ARTD 499

Spring 2024 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 16-May 1

Special Topics in Design

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

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Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. 1 to 3 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary to a maximum of 9 undergraduate or 12 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor.

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ARTD 499 class schedule data for spring 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
65501	Studio	CAG	2:00PM -4:40PM	TR	410 Flagg Hall	Araujo de Aguiar, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Nexus of Tomorrow Section Info: Topic: Nexus of Tomorrow: Navigating Speculative Design & Social Impact. This course explores the nexus of speculative design and societal impacts of tech advancements, focusing not just on future artifacts, but the societies that will use them. Graduate Section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53743	Studio	CAU	2:00PM -4:40PM	TR	410 Flagg Hall	Araujo de Aguiar, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Nexus of Tomorrow Section Info: Topic: Nexus of Tomorrow: Navigating Speculative Design & Social Impact. This course explores the nexus of speculative design and societal impacts of tech advancements, focusing not just on future artifacts, but the societies that will use them. Undergraduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Art & Design department. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59101	Studio	MBG	4:00PM -6:40PM	MW	208 Art and Design Building	Briggs, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Interactive Print Section Info: Topic: Interactive Print: Advanced engagement with typographic systems and word-image dialectics in historic and contemporary print media. This hybrid studio/seminar* course surveys immersive and interactive rhetorics in books, maps, posters and wheel charts since 1450 and invites students to identify historic exemplars, research their cultural and technological disposition, analyze their immersive and interactive features, re-create them as facsimiles, and develop original works that build on their effects and interests. In so doing we will analyze the ongoing role of print media in shaping built and social space, and in shaping digital artifacts and systems. 4 graduate hours. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
59100	Studio	MBU	4:00PM -6:40PM	MW	208 Art and Design Building	Briggs, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Interactive Print Section Info: Topic: Interactive Print: Advanced engagement with typographic systems and word-image dialectics in historic and contemporary print media. This hybrid studio/seminar* course surveys immersive and interactive rhetorics in books, maps, posters and wheel charts since 1450 and invites students to identify historic exemplars, research their cultural and technological disposition, analyze their immersive and interactive features, re-create them as facsimiles, and develop original works that build on their effects and interests. In so doing we will analyze the ongoing role of print media in shaping built and social space, and in shaping digital artifacts and systems. 3 undergraduate hours Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60101	Studio	SR	2:00PM -4:40PM	TR	306 Flagg Hall	Robinson, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Illustration Section Info: Topic: Illustration: Afrofuturism, Black Futures Now. In this studio course, students will create imagined futures where Black people share political, environmental, and economic resources equally with all people. After that students will create an individualized self-identification project encompassing one or more of three main ideas: their personal narrative, their family culture, their intellectual property. Students will work in a variety of medium with an additional layer of media: music, performance, animation, motion, new media, etc. To help us think through these ideas we will watch a wide range of movies, and documentaries while exploring various readings and converse with guest speakers who are professionals in their fields. Students will develop their projects for exhibition, publication, online postings, etc. This course is open to undergraduates and graduate students.
50476	Studio	SSG	5:00PM -7:40PM	T	Location Pending	Sethi, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Design and AI Section Info: This course is dedicated to encouraging design students to establish a connection with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to conceptualize innovative AI-enhanced products and services. It will immerse students in contemporary discussions and dialogues related to AI. This course primarily consists of lectures accompanied by talks, reflective writing exercises, and the application of Design Thinking principles specific to AI. Throughout the course, students will engage in various short assignments, culminating in a final team project. The primary objective of this project is to research and create visual narratives revolving around the user experience with an AI-driven product or service. Graduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
60163	Studio	SSU	5:00PM -7:40PM	T	Location Pending	Sethi, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Design and AI Section Info: This course is dedicated to encouraging design students to establish a connection with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to conceptualize innovative AI-enhanced products and services. It will immerse students in contemporary discussions and dialogues related to AI. This course primarily consists of lectures accompanied by talks, reflective writing exercises, and the application of Design Thinking principles specific to AI. Throughout the course, students will engage in various short assignments, culminating in a final team project. The primary objective of this project is to research and create visual narratives revolving around the user experience with an AI-driven product or service. Undergraduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.