Course Description

Overview

This course will guide students in developing a coding craft that is grounded in iterative design and self-expression. Students will learn to code by gradually building their own interactive projects. Students will explore how software can be used as a creative medium, and how it can be integrated into their existing research or technical practices.

The course is run in a studio format, which means all students are expected to participate in making, discussing, and critiquing work. Coursework will center around three web-based programming projects.

Technical concepts covered include: Figma and UI/UX Design, HTML/CSS/Javascript, interactivity

Objectives

• Understand computation as an exploratory, iterative process that
• Become a self-learner by learning to debug and adapting open-source code
• Understand computations constraints, and how to

Pacing and Content

The course is divided into three sections:

• Generative Art
  • The Generative Art unit will use p5.js to demonstrate how code can be used to generate form. We’ll create a series of sketches using code.
• Hypertext
  • In the Hypertext unit, we’ll create one project using a static website to tell a story or a poem. This project will be built with HTML & CSS.
• Expressive Web
  • In the expressive web project, students will create an expressive webpage - conveying a dimension of the self. We’ll use HTML, CSS, and JS for this project.

Workload Distribution

Work will be centered around large projects that are broken down into weekly assignments. Expect a moderately rigorous course load.

Grading

Grading cadence

• I will send out grades 3 times in the semester - at the end of each major project. Each major project is graded as a unit, which includes the homework leading up to the assignment