Lassonde (LE) – Digital Media |
| Location: | 1003 Lassonde Building, Tel.: 416-736-5053 |
| Undergraduate/Graduate Office: | 1003 Lassonde Building, Tel.: 416-736-5334 |
| Chair: | A. Asif |
| Professors: | A. An, A. Asif, N. Cercone, P.W. Dymond, J. Edmonds, J. Elder, J. Gryz, R. Hornsey, M.R.M. Jenkin, Y. Lian, J. Ostroff, W. Stuerzlinger, G. Tourlakis, J. Tsotsos, F. van Breugel |
| Associate Professors: | M. Aboelaze, R. Allison, J. Amanatides, M. Baljko, A. Eckford, P. Godfrey, H. Jiang, M. Kant, Y. Lesperance, S. MacKenzie, S. Magierowski, A. Mirzaian, U. Nguyen, E. Ruppert, M. Spetsakis, Z. Stachniak, A. Toptsis, V. Tzerpos, N. Vlajic, R.M. Wharton, R.P. Wildes, J. Xu |
| Assistant Professors: | S. Datta, P. Faloutsos, E. Ghafar-Zadeh, G.J. Gotshalks, B. Ma |
| Senior Lecturers: | P.H. Cribb, H. Roumani |
| Sessional Assistant Professor: | J. Hofbauer |
The cross-Faculty BA program in Digital Media, in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, combines a unique and rich blend of technology, media and communication, drawing on the strengths of the Computer Science, Fine Arts, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences.
The program provides a foundation in: The computational basis for the creation of digital media imagery and sound, including animation and the simulation of 3D environments; The theoretical, artistic and experiential ideas that lie behind an informed understanding of the aesthetic aspects of digital media; The practice of creating digital media works that explore the ways in which culture is produced and can be produced through technology; and The broader socio-cultural effects and the theory and research concerning responses to and use of digital media.
The digital media program covers a diverse set of courses including: Programming for Digital Media, Building Interactive Systems, The Electronic Landscape, Arts and Ideas, Fundamentals of Data Structures, Foundations of Digital Media, Designing Interactive Objects, Interactive Performance and Installation, Introduction to 3D Computer Graphics, New Media Forms: The Database, Interactive Dance Studio, Popular Culture: Explorations in Theory and Practice, Machine-Mediated Human Communication, Virtual Reality, Building E-commerce Systems, and Digital Media Project.
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Digital media is offered by the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Lassonde School of Engineering.