Spring 2027

Advanced Digital Studio

Advanced Digital Studio is a project-based digital media capstone where students develop and identify workflows appropriate to specific projects in a hands-on environment.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Stephen Hilyard3.6/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.50 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Plan a digital media project and document the plans appropriately, including sketching and storyboarding

  • Communicate plans for a digital media project.

  • Set specific goals for a digital media project.

  • Demonstrate time management skills, including phasing of a digital media project.

  • Apply project management skills including an understanding of the relationships between project components and the overarching project goal.

  • Model team management skills if applicable to their project.

  • Perform problem solving and troubleshooting of digital media tools.

  • Illustrate aesthetic, design and narrative analysis, as appropriate to their project.

  • Illustrate aesthetic, design and narrative problem solving, as appropriate to their project.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ART 428 or 429

ART 629

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Raw average: 3.62/5 from 8 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.50 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

STEPHEN HILYARD is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 80
LAB 003Classroom Instruction0 / 80
LAB 004Classroom Instruction0 / 80

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.50 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Digital media project development and capstone work.
  • Project planning, sketching, and storyboarding.
  • Aesthetic, design, and narrative problem solving.

Skills

  • Developing and identifying workflows appropriate to specific projects.
  • Applying project management skills and understanding relationships between project components and goals.
  • Illustrating aesthetic, design, and narrative analysis.
  • Demonstrating time management skills, including project phasing.

Grades

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ART 629 · Spring 2027

Advanced Digital Studio

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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