Spring 2023 Courses

Spring 2023 Courses

Spring 2023 DMD Student Advising Guidelines

DMD students - Below is information regarding the following:

  1. Variable topics and new courses to be offered in Spring 2023. 
  2. Courses that are available to students on both campuses, either via distance learning or by being taught in our Telepresence Classrooms cross-campus (136 Bishop / 3.12 Stamford). Just be aware of the policies regarding home campus and student fees (the majority of your credits must be taken on your home campus). 
  3. Courses that require a PERMISSION NUMBER.

The descriptions of all DMD courses can be found in the UConn Course Catalog. 

To request permission numbers, please complete the form. It is best to complete this WITH YOUR ADVISOR during your advising session. Use THESE forms:

SENIOR BFA STUDENTS: You will need DMD 4075 Senior Project twice in order to graduate. Stamford BFA Seniors, be sure to take DMD 4025 Putting It All Together, which is also a senior BFA requirement. 

SOPHOMORE FILM STUDENTS: You MUST enroll in TWO spring Sophomore courses in your 4th semester:

  1. DMD 2810 Cinematography
  2. DMD 3850 Sound Design

STORRS BFA STUDENTS: To request your required ART courses (ART 1030 Drawing 1 + an additional course), please use this form - ART Request Form

STAMFORD BFA STUDENTS: To request your ART 2410 Basic Studio Photography, please use this form - ART Request Form

 

COURSES THAT REQUIRE PERMISSION NUMBERS:

There are a handful of classes that do require Permission Numbers. To request permission numbers, please use these forms. It is best to complete this WITH YOUR ADVISOR during your advising session. Use THESE forms:

 

STORRS:

2020 Design Thinking = M/W 9:05am - 10:20pm

3010W Critical Perspectives (upper class and 2010 completed)

3620 Collaborating with Cultural Orgs II: Practice - M/W 12:20 - 2:20pm

3641 Human Rights Archives II - Visual Storytelling Practices - Fri 10:10 - 3:10pm

3998.001 Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media  - Mon 5 - 7:45pm

3998.008 Historical Fiction in Game & Film - T 12:30 - 3:00pm TH 2:00 - 3:15pm

3998.009 Digital Content for Sports Entertainment - Fri 10:10am - 2:10pm

3998.012 Color Grading for Film - M/W 2:30-5pm

3998.016 Social Media Ethics - M/W 3:35 - 4:50pm

4040 Agency (senior in last 2 semesters prior to graduation) - T/Th 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

4075 Senior Project - M/W 9:05 - 11:35 am

 

Stamford:

DMD 2020 Design Thinking - T/TH 11:00 - 12:15pm

DMD 3010W Critical Perspectives (upper W class and 2010 completed) - T/Th 9:30 - 10:45a

DMD 3010W Critical Perspectives (upper W class and 2010 completed) - T/Th 2:00 - 3:15pm

DMD 4025 Portfolio Development - T/Th  10:15am - 12:15pm

DMD 4075 Senior Project - M/W 9:05 - 11:35 am

 

 

Variable Topics / New courses:

 

For all concentrations:

DMD 3998.001 / 5998.010 Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media and Design
Mon 5 - 7:45pm, STORRS - In Person, taught by Clarissa Ceglio
*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED; Counts for Art History/Theory requirement.

Prerequisites:  Graduate students as well as Juniors and Seniors who have completed their foundation and 2000-level intro courses are encouraged to enroll. 

             To paraphrase James Baldwin, nothing can be changed until it is faced. This is certainly true of the inequities that have historically shaped digital media technologies, content, fields, and careers. This class  interrogates how racism, sexism, classism, ageism, and other forms of oppression are perpetuated through digital media works, practices, and industries. We will, as the chief learning activity of this class,  meet and talk with contemporary practitioners who are challenging and changing the status quo. For six of our class sessions, we will meet virtually and sometimes in-person with industry professionals, artists, and media scholars from film, game, design, cultural and other sectors so that we can learn how issues of equity manifest in their work, creative processes, and professions. Because these practitioners are also part of DMD’s Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media & Design: 2023 Speaker Series, students will also have the opportunity to participate as hosts in the series, learn how to professionalize their on-camera presence, and gain skill in preparing and moderating live Q&A sessions. Interactions with our guests will be supplemented by readings, in-class film screenings, and engagements with other media works. Over the course of the semester, we will reflect  on how our own areas of practice can support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in digital media and design.

[To see what we do, you can access the Spring 2022 and 2021 installments of the Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media & Design series here:   https://dmd.uconn.edu/major/diverse-perspectives/ ]

 

DMD 4045 / 5998.002  Digital Content Design, Creation, and Distribution Studio - AgencyX
STORRS In-Person + STAMFORD Remote, (M/W 3:35 - 5:25pm), taught by Professor Vertefeuille  (BOTH CAMPUSES)  
Prerequisites: must be senior or graduate Digital Media and Design majors, instructor consent required. Recommended preparation: DMD 2710, 2810, 3035, 3200 or 3300.
            Open to senior DMD students in Storrs and Stamford. Do you LOVE DMD? Want to help share your passion for DMD with the world? Then join AgencyX, DMD’s student marketing team. Work with a cross-disciplinary team to develop, design, and execute an integrated marketing campaign for the Digital Media and Design Department’s undergraduate recruitment efforts and celebrate our DMD successes! Learn how to build and manage digital advertising campaigns using Facebook for Business, Google Ads, Blip Billboards, and other digital ad solutions. Create video promotions for DMD and participate in the Admitted Students Day events.  Direct questions to: Michael Vertefeuille at vert@uconn.edu.

** Can be a substitute for DMD 4040 Agency on your Plan of Study.

 

Art/Design History/Theory course options:

DMD 3998.008 / 5998.007  Historical Fiction in Games & Film
T/TH T 12:30 - 3:00pm TH 2:00 - 3:15pm, taught by Professor James Coltrain
*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED; Counts for Art History/Theory requirement.
Prerequisites:  None

             This course examines the meanings and messages of games and films depicting key historical events, figures, and eras.  Students will concentrate on the question of the slippery issue of accuracy, reading primary historical documents from the periods in question to evaluate game and film depictions by accuracy in detail, spirit, and subject matter.  The course will also consider how these media reflect popular myths and public memory, examining not only scholarly and critical reactions, but also how games and film influence one another, and how the techniques of passive and active entertainments can affect how audiences understand the past.

 

DMD 3205 History of Animation
M/W 3:35pm - 5:35pm taught by Anna Lindemann (BOTH CAMPUSES) 
Prerequisites: DMD 1002 and 1102; open only to Digital Media and Design majors, others with instructor consent. Recommended preparation: DMD 3010W.
**Counts for Art History/Theory requirement.

A history of animation from the late 19th-century through contemporary and emerging digital technologies.


Motion Design & Animation courses:

 

DMD 3998.009 / 5998.016  Digital Content for Sports & Entertainment
Fri  10:10 - 2:10pm, STORRS In-Person, taught by Professor Phil Dwire
*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED
Prerequisites: none, but preference for advanced (Junior, Senior, Grad) students; others with instructor consent. 

Students enrolled in this experiential learning course will create digital content to be used for advertising campaigns, live events, social media, and/or promotional projects in collaboration with UConn Athletics. Students will use design, video, and animation software from the Adobe suite.

This course is most suitable for students with design and MDA experience, but also could be good for: 

  • Transfer, Grad, or Art students with previous Graphic Design coursework or experience
  • Students with previous Agency, Brand Studio, Sports Entertainment Studio, or other related coursework
  • Students with a passion for UConn Athletics and design 

 

Film/Video courses:

DMD 3998.012 / 5998.001  Color Grading for Film
M/W 2:30-5pm, Distance Learning, taught by Professor Ramzy Telley (BOTH CAMPUSES) 
*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED
Prerequisites:  DMD 2210 and 2810. 

             An advanced post-production course on the technical craft and aesthetics of color grading for digital film and video. Through analysis of films, technical instruction, and hands-on color grading exercises, students will learn how to utilize color in their film and video projects. This course will teach color correction in DaVinci Resolve, how to develop cinematic looks, and introductory color theory. This is a project-based course that requires students to complete a series of technical exercises culminating in the color grading of a 5-10 minute short film or video project.

Please note: Each student should have access to an edited 5-10 minute film or video project to color grade from scratch as the final project in this course.

 

DMD 3641 / 5998.003 // HRTS 3540/5351 Human Rights Archives II: Visual Storytelling Practices
Fri 10:10 - 3:10pm, STORRS - taught by Professor Catherine Masud
*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED

Prerequisites: DMD 2200 or 2210. Open to Digital Media and Design majors and Human Rights majors/minors, with instructor consent.

             Students will study different approaches and techniques of documentary storytelling using oral history interviews and primary archival materials, focusing on a community that bears the multi-generational scars of genocide and displacement. Students will work collaboratively on a documentary project and also develop their own individual creative projects on a human rights-related theme, using primary archival sources (personal and/or institutional) to enable them to reflect on the importance of history, witnessing, and memory in human rights film practice.

QUESTIONS? CONTACT: catherine.masud@uconn.edu

 

Digital Media Business Strategies courses:

DMD 3998.016 / 5998.013  Social Media Ethics
M/W3:35-4:50pm, STORRS, taught by Professor John Murphy
*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED
Prerequisites: DMD 2710 Social Media Business Applications, or permission of the instructor

             Social Media Ethics is a critical component in the age of social media. This class will cover Data Privacy, Netiquette, Defamation, Fake News, Discrimination and Harassment, and more. Learn to put ethics first and do the right thing when on any digital media platform. Understand the difference between what you can do and what you should do. What are digital ethics in the workplace? What are your rights? 70% of employers take disciplinary actions against employees for social media misuse. Learn why and what you can do to stay within the rules. Learn what you can do to make social and digital media a force for good.

 

List of courses offered cross campus via connected classroom or distance learning (available both campuses):

 

Web / Interactive Media Design courses:

DMD 3035.001  Interaction Design   
Fri 9:05 - 2:05pm, taught by Ting Zhou (BOTH CAMPUSES)  
Prerequisites: DMD 1002 and 1102, DMD2020, DMD 2470; open to Digital Media and Design majors only, others by instructor consent.
             This studio course introduces students to design thinking and the basic practices of interaction design. We follow a human-centered design process that includes research, concept generation, prototyping, and refinement. Students must work effectively as individuals and in teams to design mobile information systems and other interactive experiences. We will invite targeted users to join the whole design process to co-design with us. Students will become familiar with design methodologies such as sketching, storyboarding, wireframing, prototyping, etc. 

 

DMD 3470.001 Web II
T/TH 2 - 3:15pm, taught by Brian Daley (BOTH CAMPUSES) 
Prerequisites: DMD 1070; open only to Digital Media and Design majors, others by instructor consent
Explores intermediate and advanced web design and development techniques, covering Cascading Style Sheets, XML, dynamic HTML with Javascript, common frameworks, and the principles of site management. The course will also cover more advanced design concepts in website creation, such as efficient navigation design, designing for portability and accessibility, separating content from presentation for easy site updating and maintenance, planning interactivity, and search engine optimization.

 

DMD 3475.001 Coding for Web/Interactive
T/TH 3:30 - 4:45pm, taught by Brian Daley (BOTH CAMPUSES) 
Prerequisites: DMD 1060 and 1070; open to Digital Media and Design majors; others with instructor consent. Recommended corequisite: DMD 3470.
Explores intermediate programming techniques for web and interactive media projects.

 

DMD 4470.001 Web 3: Expert Topics in Web Development
ONLINE Asynchronous, taught by Joel Salisbury (Both Campuses) 
Prerequisites: DMD 3470 and 3475; open to Digital Media and Design majors only, others with instructor consent
Expert topics in web design and development, including intensive instruction and hands-on development with databases and server-side programming to build web applications.

 

Digital Film/Video Production courses:

DMD 3998.012 / 5998.012  Color Grading for Film

M/W 2:30-5pm, Distance Learning, taught by Professor Ramzy Telley (BOTH CAMPUSES) 

*** PERMISSION NUMBER REQUIRED (See description above)

 

DMD 3840.001 Creative Producing for Independent Film
T/Th 2-4:30pm, Distance Learning, taught by adjunct TBD (BOTH CAMPUSES)
Prerequisites: DMD 2700 or 3230; open to Digital Media and Design majors only, others with instructor consent.

             Examination of each phase of the filmmaking process, from conception to marketing and distribution, through the role of a creative producer. Students develop pitching materials and entrepreneurial business plans for their original narrative, documentary or new media film projects.

 

Digital Media Business Strategies courses:

DMD 2710 Social Media Business Applications                                              
M/W 11:15 - 12:30pm, Bishop 136 / Stamford 3.12, taught by John Murphy (BOTH CAMPUSES)   
Prerequisites: DMD 2700, which may be taken concurrently; open to Digital Media and Design majors only, others by instructor consent. Recommended preparation: DMD 1002 and 1102, STAT 1000Q or higher
             Explores and analyzes the changes in consumer decision-making and behavior in today's digital world.

 

Animation / Motion courses:

DMD 3205 History of Animation
M/W 3:35pm - 5:35pm taught by Anna Lindemann (BOTH CAMPUSES) 
Prerequisites: DMD 1002 and 1102; open only to Digital Media and Design majors, others with instructor consent. Recommended preparation: DMD 3010W.

A history of animation from the late 19th-century through contemporary and emerging digital technologies. **Counts for Art History/Theory requirement.

 

DMD 4310.001 / 5315.001 Rigging
ONLINE (Asynchronous) taught by Dan Pejril (BOTH CAMPUSES)
Prerequisites: DMD 3350; open to B.F.A Digital Media and Design 3D Animation concentration students, others with instructor consent. Recommended preparation: DMD 3300.
             Concepts of rigging, with emphasis on animated props and characters. Techniques for using and creating bones, constraints, skeletons, skinning and weight painting.

 

Game Design courses:

DMD 2542.001 / 5542.001 Game Scripting
M/W 11:15am - 12:30pm taught by Ken Thompson (BOTH CAMPUSES)
Prerequisites: DMD 1060; open only to Digital Media and Design majors; others by instructor consent.
Fundamentals of gameplay scripting utilizing an off-the-shelf video game engine. Scripting concepts and constructs like vector math, classes, raycasting, deltaTime, and other available engine commands.