DCD 309 - Interactivity and Culture (3 credits)

The first half of this course provides a critical overview of concepts of interactivity and immersion, historically and within new media and digital culture; the second half of the course is devoted to a very basic introduction to building and using interactive structures, drawing on and developing skills and methods taught in earlier courses in the sequence. Students will leave the course with both a practical introduction to computational methods across humanities disciplines, and a critical lens for understanding the impact of new media and digital tools on humanities inquiry and the liberal arts. F, S, Su.