GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

ART 563

Game design is a subdiscipline in which graphic designers create meaningful play and interactive experience through words, images, structure, process, and the study of user experience. This course, which explores both digital and non-digital games, aims to provide you with a critical vocabulary and historical context for analyzing games, as well as the skills and techniques necessary to incorporate game design into your ongoing design practice.

ART 575

A project-based introduction to the examination of user experience, and is oriented toward practical methods for approaching a design problem. The focus of the course is to develop conceptual design based on the needs of users. Students will receive grounding in user research methods, design sketching, and design validation.

ART 546

Covers the theory and practice of designing newspapers, magazines, books, and other narrative forms. Emphasis will be placed on advanced typographic theory, and advanced digital and manual production skills.

ART 356

Explore the aesthetic of computational graphic design and typography with physical interaction, sound, data, and digital fabrication.

JOURN 411

Visual communication and graphic design in multimedia contexts. Build design and production techniques to relay creative messages through print and digital media. Content explores design theory and techniques, as well as the effects and ethics of visual media messages.