Autumn 2024

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ACCAD 3350: The History of Animation - 3 cr.
ACCAD 6650: The History of Animation - 3 cr. (GRAD)

Class #: 17124  (Undergrad
Class #: 17125 (Graduate)
Days and Times: Wed/Fri;  9:35 am - 10:55 am
Location: Wexner Center Theater
Instructor: Dave Filipi

Description:  An overview of the history and theory of animation including origin of animation forms, Hollywood Studio animation, a sample of World Animation and contemporary animation.
 

ACCAD 5001: Animation Techniques and Practices - 3 cr.

Class #: 28175 (Undergrad)
Class #: 28176 (Graduate)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs;  12:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Location: Hopkins Hall, Rm 346
Instructor: Benny Zelkowicz

Description: The principles of animation as demonstrated through various animation techniques. The work produced serves as a tool for comprehending the underlying process of any animation technique.  Prereq: Graduate standing for Graduate Section.
 

ACCAD 5001: Animation Techniques and Practices - 3 cr.

Class #: 27636 (Undergrad)
Class #: 27308 (Graduate)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs;  2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Location: Hopkins Hall, Rm 346
Instructor: Benny Zelkowicz

Description: The principles of animation as demonstrated through various animation techniques. The work produced serves as a tool for comprehending the underlying process of any animation technique. Prereq: Graduate standing for Graduate Section.
 

ACCAD 5002: 3D Computer Animation I - 3 cr.

Class #: 24000 (Undergrad)
Class #: 23999 (Graduate)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs;  11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A
Instructor: Kyoung Swearingen

Description:  Overview of 3D computer animation components and stages of production. Prereq: 5001 for students enrolled in the MIP (Moving Image Production) program; and Graduate standing for Graduate Section.
 

ACCAD 5003: 3D Computer Animation II - 3 cr.

Class #: 36744  (Undergrad)
Class #: 36743  (Graduate)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs;  9:20 am - 11:20 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A
Instructor: Kyoung Swearingen

Description:  Further exploration of 3D computer animation and stages of production. Prereq: 5002, or permission of instructor. Graduate standing for Graduate Section.
 

ACCAD 5100: Concept Development - 3 cr.

Class #: 23994 (Undergrad)
Class #: 23993 (Graduate)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs;  9:35 am - 10:55 am
Location: Hopkins Hall, Rm 364
Instructor:  Benny Zelkowicz

Description:  Methods for developing concepts for time-based media through the cultivation of ideas and problem-solving strategies. Storyboarding, composition, editing and sound principles will be explored.
 

ACCAD 5140: Interactive Arts Media I: Web - 3 cr.

Class #: 17126 (Undergrad)
Class #: 17123  (Graduate)
Days and Times: Mon/Wed;  5:30 pm - 6:50 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A
Instructor:  Joshua McClurg-Genevese

Description:  Introduction to the theory and practice of the design of interactive media for the web. Prereq: Graduate standing for Graduate section.
 

ACCAD 5200: Motion Capture Production and Experimentation - 3 cr.

Class # 29178 (Undergrad)
Class # 29035 (Graduate)
Days and Times: Mondays; 9:35 am - 12:45 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A; and Motion Lab (350)
Instructor: Vita Berezina-Blackburn

Description: A hands-on experience with motion capture technologies, addressing contexts and applications. Students learn to operate within an optical motion capture pipeline for recording, real-time retargeting and post-processing of full body human motion and props, as well as developing their own approaches and processes for experimenting with capturing and remapping motion. Prereq: Graduate standing for Graduate section.  Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
 

ACCAD 5301: Devising Experiential Media  - 3 cr.

Undergraduate Section
Class Lecture #: 25959
Lab # 29070

Graduate Section
Class Lecture # 25958
Lab # 29071

Class lecture will be held: Tuesdays;  1:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Lab will be held: Thursdays;  1:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 350 (Motion Lab primarily)
Instructors:  Alex Oliszewski

Description: This course focuses on the creation of interactive and responsive spaces through the design of experiential media systems within the context of their underlying history, methodology, technology, and theory. Using a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, students create hybrid digital-physical experiences which investigate the application of the technology used in experiential media design. Graded. Prereq: Graduate standing for Graduate Section.
 

ACCAD 5500: Integrated Tech Lab -  Variable Credit

Class # 30489 (Undergrad) - variable credit:  1.0 to 3.0
Class # 24691 (Graduate) - variable credit: 0.5 to 3.0
Days and Times: Wed; 12:15 to 2:15 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 332 (conf. room)
Instructor: Norah Zuniga-Shaw

Description: This Livable Futures course fosters creative and scholarly responses to planetary conditions of crisis and uncertainty. Livability is a term that encompasses social, technological, and ecological justice by inviting critical re-thinking of who survives and who gets to thrive in our communities and extending that consideration to more-than-human life. Students collaborate in ongoing faculty research and are guided in creating their own projects responding to the themes of the course. We will read a shared text for the semester and attend performances, screenings, and public dialogs together and explore novel forms of synthesis. Students in this course are eligible to receive funding to support their projects provided by the instructor’s Ratner Award for Distinguished Teaching. Both Graduate and Undergraduate sections need a proposal for number of credit hours and Instructor Permission for enrollment.
 

ACCAD 6002: Computer Game Art and Design I - 3 cr.

Class # 17127 (Graduate Only)
Undergraduate Section is Design 4104
Days and Times: Wed/Fri;  11:30 am - 1:20 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A
Instructor: Scott Swearingen

Description:  Introduction to concepts for design and prototyping of games for entertainment, learning and social good. Prereq: Sr or Grad standing, and permission of instructor.
 

ACCAD 7103: Designing Immersive Virtual Environments - 3 cr.

Class # 29067 (Graduate Only)
Days and Times: Wed/Fri; 8:30 am - 11:15 am
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A
Instructor: Shadrick Addy

Description: Creative and technical concepts for the development of simulations, installations, augmented reality and responsive spaces using 3D computer graphics with gesture-based and alternative input systems combined with immersive display methods. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs or 3 completions.
 

ACCAD 7104: Procedural Animation - 3 cr.

Class # 29036 (Graduate Only)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs; 2:20 pm - 3:40 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, Rm 349-A
Instructor: Matthew Lewis

Description: The investigation of procedural methods for modeling and animating 3D computer graphics. Prereq: Grad standing.
 

DANCE 5611: Tech Practicum - Intermedia I - 2 cr.

Days and Times: Tuesday 2:45-4:45p | Thursday 2:45-4:45p
Class # 23336 (undergrad) 
Class # 23335 (grad)

Location: Sullivant Hall, 343 (Dance Media Lab) and 350 (Motion Lab)
Instructor: Lexi Clark-Stilianos

Description: Exploration of the unique characteristics of performance that integrates movement and digital media through hands-on creative and technological projects. This course entails digital media for dance creation in Isadora, performance and process informed projection design, and integrated dance technology composition lab for art-makers, dance-makers, and world-builders. 
 

MUSIC 5636.01: Introduction to Electronic Music Synthesis - 3 cr.

Class # XXXXX (undergrad)
Class # XXXXX (grad)
Days and Times: Tues/Thurs;  11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Location: Sullivant Hall, 349-B (Sonic Arts Lab); and 332 conf room
Instructor: Marc Ainger

Description: Techniques of acousmatic composition, history, and literature.