Creative Computation

Creative computation was a key component in The New You, a new dance choreographed for students by Meadows Prize winner Shen Wei.

Combining engineering, computer science, the arts and humanities, creative computation uses technology as a powerful medium to create 2D and 3D works of art, augmented performance, intelligent physical spaces and real-time interactivity.

The creative computation program is rigorous in its interdisciplinary integration, requiring core coursework in both the Meadows School of the Arts and Lyle School of Engineering.

An underlying principle of the creative computation major is the integration of creative and analytical study and practice, championing a "whole brain" approach.

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Minor in Creative Computing

The minor in creative computing is highly interdisciplinary, championing a "whole brain" approach. Combining study, creative practice and research, students explore computing as a universal creative medium, integrating aesthetic principles and practices from the arts with analytical theories and processes from computer science and engineering.

Requirements for the Minor	19 Credit Hours
Core Course Requirements: ASIM 1300 Introduction to Digital Hybrid Media Choose one, below: CSE 1341 Principles of Computer Science I -OR- ASIM 1310 Art and Code I	6
Creative Computation (at least 9 hours from the following): ASAG 3360 Color and the Visual Image ASIM 1310 Art and Code ASIM 1330 Responsive Arts I ASIM 1340 Computational Sculpture ASIM 3305 Art and Code II ASIM 3310 Computational Media Workshop (topic: International Digital Atelier) (recommended course) ASIM 3320 Responsive Arts II ASIM 3350 Technology and the Body: Exploration in Wearables and E-Textiles ASIM 5302 Intermedia Directed Studies ASPH 1310 Introduction to Video ASPH 3304 Digital Tools ASPH 3390 Experimental Camera CEE 2372 Introduction to CAD CSE 1342 Programming Concepts CSE 3345 Graphical User Interface Design/Implementation CSE 5360 Introduction to 3-D Animation CSE 5382 Computer Graphics EE 1301 Modern Electronic Technology EE 1322 Survey of Electrical and Electronic Devices EE 5378 Mobile Phone Embedded Design FILM 1304 Production 1 FILM 3309 Multicam Production FILM 3384 Sound Design and Recording FILM 4304 New Media Distribution FILM 4308 Postproduction Visual FX CRCP 1330 Sound and Code CRCP 2310 Nature and Code CRCP 1350 Art of 3-D Modeling and Animation MUTH 4310 Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music MUTH 4311 Advanced Topics in Music Technology PHYS 1320 Musical Acoustics PHYS 3320 Physics of Music PHYS 3340 Computational Physics THEA 2275 Technical Theatre Laboratory THEA 2333 Technical Drawing for Theatre THEA 3379, 3380 Computer-Assisted Design I and II THEA 4357 Designing With Computers: Stage Projection	9
Theory (one from the following:) ARHS 3369 Contemporary Art: 1965-Present CSE 2240 Assembly Language Programming/Machine Organization CSE 2353 Discrete Computational Structures CSE 3353 Fundamentals of Algorithms MATH 3308 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics MATH 3353 Introduction to Linear Algebra PHIL 1301 Elementary Logic PHIL 3363 Aesthetic Experience and Judgment	3
Capstone Project (determined by student's major)	1
Total Credit Hours	19

Administered through the Center of Creative Computation.
Classes are taught by faculty from: Lyle School of Engineering (Computer Science & Engineering; Electrical Engineering; and Civil and Environmental Engineering); Creative Computation (Digital and Hybrid Media); Art (Photography); Film & Media Arts; Music; Dedman College of the Humanities and Sciences (Physics, Math and Philosophy); Theatre and Art History.

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship

Communication Studies

Creative Computation

Undergraduate Studies

B.A. in Creative Computing

Minor in Creative Computing

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