New Media Arts educates artists and designers in the technologies of advanced computer and video interactivity and empowers students with a solid knowledge of the history and theories of responsive arts. Program curriculum introduces responsive technologies and their basic application processes in an incremental, lab-based approach. Students become effective programmers, using computer technology to create new visual statements and electronic forms of communication. Audio-visual tools are used as a vehicle for personal and aesthetic expression with applications across a wide range of professional career opportunities including Responsive Environments/Media Architecture, Web Design/Data Visualization/Algorithmic Design, Gaming/Real-time Interaction/Virtual Reality, 3D Modeling/Animation/Special Effects, Physical Computing/Interface Design/Robotics/Mechatronics, and Electronic Stage and Set Design.
This program was formerly known as Electronic Visualization.
