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ART-1604: Principles of 4D Art & Design

Description: Elements and methods fundamental to digital art and design as well as time-based media. Investigation of formal elements specific to four-dimensional design including time, motion, and sound and skills sets in vector and raster graphics and video editing. Exploration of iterative process in digital image making. Interpretation of historical and contemporary digital art and time-based media from around the globe to discover communication strategies in an intercultural context. Examination of multiple worldviews and global challenges addressed in and relevant to digital art and time-based media such as surveillance and questions of privacy. Application of formal analysis and interpretive strategies through critique. Lecture (1H,1C), Lab (3L,1C), Design Lab/Studio (2L,1C). RESOURCE CHARGE. (1H, 5L, 3C)

Pathways: 6A Critique & Practice in Arts, 6D Critique & Prac in Design, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ART-1414, ART-2434, ART-2604, ART-2664, ART-2704, ART-4504

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 75

Average GPA: 3.48 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 45.09%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.20%

John G Bryson200837.8%53.8%6.4%0.0%2.0%0.0%3.215
Soyeon Jung201469.1%25.7%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.7%3.657
Dongsoo Choi202459.6%30.8%5.6%1.9%0.0%2.2%3.473
Emily L Keown200741.7%33.3%8.3%0.0%16.7%0.0%2.941
Lesley J Duffield202374.4%18.7%3.1%0.0%2.4%1.4%3.6114
Jennifer L Hand202371.5%18.1%3.1%0.0%3.5%3.8%3.555
Klaus H Shmidheiser201078.6%21.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Vincent M Argentina201331.7%50.6%14.0%0.0%2.4%1.3%3.086
Dustin R Dennis202360.2%30.7%4.7%0.0%1.5%2.9%3.474
Nicholas A Corrigan202181.3%12.5%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%3.631
Nathan King202063.7%26.3%8.7%0.0%1.3%0.0%3.514
Simone W Paterson200932.8%61.6%4.2%0.0%1.4%0.0%3.254
David R Mills201594.5%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.922
Staff Muslimani200952.6%26.3%15.8%0.0%5.3%0.0%3.131
Martha Munoz201490.0%5.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.821
Brian K Collins201058.2%31.7%5.3%4.8%0.0%0.0%3.353
Staff Okoro202490.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.1%0.0%3.611
Vasiliki T Ampatzi202255.7%28.4%3.6%0.0%5.9%6.5%3.312
Caleb R Flood202253.8%30.8%7.7%7.7%0.0%0.0%3.261
Trevor G Finney202369.2%23.1%0.0%7.7%0.0%0.0%3.561
Amelia R Salisbury201766.6%27.3%6.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.574
Rachel L Weaver201765.0%25.8%5.8%0.0%0.0%3.3%3.592
Zachary Bush201594.2%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.891
Carter C Eggleston2018100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.861

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