Ph.D. emphasis

The M200a course “Case Studies in Art & Technology” introduces a number of issues specific to an arts and engineering interdisciplinary program. The course begins by formulating artistic practice as a research activity, a form of prototyping of ideas that address materials, systems, processes, structure and content.

A reading course in a field of the professor’s specialty. Introduces the student to the sources and literature of the field in question. Written work as prescribed by the instructor.

A reading course in a general area of history, specifically designed to prepare M.A. candidates for their comprehensive examination fields, but also appropriate for Ph.D. students seeking broad preparation. Introduces the student to the sources, historiography, and general literature of the field in question.

Explores important theoretical writings concerning electronic and digital media. Course readings define the unique properties of these mediums, consider their ontological status, and discuss how they differ from one another and other cultural forms.