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Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Animation

Note: Instructor availability for a particular course or section cannot be guaranteed.
  

  • CTAN 577a Fundamentals of Animation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    The exploration of the techniques of the art of character animation with an emphasis on discipline, performance and personality observation, specializing in classical Hollywood animation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Animation and Digital Arts master students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 577b Fundamentals of Animation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The exploration of the techniques of the art of character animation with an emphasis on discipline, performance and personality observation, specializing in classical Hollywood animation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Animation and Digital Arts master students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 579 Expanded Animation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Incorporation of traditional image making methods as well as digital and new media technologies to convey non-linear narratives over internal and external landscapes.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 582 Basic Animation Production Technologies

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction for animation majors to the basic techniques and processes of film, video and computer systems, including cinematography, editing and sound.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to M.F.A. animation and digital arts students.
    Duplicates Credit in former CTAN 482.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 591 Animation Pre-Thesis Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A pre-production seminar, where students complete the research, development, script and storyboards for their thesis project to be executed in CTAN 594a , CTAN 594b , CTAN 594z .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 592 Master Class

    Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A special projects course in which students produce a major work through weekly meetings with a master artist/animator. Topics must be approved prior to enrollment.
    Recommended Preparation: previous advanced animation production experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 593 Directed Studies in Animation

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual exploration in the areas of contemporary technology, animation techniques or experimental film through internships, residencies or directed studies.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Animation and Digital Arts master students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTAN 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTAN 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTAN 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTAN 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Detailed investigation of new or emerging aspects of cinema; special subjects offered by visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Cinema and Media Studies

Note: Instructor availability for a particular course or section cannot be guaranteed.
  

  • CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Gateway to majors and minors in cinematic arts. Technique, aesthetics, criticism, and social implications of cinema. Lectures accompanied by screenings of appropriate films.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Exploration of the economic, technological, aesthetic, and ideological characteristics of the television medium; study of historical development of television and video including analysis of key works; introduction to TV/video theory and criticism.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Analyzes issues of race, class and gender in contemporary American culture as represented in the cinema.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    The development of international cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Lectures, screenings, and discussions.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The development of international cinema from World War II to the present. Lectures, screenings, and discussions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 303 Japanese Anime

    Units: 2
    Explores the visual, dramatic and social conventions of Japanese animation in film and television. Examines anime fan communities, manga and their impact.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 306 Cinema and Media Theory and Practice

    Units: 2
    Max Units: max 10
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Theories and case studies of contemporary issues in film, television and digital media research. Students will be required to design their own undergraduate research projects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 367 Global Media

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Studies in the global configurations of television industries and cultures, including new technologies and the textual and sociological analysis of global media events and programming.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 373 Literature and Film

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in COLT 373 )
  

  • CTCS 379 Nationalism and Postcolonialism in Southeast Asian Cinema

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in COLT 379 )
  

  • CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Screenings of American film classics and their relationship to society. Lectures and discussions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Cinematic and extra-cinematic determinants of Post-Classical and Modernist Hollywood studio and independent genres, styles, and the star-phenomenon and their relationship to American history and culture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Cinematic and extra-cinematic determinants of Postmodernist Hollywood studio and independent genres, styles, and the star-phenomenon and their relationship to American history and culture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An international survey of documentary, informational, and independent experimental film, video and television.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 402 Practicum in Film/Television Criticism

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Exercise in writing film and television criticism using new and classic films and television programs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Detailed investigation of traditions, achievements, and trends of film and/or electronic media in a particular country or region.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The evaluation of television programs and their reception from various theoretical perspectives which may include cultural studies, race and ethnic studies, psychoanalysis, gender and queer studies, and semiotics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 406 History of American Television

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    History of television as an entertainment, information, and art medium. Emphasis on programming and institutional history, including issues of regulation, censorship, aesthetics and activism.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 407 African American Cinema

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Intensive survey of African American cinema; topics include history, criticism, politics, and cinema’s relationship to other artifacts of African American culture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 408 Contemporary Political Film and Digital Media

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Examination of a variety of politically engaged films and digital media recently produced in the U.S. and abroad, with particular emphasis on aesthetic strategies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An inquiry into the practice and patterns of censorship in cinema.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Detailed examination of film/television from the perspectives and insights of Cultural Studies; focus on the production and reception of cultural texts, practices, and communities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-412
  

  • CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of Latino/a moving image production including film, video, and digital media in the context of the politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and international relations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AMST-414
  

  • CTCS 417 African American Television

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Intensive survey of the history of African American images on American television. Topics include history, criticism, politics, and television’s relationship to African American culture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in CTIN 462 )
  

  • CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Rigorous examination of film and/or television genres: history, aesthetics, cultural context, social significance, and critical methodologies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 466 Theatrical Film Symposium

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Lectures and readings on creative problems in the motion picture industry; current films; interviews with visiting producers, directors, writers, performers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 467 Television Symposium

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Lectures and readings on creative problems in the television industry; study of current and historical trends, interviews with producers, directors, writers and performers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Intensive study of the style of an auteur, studio, film or television making mode in terms of thematic and formal properties and their influences upon the art of film.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 473 Film and Media Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Influential ideas and theoretical approaches that have shaped the making and study of film. Students are encouraged to take this course in their junior year.
    Prerequisite: CTCS 190  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Cultural study of communications technology and its relationship to society. Evaluation of the social and cultural impact of technologies from the telegraph to the Internet.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An examination of transmedia, or cross-platform, entertainment: commercial and grassroots texts, theoretical framework, historical context, and commercial projects. Developing transmedia strategies for existing media properties.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 494 Advanced Cinema and Media Studies Seminar

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Rotating topics involving detailed study of the historical, cultural and aesthetic analysis of film, television, and new media technologies.
    Registration Restriction: Not open to Freshmen
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 495 Honors Seminar

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced work in the historical, cultural and aesthetic analysis of film, television, and new media technologies.
    Corequisite: CTCS 473 .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to students in CTCS Honors program.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Detailed investigation of new or emerging aspects of cinema and/or television; special subjects offered by visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 500 Seminar in Film Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to classical and contemporary film theory; exploration of their relationship to filmic experimentation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 501 World Cinema Before 1945

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Historical survey of global cinema from its beginnings until 1945.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 502 World Cinema After 1945

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Historical survey of film from a global perspective from 1945 until the present.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 503 Survey History of the United States Sound Film

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Survey history of the United States film from 1927 to the present, with emphasis upon film as art form, economic institution, technology, and cultural product.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 504 Survey of Television History

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An exploration of the historical, cultural, business, creative, and technological aspects of television.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A survey course exploring the historical, cultural, business, creative and technological aspects of the new interactive media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 506 Critical Studies Colloquium/Professional Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Provides orientation to the profession, opportunities for academic and professional growth and development. Recommended for entering students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 510 Case Studies in National Media and/or Regional Media

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Seminar on media’s impact in defining nation and/or region in specific cultural contexts. Also addresses issues of exile, diaspora, transnationalism and globalism.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Aesthetic, rhetorical, and ideological issues in nonfiction film and video.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 517 Introductory Concepts in Cultural Studies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to central concepts, key theories, and/or leading figures in cultural studies, particularly as they relate to issues of popular culture and visual media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Aesthetic, historical and ideological issues in avant-garde film and video.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 520 Film History Through the Archives and Special Collections

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A historical exploration of film and television through the artifacts, images and writings used in their creation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 521 Media Archiving: History and Practice

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An introduction to the field of moving image archive and the complexities of preserving and managing moving image collections.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and Television Genres

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced study of a selected genre of film and/or television — its relationship to history, society, and culture, as well as to genre theory.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 567 Seminar in Film/Television and a Related Art

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Historical, critical, aesthetic, and theoretical issues raised by a comparison of cinema and television and other allied art forms.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 569 Seminar in Film and Television Authors

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8
    Seminar in the style of an auteur, studio, filmmaking, or televisual mode in terms of thematic and formal properties and their influences upon the art of film and/or television.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 585 Seminar in Film/Television Critical Theory and Production

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    A conjoint theory/production seminar, in which the study of media texts will be combined with media production informed by the theoretical study. Specific themes and area of focus may vary.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 587 Seminar in Television Theory

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Detailed investigation and discussion of various aspects of television, including genre, textual analysis, production and distribution systems and audience studies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Detailed investigation of new or emerging aspects of cinema; special subjects offered by visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 673 Topics in Theory

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Contemporary theoretical frameworks and their relationship to film and television studies. Topics differ from semester to semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 677 Cultural Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Seminar in theoretical approaches to cultural studies; focus on interdisciplinary research of media and audiences, covering a range of methods and theoretical frameworks; concentration varies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 678 Seminar in Film Theory and Medium Specificity

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Explores the way film has been theorized in relationship to traditional media that preceded it and electronic media that followed.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENGL-678
  

  • CTCS 679 Seminar in Genre and/or Narrative Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Seminar in theoretical issues concerning genre and/or narrative as they pertain to media, literature or cultural forms. Areas of focus vary from semester to semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENGL-679
  

  • CTCS 688 Moving Image Histories: Methods and Approaches

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research seminar in methods and approaches to moving image history including film, television, and digital media. Focus on archival research and issues in writing history.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 690 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Field production; organization and administration of local film-producing units; experimental aspects of film communication; advanced work in film history and criticism; teaching cinema.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTCS 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTCS 791 Historical and Critical Research Methods

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Methods and procedures for historical and critical research in the visual media. Required tutorial with Ph.D. student’s dissertation committee chair, designed to assist initial work on dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTCS 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTCS 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTCS 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTCS 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CTCS 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit


Interactive Media

Note: Instructor availability for a particular course or section cannot be guaranteed.
  

  • CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the procedural nature of interactive media and games, though the coding language Processing. Students will develop proficiency in reading and creating computational media.
    Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 400
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 110 Statistical Analysis for Games: Storytelling with Numbers

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An introductory course on using statistical analysis for user research and assessment of interactive projects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Critical vocabulary and historical perspectives on interactive entertainment; students articulate their own ideas, while wrestling with the larger conceptual issues at play within the field.
    Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 309
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 191 Survey of Themed Entertainment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the field of themed entertainment and education design, covering its history, and, especially, current practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 200L The New Games Industry

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sm
    An overview of what it means to be a professional game developer in the modern and rapidly changing economic environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Exploration of a variety of moving image aesthetics and methodologies in order to highlight how the language of cinema shapes contemporary digital and interactive media practices.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 332 Games for Animation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Contemporary examples and theories of the crossover between animation and video game practices.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to the aesthetics, terminology and common trends of interface design for games. Topics include 2-D and 3-D spaces and user/camera perspectives.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 403L Advanced Visual Design for Games

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The scope of visual game design, including the role of characters, architecture, indoor and outdoor spaces, and environmental effects and sounds.
    Prerequisite: CTIN 401L ;
    Recommended Preparation: CTAN 443L .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 404L Usability Testing for Games

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Concepts and methods of usability assessment. The emphasis will be on understanding the issues surrounding game interfaces, and utilizing usability assessment methods.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 405L Design and Technology for Mobile Experiences

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Critical and pragmatic insights into designing mobile experiences and technology. Design groups will develop a mobile project using principles from readings and class discussions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to the techniques, terminology, and implementation of sounds in games, including establishing a sense of place and concepts of realistic sound.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 426 Video Games, Identity, and Diversity

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Thinking about video games in relation to many personal and cultural factors, including race, disability, class, gender, sexuality, and body type.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 444 Audio Expression

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Foundational aesthetic principles and creative technologies for game audio. Processing, mixing, and controlling sound for games for expressive effect.
    Recommended Preparation: CTIN 406L .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    The fundamentals of design, technology, operations and process for the creation of themed entertainment experiences and story-centric place-making.
    Prerequisite: CTIN 488  or CTIN 541 ;
    Recommended Preparation: CTIN 489  or CTIN 532 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 456 Game Design for Business

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Designed to provide the business professional with effective communication skills in working with the designers of games and game related venues.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Overview of current business models in games and interactive media, methods for pitching and getting products funded; copyright and intellectual property.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 459L Game Industry Workshop

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Exploration of industry-related game play research questions. Student teams will develop concepts and materials to solve a research problem posed by an industry partner.
    Prerequisite: CTIN 488 ;
    Recommended Preparation: CTIN 489 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Formal, aesthetic, and cultural aspects of digital games, critical discourse around gameplay, and the relationship of digital games to other media.
    Recommended Preparation: CTIN 488 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CTCS-462
  

  • CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examine two game products from concept to delivery; introduce students to each of the professional disciplines involved in making digital games.
    Recommended Preparation: CTIN 488 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Rigorous examination of interactive entertainment: genres, history, aesthetics, cultural context, and social significance. Topics vary by semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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