DART 400Digital Arts & Media Design Capstone I

4 credits · Digital Arts · Penn State

DART 400 Digital Art and Design Capstone I (4) Provides digital arts and media design students an opportunity to conceptualize an undergraduate thesis. Each student will have the opportunity to identify the primary issue of theoretical concern based on his/her personal interest, and pursue research in a rigorous, in-depth manner. The preparation and initiation of the undergraduate thesis will occur within a collaborative team-based studio environment. Students in DART 400 will begin to research and synthesize disciplinary and interdisciplinary understandings through the exploration of critical, theoretical, and historical perspectives of digital media. This understanding will foster the spirit of in-depth arts and design inquiry and research, and will build upon arts and design awareness, skills, and methods introduced in previous courses. The student will integrate studio and theory while creating a significant work of digital art or design. The student will work with a faculty adviser(s) in addition to the instructor of record for the course towards the completion of design documents, proof of concepts and prototypes for the undergraduate thesis.