Course of Study
MEDIA DESIGN PROJECTS TRACK
TERM 1 – FALL (MDP)
Authoring Critical Media
3
Design Research Practices 1
1
Objects/Spaces/Media
3
Productive Interaction
3
People-Knowing
3
Colloquium 2A
3
TERM 2 – SPRING (MDP)
Media Histories and Theories
3
TOPIC STUDIOS (3 units each)
9
Examples include:
Data Stories
New Modes of Reading and Writing
Community Sensing
Colloquium 2B
3
TERM 3 – SUMMER (MDP)
Research Project, Internship or Art Center Lite
6
TERM 4 – FALL (MDP)
MDP Thesis Workshop 1
6
Histories of the Future (or other grad seminar)
3
Colloquium 3A
3
Design Research Practices 2
2
TERM 5 – SPRING (MDP)
MDP Thesis Workshop 2
9
Knowledge-Sharing Workshop
3
Colloquium 3B
3
MEDIA DESIGN MATTERS TRACK
TERM 1 – SUMMER (MDM)
Critical Methods
Design and/as Social Justice
3
Media and Infrastructure
3
Design as Research
3
Field Work
6
MDM Colloquium 1
3
TERM 2 – FALL (MDM)
Community Engagement
MDM Seminar
3
MDM Project
12
Colloquium 1A
1
TERM 3 – SPRING (MDM)
Interventions and Field Tests
MDM Thesis Workshop 1
3
MDM Project
12
Colloquium 1B
1
TERM 4 – SUMMER (MDM)
Invention and Knowledge
MDM Thesis Workshop 2
15
MDM Colloquium 4
1
DEVELOPMENT YEAR (3-YR. PATH ONLY)
TERM 1 – FALL (DEV YR.)
GPK: Communication Design 1
3
GPK: Type 2/3
3
GPK: Interactive Design 1/Interactive Design 2
3
GPK: Motion Design 1/Motion Design 2
3
Dev Core
3
Colloquium 1A
1
TERM 2 – SPRING (DEV YR.)
GPK: Information Design
3
GPK: Type 3/Elective
3
Visual Narrative
3
Media Histories and Theories
3
Transmedia Design
3
Colloquium 1B
1
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