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Professional Seminar: the Business of Creativity

3 credit hours

This course introduces students to the professional landscape of creative technologies and design. Students hear first hand from leaders in the field about career paths and opportunities, through visiting speakers and studio tours that provide exposure to a wide range of professional environments.

Students Gain

• goal reflection
• exposure to a wide range of successful creative professionals
• understanding of career trajectories
• professional connections and networking opportunities
• portfolio/work critique

Design Methods

3 credit hours

In this course students will learn design, deliberate observation (e.g. cultural probes, ethnography, etc); 鈥減roblem finding鈥� and听鈥渄esign thinking鈥�; wicked problems; iterative design; alternative generation and assessment.

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• strategy and framework for design methodology
• skills for collaboration
• comfort with iteration
• documenting process for portfolio
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Introduction to Programming *or* Creative Code

3 credit hours

For students with little to no programming experience, the Intro to Programming class gives students the coding experience needed for more advanced programming classes and many technical focus classes. For students with prior programming experience, Creative Code explores creative uses of software development, while focusing on developing the 鈥渄igital plumbing鈥� that supports our creative work.

Design Studio

3 credit hours听

This course focuses on refining projects through听several iterative cycles. Students who have a clear set of objectives can use the time to work on independent projects; others may work on projects for industry instructors, simulating a client/practitioner relationship. This听course prepares students to develop a practice for creating, presenting, critiquing and iterating work. Throughout a听design studio, students learn how to develop a professional portfolio.

Students Gain

• presentation skills
• design method and technical skill
• application portfolio development

Note:听An approved internship can substitute for one instance of Design Studio

Creative Technologies

3 credit hours

This course gives students hands-on exposure to a wide range of technologies, including听3D printing, laser cutting, microcontrollers, sensors and programming.听Through physical computing projects, students gain听technical fluency and competence听while identifying technology skills they wish to develop further.

Students Gain

• foundation in creative technologies
• technical fluency听and competence
• experience working with microcontrollers and sensors
• fabrication听skills

Tech Focus Elective

3 credit hours

Based on their professional goals for the program, students build their skill sets by taking technical courses through ATLAS and across campus. ATLAS graduate students have the unique opportunity to take courses across departments, while there are numerous options and your advisor will work with you to find the best fit for you individual goal, here are some popular focus areas with courses that support that goal User Experience and Human-Computer Interaction, Game Design and Development, Interactive Product Design and Development.听

Students Gain

• Deeper technical skill knowledge and ability

Elective: Critical Perspectives or Tech Focus

Students focus on making work. Students have flexibility to use this time to independently focus on a particular project or to seek direction from industry instructors (reflecting 鈥渞eal world鈥� client interactions). The course prepares students to develop a practice for creating, presenting, critiquing and iterating on work. Throughout design studio students learn to develop a professional portfolio.

Students gain:

• presentation skills
• design method and technical skill application
• portfolio development.

*NOTE: An approved internship can substitute for one instance of Design Studio

Elective: Critical Perspectives or Tech Focus

3 credit hours

See description above.

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Elective: Tech Focus

3 credit hours

See semester 2 for details

Project Focused听Design Studio听or Tech Focus Elective (see above description)

3 credit hours

Students have flexibility to take an additional Design Studio or Technical Focus Elective. The goal听is to select a course that directly supports the student's听thesis project work. For some students a design studio with industry mentorship and class critiques is most valuable, while for others an additional technical course better relates to their particular thesis needs.听

Creative Industries Thesis Project

3 credit hours

Students create a culminating project that prepares them to enter the professional world. Each student chooses a primary advisor/mentor. Together the student and advisor outline a work proposal with deliverables that often serve as the cornerstone of the student鈥檚 portfolio. At the end of the semester, students formally present听their work to the ATLAS community and submit听detailed written paper that documents听and reflects听on their process. 听

Students Gain

• proposal writing skills
• pitch skills
• presentation skills
• project design and development
• portfolio development