New Media

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NWMEDIA R1B New Media Reading and Composition 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session
How do media shape our perception of our environment? What is at stake when we adopt or create new media? This seminar provides continued training in expository and argumentative writing, with an emphasis on new media. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 8 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

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NWMEDIA 39A Freshman Seminar in New Media 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This freshman seminar offers lower division students the opportunity to explore new media with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 2-8 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 2-7 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

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NWMEDIA 90 Introduction to New Media 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2015 Second 6 Week Session
See Schedule of Classes for current section offerings. Topics introduce new media and related issues.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 5-15 hours of seminar per week
6 weeks - 3-10 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 2-8 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

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NWMEDIA 104 Critical Practices: People, Places, Participation 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Not yet offered
Critical Practices is a hands-on studio design course where students work at the intersection of technological innovation and socially engaged art. Students will integrate a suite of digital fabrication tools with social design methods to create work that engages in cultural critique. Working with innovative technologies and radical, new art practices, this course will explore: hybrid art forms, critical design for community engagement, interventions in public spaces, tactical media, and disobedient objects. These new making strategies will reframe our notions of people, places and participation.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of studio per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of studio per week
8 weeks - 7.5 hours of studio per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

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NWMEDIA 150AC New Media and American Cultures 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2014 10 Week Session, Summer 2014 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session
This course studies the influence of new media on various cultures in the U.S. and/or the influence of American cultures on new media. Topics vary by semester. Check current Schedule of Classes or Berkeley Center for New Media web site for current course offerings (bcnm.berkeley.edu).
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Rules & Requirements

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7-9 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5-7 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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NWMEDIA C166 Critical Practices: People, Places, Participation 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019
Critical Practices is a hands-on studio design course where students work at the intersection of technological innovation and socially engaged art. Students will integrate a suite of digital fabrication tools with social design methods to create work that engages in cultural critique. Working with innovative technologies and radical, new art practices, this course will explore: hybrid art forms, critical design for community engagement, interventions in public spaces, tactical media, and disobedient objects. These new making strategies will reframe our notions of people, places and participation.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of studio per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of studio per week
8 weeks - 7.5 hours of studio per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Also listed as: ART C166

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NWMEDIA 190 Special Topics in New Media 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
See Schedule of Classes for current section offerings. Topics deal with new media and related issues.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 5-15 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

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NWMEDIA 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Course may be student-intitated or initiated by a faculty affiliate of the Center for New Media. The subject matter will vary from semester to semester. Student initiated courses will be taught by a student facilitator under the supervision of the faculty sponsor, who must be a faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Center for New Media.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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NWMEDIA 200 History and Theory of New Media 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017
This course provides a broad historical and theoretical background for new media production and practice. The class will map out theoretical approaches from different disciplines and allow graduate students to discuss and apply them to their own research projects.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Required for all students in the Designated Emphasis in New Media

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

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NWMEDIA 201 Questioning New Media 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Held in conjunction with the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium which brings internationally-known speakers to campus to present their work on advanced topics in new media: Students will enhance skills in questioning new media: how to think critically about new media, how to use new media resources to research pioneering work in new media, how to form incisive questions about new media, and how to evaluate and create effective presentations on topics in new media.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Required of all students in the Designated Emphasis in New Media

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of colloquium per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Instructor: Goldberg

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NWMEDIA 202 New Media Methods 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2014
In this methods course we will study key languages of new media innovation, ranging from flow charts to scripting languages and circuit diagrams. Our study method involves the creation and application of sensing devices in an urban context, and engages students in establishing chains of references which connect ground truth to data, data to information, information to people, people to actions, and actions to policies. Taking into account technical, political, cultural and literacy questions we seek to connect our data production work with information needs of underserved communities in the Bay Area region.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 9 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 5 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

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NWMEDIA C203 Critical Making 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Critical Making will operationalize and critique the practice of “making” through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture. As hybrid practitioners, students will develop fluency in readily collaging and incorporating a variety of physical materials and protocols into their practice. Students will envision and create future computational experiences that critically explore social and culturally relevant technological themes. No previous technical knowledge is required to take this course. Class projects involve basic programming, electronic circuitry, and digital fabrication design. Tutorials and instruction will be provided, but students will be expected to develop basic skills in these areas to complete course projects.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of studio per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 8 hours of studio per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 4 hours of studio per week
10 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of studio per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Formerly known as: New Media 203

Also listed as: MEC ENG C205

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NWMEDIA 204 Critical Practices: People, Places, Participation 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019
Critical Practices is a hands-on studio design course where students work at the intersection of technological innovation and socially engaged art. Students will integrate a suite of digital fabrication tools with social design methods to create work that engages in cultural critique. Working with innovative technologies and radical, new art practices, this course will explore: hybrid art forms, critical design for community engagement, interventions in public spaces, tactical media, and disobedient objects. These new making strategies will reframe our notions of people, places and participation.

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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of studio per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of studio per week
8 weeks - 7.5 hours of studio per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: New Media/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

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NWMEDIA C262 Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
. This course explores the theory and practice of Tangible User Interfaces, a new approach to Human Computer Interaction that focuses on the physical interaction with computational media