writing, and to present ideas and practice through exhibition and publication. Students work in groups to explore common ideas and concepts and expand chosen themes to propose, curate, and stage a collaborative exhibition or intervention to capture, reflect on, and share their projects through different forms of publication. Offers students an opportunity to deepen artistic concerns; engage with the potential and challenges of different types of public, institutional, and exhibition space; and expand critical skills around their ideas. Offered by the University of Arts London for students pursuing international study.

ARTS 3520. Critical Disclosures. (4-6 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to engage in current debates and further develop familiarity with art and visual culture. Guides students in the reading of specific texts and works and provides bibliographic advice for further study and discussions of related ideas in seminars. Through specialized attention to a specific theme or subject, seeks to enable students to develop critical perspectives in relation to cultural and theoretical production. Studies are designed to offer students an opportunity to expand and reevaluate the methodologies and discourses related to their thinking and practice. Reviews students' practice in order to describe the questions and issues that arise. Offered by the University of Arts London for students pursuing international study.

ARTS 3530. Studio Practice, Cross-Pathway, and External Projects. (4-6 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to obtain a broad understanding of practice through a critical consideration of the production and reception of works of art within or outside the art institution. Students select one of a range of projects that explore shared concerns and communities of practice and/or collaboration. Choice of project reflects and supports the concerns of ongoing practice. Offered by the University of Arts London for students pursuing international study.

ARTS 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTS 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

ARTS 4992. Directed Study. (1-4 Hours)

Offers independent work under the direction of members of the department on a chosen topic. Course content depends on instructor. May be repeated without limit.

GAME 1110. Games and Society. (4 Hours)

Provides an historical and cultural perspective on games and other forms of interactive entertainment. Examines the present state and future directions of paper, card, and board games; physical games and sports; and video games. Introduces students to current issues, experiments, and directions in the field of game design. Through weekly lectures and small-group labs, students have an opportunity to develop a critical basis for analyzing game play.

GAME 1850. Experimental Game Design. (4 Hours)

Explores traditions of games, play, participation, and procedurality in twentieth-century art movements, including Dada, Surrealism, Fluxus, conceptual art, the Situationists, Happenings, participatory performance and Tactical Media, avant-garde music, and contemporary art games. Through readings, lectures, and studio assignments, offers students an opportunity to understand and apply key principles by creating a series of artworks using various strategies drawn from these traditions, including appropriation, scores, intervention, and expression.

GAME 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

GAME 1999. Principles of Board Game Development. (4 Hours)

Introduces game design from engineering and innovation perspectives using initial design, rapid prototyping, and iterative design. Covers theory and implementation techniques to enable technical evaluation and game review, including statistical probability of random events; relative balance of player skill to game chance; game mechanics; and incorporating game art, theme, and flavor. Offers students an opportunity to learn game mechanics, development methods, and play-testing techniques. Introduces methods to match a game to its intended audience and designing games to be fun. Surveys roles in the tabletop game industry that impact game design: designers, publishers, manufacturers, distributors, game stores, conventions, and online sales. Students use acquired knowledge in a project-based learning environment to create a game that could be considered for commercialization.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 2010. The Business of Games. (4 Hours)

Surveys a wide array of game-specific industry topics, including pitching and development of talking points, business models and revenue structures, studio organization and style, intellectual property, contracts, project management expectations, project green-lighting, production pipelines, return on investment, outsourcing, and marketing. Exploring historical shifts and evolution of the video game market offers students an opportunity to obtain perspective on the status of the industry and potential growth in the economy.

GAME 2355. Narrative for Games. (4 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to learn how contemporary narrative theories evolved and their uses in various media. Examines various mediated texts to understand how best to use storytelling strategies for students' own narrative-forward games so as to best take advantage of designing narratives for different platforms and audiences. Uses presentations and performances to enhance students' understanding of how audiences assimilate information and to critique. Students write, play, and study narrative-driven games in the context of various narrative theories and practice writing with the awareness and intention that actors and audiences will read their work and respond.

Prerequisite(s): ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 2500. Foundations of Game Design. (4 Hours)

Seeks to define the practice of game design within the larger context of playful interaction design, while constantly maintaining a player-centric approach. Unfolds the process of designing games between phases of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Establishes the role of game designer as an expert with a vision for determined player experiences and a vocal advocate for players. Seeks to offer students a broad methodology consisting of brainstorming methods, prototyping techniques, process management practices, and evaluation procedures to solve a wide array of design problems in an iterative manner.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 2650. Introduction to Game Research Methods. (4 Hours)

Surveys research methods and epistemologies relevant to game researchers, designers, and artists, including experimental studies; analytics, formal and historical analysis; ethnography; qualitative social research; and design research. Engages students in lectures, readings, and game faculty guest lectures presenting practical examples of methods discussed in the class. Seeks to familiarize students with core literatures on games, library research, and research design through a series of hypothetical research project drafts and the completion of a research project using a specific method covered in the class.

Attribute(s): NUpath Analyzing/Using Data

GAME 2750. Games Criticism and Theory. (4 Hours)

Covers fundamental theories of art, meaning-making, expression, cultural reflection, and criticism concerning media, games, and playful artifacts. Assigns several papers that offer students an opportunity to choose and apply different critical lenses to games, game criticism, and their own gameplay experience. A long-form paper allows students to train writing theoretically informed and argumentatively cogent critical presentations of games and gameplay experience.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 1110 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D- or GAME 2500 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Writing Intensive

GAME 2755. Games and Social Justice. (4 Hours)

Analyzes games from a social justice perspective, encouraging students to consider issues of social stereotyping, normalization, exclusion, and inequity as they apply to games from all sectors of the industry. Discusses and analyzes games using a variety of social theories from a diverse set of fields, including gender studies, critical race theory, and LGBTQ studies. Provides a studio setting in which students have an opportunity to engage in critical making of playable experiences that are based upon and deeply integrate social justice theories in their design.

GAME 2950. Game Studio. (4 Hours)

Offers an experiential learning course in which students collaborate with faculty on a project for credit, which may include research, game creation, or a combination of the two. Offers students an opportunity to co-produce a publishable, distributable, or exhibitable game and/or research paper, which can become part of the student’s portfolio. Course may be taught by an individual faculty member or team-taught to explore a specific topic, such as documentary games, art games, physical interfaces, installations, historical games, live-action role-playing, etc. Offers students an opportunity to gain experience working on a real-world project, as well as being credited for collaboration with an established practitioner/researcher. May be repeated once.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 1110 with a minimum grade of D- ; GAME 2500 with a minimum grade of D- ; GAME 2650 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

GAME 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

GAME 2991. Research in Game Design. (1-4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity to conduct introductory-level research or creative endeavors under faculty supervision.

GAME 3055. Playful Design. (4 Hours)

Covers how to design for playful engagement across contexts. Surveys basic theories and findings on play in ethology, evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy through readings and discussion. Through lectures and exercises, familiarizes students with traditional design areas of play (toys, playgrounds, amusement parks) and the history, theory, patterns, and methods of evoking playfulness in contexts beyond games, toys, and playgrounds. Encourages students to apply these insights into portfolio work by creating playful experience prototypes across media.

Prerequisite(s): ARTF 1122 with a minimum grade of D- or GAME 1110 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 3300. Game Interface Design. (4 Hours)

Introduces interface design for games. A game interface is the point at which the player interacts with the game system, which pertains to visual, auditory, and haptic cues; screens and graphical user interfaces; the player character; and the game controller. Analyzes successful and unsuccessful game interfaces from historical, theoretical, and cultural perspectives. Offers students an opportunity to learn to analyze, critique, and iteratively design innovative game user interfaces; learn about and practice game usability and game feel, as well as design techniques for user interfaces and user experience; and focus on designing innovative game interfaces as they iteratively develop and test a game interface from beginning to end, resulting in a portfolio-ready game interface prototype. Designed as an intermediate course for undergraduate students across disciplines.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 1110 with a minimum grade of D-

GAME 3400. Level Design and Game Architecture. (4 Hours)

Analyzes game-level designs in a variety of genres and forms. Building upon basic drawing and design skills, students have an opportunity to develop paper prototypes and simple game “mods” in the context of story and game play. Students use computer-based tools to examine game-level architecture. Encourages students to take this elective in preparation for or in parallel to the Game Projects courses.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 1110 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 3700. Rapid Idea Prototyping for Games. (4 Hours)

Studies digital and nondigital prototyping techniques through weekly activities in which students build and critique prototypes around a variety of game design themes. Offers students an opportunity to build a portfolio of small proof-of-concept game prototypes over the course of the semester. Additionally, covers how to iterate on a single prototype through a semesterlong project in which students have an opportunity to work individually on a larger game design.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 1110 with a minimum grade of D- or GAME 2500 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 3800. Game Concept Development. (4 Hours)

Offers student teams an opportunity to conceptualize, design, document, and develop a complete game, including content, level design, user interface, and game mechanics as specified in design documents. Offers a set of brainstorming techniques. Students segment the concepts into individual systems and prototype them in an iterative manner, formally iterating over the whole game to improve the player experience. Requires students to maintain a schedule and project management documents. Results in the presentation of the complete game for critique.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 3700 with a minimum grade of D- ; (ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C )

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov, NUpath Writing Intensive

GAME 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

GAME 4155. Designing Imaginary Worlds. (4 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to learn to conceive, design, and convey imaginary worlds across a wide range of media. The crafting of fictional worlds has become an important skill in the media landscape, whether for video and tabletop games, comic books, novels, film, or television. Analyzes existing works in diverse genres such as fantasy, science fiction, superhero, and supernatural worlds. Explores, through creative projects, the ways in which the use of different media are suited to portray different aspects of an imaginary world.

Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov

GAME 4460. Generative Game Design. (4 Hours)

Studies principles of procedural content generation and generative methods, including modular design, the role of randomness in design, and designing for emergence. Examines the role of generative design in games and its impact on both designers and players. Through assignments and a semester-long project, encourages student creation of generative systems for playful experiences.

Prerequisite(s): ARTG 2260 with a minimum grade of D- or CS 2500 with a minimum grade of D- or GAME 2500 with a minimum grade of D-

GAME 4600. Game Production. (4 Hours)

Focuses on the production of a substantial playable game. Students work in a team to produce a game that has been conceptualized and prototyped in a previous class. Beta testing prepares students to enter the workforce through the understanding and practice of workflows that resemble those at a professional game studio. Offers students an opportunity to develop, play-test, and iteratively refine a substantial multilevel game by creating their own goals and timelines under the guidance and supervision of the professor and then adopting individual roles and responsibilities within their team. The end result should be a fully functional group project and refined understanding of professional workflows.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 3700 with a minimum grade of D- or GAME 3800 with a minimum grade of D-

GAME 4700. Game Design Capstone. (4 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to develop a fully functional game using the iterative design skills they develop in GAME 3700 and GAME 3800. Students take on individual roles in a large-group project, with the goal of creating a complete game from preproduction through implementation and testing. Focuses on developing, playtesting, and iteratively refining a multilevel game, in addition to class discussions and exercises oriented toward professional and portfolio development. This class is an opportunity to complete, polish, and potentially publish that project. Integrated into the capstone are opportunities for the students to gain exposure for their games and to practice their professional development skills.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 3700 with a minimum grade of D- ; GAME 3800 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience

GAME 4701. Game Design Capstone 2. (4 Hours)

Continues GAME 4700. Offers students an opportunity to continue developing, play-testing, and iteratively refining the multilevel game begun in GAME 4700.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 4700 with a minimum grade of D-

Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience, NUpath Writing Intensive

GAME 4970. Junior/Senior Honors Project 1. (1-4 Hours)

Focuses on in-depth project in which a student conducts research or produces a product related to the student’s major field. Combined with Junior/Senior Project 2 or college-defined equivalent for 8-credit honors project. May be repeated without limit.

GAME 4971. Junior/Senior Honors Project 2. (4 Hours)

Focuses on second semester of in-depth project in which a student conducts research or produces a product related to the student’s major field. May be repeated without limit.

Prerequisite(s): GAME 4970 with a minimum grade of D-

GAME 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

GAME 4992. Directed Study. (1-4 Hours)

Provides study for the student whose unique academic needs or interests cannot adequately be satisfied in any of the scheduled courses of the department. May be repeated up to three times.

GAME 4994. Internship. (4 Hours)

Provides students an opportunity for internship work. May be repeated without limit.

Attribute(s): NUpath Integration Experience

SMFA 3000. Museum of Fine Arts Studio. (2-12 Hours)

Offers course work at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. May be repeated without limit.

SMFA 4000. Museum of Fine Arts Capstone. (2-12 Hours)

Offers capstone course work at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. May be repeated without limit.

Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience