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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

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 32

Average GPA: 3.53 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 50.86%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.22%

Trevor G Finney202469.2%27.0%0.0%3.9%0.0%0.0%3.642
Lesley J Duffield202471.8%22.6%1.2%0.0%1.9%2.5%3.6410
Dongsoo Choi202459.0%26.6%11.3%1.4%0.0%1.7%3.404
Benjamin Hornyak202466.7%6.7%20.1%6.7%0.0%0.0%3.331
Dustin R Dennis202464.6%25.8%4.9%1.2%1.2%2.4%3.505
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
Jennifer L Hand202377.7%10.8%2.4%0.0%4.5%4.8%3.623
Caleb R Flood202253.8%30.8%7.7%7.7%0.0%0.0%3.261
Nicholas A Corrigan202181.3%12.5%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%3.631
Nathan King202061.8%23.6%14.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.472

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W