INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL IMAGING - ARTS 2040 Sec. 02
Course Syllabus: Spring 2009
Course website: http://www.vodstrup.com/bbw/teaching.htm
Monday/Thursday 10:00 am-11:50 am - West Hall Room 214
PROFESSOR:
Bart Woodstrup
Email: woodsb@rpi.edu (best way to reach me)
Office Hours: Monday, Noon - 2p.m. (appointment preferred), West Hall
Phone: 518-276-4778 (this is the Arts Department phone)
Course Synopsis
Intermediate Digital Imaging is a second level studio projects course exploring the use of computer technologies for augmenting and expanding creative thought in making visual art. The interplay between the observer, the observed, and the process of observation is explored. Concepts, issues, history/theory and technique are interwoven through a series of short studies.
Students experiment with raster and vector based imaging, as well as establish practical knowledge of input and output techniques. This leads to a final project that activates public space. Innovation and experimentation are highly encouraged. Students expand their understanding of contemporary digital arts practice through readings, discussions, short lectures, and critiques.
Digital imaging is explored in terms of giving visual form to concepts about surveillance, truth and action in perception, identity, memory, movement and the potency of data visualization in personal expression for private and public settings.
Participation
- You will be required to speak and present your work, and provide constructive feedback about your colleague's work.
- Part of each assignment grade will be based on your participation during critique.
- Ideas that cause any physical or emotional harm to the student or anyone else will not be accepted.
- A student may excuse themselves for a short duration if there is a conflict of religious beliefs with the content presented.
Assignments
- Assignments are due at the beginning of class.
- Twenty-five percent of an assignment's total points will be deducted per day late. Days are calculated by the time an assignment is due. After four days, an assignment will be graded with a zero.
- Voluntary extra assignments for an increase in a final grade will not be entertained or accepted.
- Redoing an assignment for a potentially higher score is acceptable only if the assignment was originally turned in on time and if the re-completed assignment is submitted within four days of the assignment's original deadline. The final assignment of the semester will not be available for redoing.
Attendance
- Attendance is mandatory and taken at the beginning of class. If you arrive after attendance has been taken, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor.
- Attendance and tardy final grade modifications as follows:
Each three tardies equal one absence.
Each three absences equal reduction of total points by one letter grade.
Work-in-class days are not "free" days, and you are required to attend.
- Attendance to Final Critique during exam week is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in the reduction of total points by one letter grade.
Grading
- Grades will be based on an appropriate level for continuation into an industry related profession.
- Any appeal for grades must be brought to the instructor during office hours or at a scheduled time convenient to both parties. Keep in mind that an appeal has the potential to raise or lower your grade.
- Incompletes will only be granted for the death of family member during the semester, note from doctor or documentation of hospitalization representing a significant period of time.
- Only if given the final grade of "I", will additional work after the conclusion of a semester will be accepted for a change of grade.
Grade Expectations Assigned Value Range
A 4.00 - 3.68
A- 3.67 - 3.34
B+ 3.33 - 3.01
B 3.00 - 2.68
B- 2.67 - 2.34
C+ 2.33 - 2.01
C 2.00 - 1.68
C- 1.67 - 1.34
D+ 1.33 - 1.01
D 1.00 - .68
F 0.67 - 0
Academic Integrity
Student-Teacher relationships are built on trust. Students must trust that teachers have made appropriate decisions about the structure and content of the courses they teach. Additionally, teachers must trust that the assignments that students turn in are theirs. Acts that violate this trust undermine the educational process. All work produced in this course must be original and created by the student. The first infraction will result in a failure for the course and a report to the Office of the Dean. Works that involved the use of appropriation should be discussed with your instructor before you submit them for grading. Collaborative work and discussion is encouraged. Instructor must be notified of students' intention to collaborate on assignments well ahead of that assignment's deadline. Instructor will determine whether or not collaboration will be allowed. Upon assignment completion, there must be documentation of each member's contribution to the finished assignment. The instructor reserves the right to award members of the collaboration different grades.
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