You are curious to see how sessions might look like? Here are examples from some of the class workshops / sessions:

'''(POLY)MG9753 3 credits Monday 6:00-8:50PM Instructor, TBA'''\\

http://thecafenyupoly.blogspot.com/2012/11/designing-inclusively.html
http://thecafenyupoly.blogspot.com/2012/10/prototyping-and-ideo-way.html
http://thecafenyupoly.blogspot.com/2010/10/drawing-workshop-with-aileen-wilson.html

"Designing for Playful Learning," will introduce students to modern theories about how people learn, & work to embody those theories in the design of technology-enhanced science learning exhibits. They will have the chance to test those ideas out with real learners at the New York Hall of Science, & subsequently improve on these designs. While the course will begin with a focus on constructivism & inquiry, students will experience the limitations of these learning theories as related to people's emotional & affective responses to instruction so designed. They will subsequently explore two much more "playful" learning modalities to help someone learn science: guided play & design-based science. Students will work in small teams to design & test instruction consistent with both approaches, aiming to teach the same middle school science content in both, so that they can compare & contrast their experiences. Three of the fourteen classes will be held on Saturdays to give students the opportunity to test their instructional designs-in-progress at the New York Hall of Science. The course will be co-taught by Frank Migliorelli, ITP alum and DMDL adjunct faculty, and Dr. David Kanter, Director of the Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, Science, and Technology Learning at the New York Hall of Science. This class meets on the ITP floor.\\

Motion Capture is the process of recording human movement (or other movement) in physical space, and transforming that information in a computer-usable form. The use of Motion Capture has been become of increased popularity, due to recent technological advances, and increased demand in the entertainment industry. One year ago NYU CIMS put a new state-of-the-art Motion Capture lab in place, which includes 16 high speed VICON cameras, a professional dance floor, lots of silly body-suits, large retro-silver beach balls, and a real-time 3D capture server that links to various graphics environments. The lab supports many art & science projects around this technology. This class meets on the ITP floor.\\

[[http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Registrar/CourseInfo/CON_024153?studtype=ZZZ&tm=2013S&imageField.x=25&imageField.y=6|The Graduate Division of the Stern School of Business]] permits students from other programs to enroll in courses in various departments provided that the student has satisfied all prerequisites for the course for which s/he is applying. If you are interested in enrolling for a Stern course--other than '''Birthing a Business'''---see Gordie for a Stern Cross-Registration Form.

''Note: this seven week course begins on April 3, 2013.''

This course provides students who are looking to work in the games industry with a basic understanding of its economic components and drivers, so that they may better understand their role within it, whether as an employee of a larger company, a partner in an independent studio, an individual debreglerveloper, or a freelance contractor. The goal of the class is to provide the practical knowledge and conceptual understanding students need to achieve the greatest degree of success and creative freedom throughout their career. \\

Beyond simply learning to program, students in this class will explore models and algorithms useful for developing games. We will discuss how platforms, libraries, frameworks, and engines affect game design, in both empowering and limiting ways. Finally, we will discuss the history of digital games, how new tools have democratized the process of game development, and the costs and benefits of those trends.\\

GAMES-GT 301 4 credits Thursday 6:20-9 PM Joost Van Dreunen\\

GAMES-GT 302 4 credits Monday 6:20-9 PM Matt Parker\\

CSCI-UA /ITP-GT2110 4 credits Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15 PM \\

(POLY)DM6113 3 credits Monday 6:00-8:50PM Instructor, TBA\\

INTA-GB.2130-20 1.5 credits Wednesday 9 AM-11:50 AM (4/3-5/8) Martin Varsavsky\\

EDCT-GE 2551 3-4 credits Monday 6:45-8:25 PM David Kantor/Frank Migliorelli\\

'''Sound Studio Seminar'''\\

"Designing for Playful Learning," will introduce students to modern theories about how people learn, & work to embody those theories in the design of technology-enhanced science learning exhibits. They will have the chance to test those ideas out with real learners at the New York Hall of Science, & subsequently improve on these designs. While the course will begin with a focus on constructivism & inquiry, students will experience the limitations of these learning theories as related to people's emotional & affective responses to instruction so designed. They will subsequently explore two much more "playful" learning modalities to help someone learn science: guided play & design-based science. Students will work in small teams to design & test instruction consistent with both approaches, aiming to teach the same middle school science content in both, so that they can compare & contrast their experiences. Three of the fourteen classes will be held on Saturdays to give students the opportunity to test their instructional designs-in-progress at the New York Hall of Science. The course will be co-taught by Frank Migliorelli, ITP alum and DMDL adjunct faculty, and Dr. David Kanter, Director of the Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, Science, and Technology Learning at the New York Hall of Science. This class meets on the ITP floor.

This course provides students who are looking to work in the games industry with a basic understanding of its economic components and drivers, so that they may better understand their role within it, whether as an employee of a larger company, a partner in an independent studio, an individual debreglerveloper, or a freelance contractor. The goal of the class is to provide the practical knowledge and conceptual understanding students need to achieve the greatest degree of success and creative freedom throughout their career.

Beyond simply learning to program, students in this class will explore models and algorithms useful for developing games. We will discuss how platforms, libraries, frameworks, and engines affect game design, in both empowering and limiting ways. Finally, we will discuss the history of digital games, how new tools have democratized the process of game development, and the costs and benefits of those trends.

Motion Capture is the process of recording human movement (or other movement) in physical space, and transforming that information in a computer-usable form. The use of Motion Capture has been become of increased popularity, due to recent technological advances, and increased demand in the entertainment industry. One year ago NYU CIMS put a new state-of-the-art Motion Capture lab in place, which includes 16 high speed VICON cameras, a professional dance floor, lots of silly body-suits, large retro-silver beach balls, and a real-time 3D capture server that links to various graphics environments. The lab supports many art & science projects around this technology. This class meets on the ITP floor.

This course introduces DM students to contemporary techniques and issues in audio, sound and musical research. The class covers digital signal processing, synthesis, musical informatics and interaction design as it applies to contemporary music production, postproduction and live performance. Students are expected to achieve competence in a number of technologies and to create brief studies based on them.

Birthing a Business is a new course taught by long time entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor, Martin Varsavsky. Martin Varsavsky will moderate as students engage in playing two simultaneous roles of entrepreneur and venture capitalist. This course focuses on the 'magical moment' in which an idea becomes a funded enterprise.

Code Lab: Open Frameworks (Games Center)'''\\

"Designing for Playful Learning," will introduce students to modern theories about how people learn, & work to embody those theories in the design of technology-enhanced science learning exhibits. They will have the chance to test those ideas out with real learners at the New York Hall of Science, & subsequently improve on these designs. While the course will begin with a focus on constructivism & inquiry, students will experience the limitations of these learning theories as related to people's emotional & affective responses to instruction so designed. They will subsequently explore two much more "playful" learning modalities to help someone learn science: guided play & design-based science. Students will work in small teams to design & test instruction consistent with both approaches, aiming to teach the same middle school science content in both, so that they can compare & contrast their experiences. Three of the fourteen classes will be held on Saturdays to give students the opportunity to test their instructional designs-in-progress at the New York Hall of Science. The course will be co-taught by Frank Migliorelli, ITP alum and DMDL adjunct faculty, and Dr. David Kanter, Director of the Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, Science, and Technology Learning at the New York Hall of Science.

ITP students who wish to take the course for 4 units should contact [[#edward.gordon@nyu.edu|Gordie]] to enroll.

Biz Lab (Games Center)
GAMES-GT 301 4 credits Thursday 6:20-9 PM Joost Van Dreunen
This course provides students who are looking to work in the games
industry with a basic understanding of its economic components and
drivers, so that they may better understand their role within it,
whether as an employee of a larger company, a partner in an
independent studio, an individual debreglerveloper, or a freelance
contractor. The goal of the class is to provide the practical
knowledge and conceptual understanding students need to achieve the
greatest degree of success and creative freedom throughout their
career. Contact Kevin Spain at kevin.spain@nyu.edu for enrollment

Code Lab: Open Frameworks (Games Center)
GAMES-GT 302 4 credits Monday 6:20-9 PM Matt Parker
Beyond simply learning to program, students in this class will explore
models and algorithms useful for developing games. We will discuss how
platforms, libraries, frameworks, and engines affect game design, in
both empowering and limiting ways. Finally, we will discuss the
history of digital games, how new tools have democratized the process
of game development, and the costs and benefits of those trends.
Contact Kevin Spain at kevin.spain@nyu.edu for enrollment


Motion Capture with Chris Bregler (Computer Science)
CSCI-UA /ITP-GT2110 4 credits Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15 PM
Takes place at ITP
http://movement.nyu.edu/mocap13s/
Motion Capture is the process of recording human movement (or other
movement) in physical space, and transforming that information in a
computer-usable form. The use of Motion Capture has been become of
increased popularity, due to recent technological advances, and
increased demand in the entertainment industry. One year ago NYU CIMS
put a new state-of-the-art Motion Capture lab in place, which includes
16 high speed VICON cameras, a professional dance floor, lots of silly
body-suits, large retro-silver beach balls, and a real-time 3D capture
server that links to various graphics environments. The lab supports
many art & science projects around this technology.

See Gordie to enroll in the 4-credit ITP graduate independent study that allows you to attend this course.


Sound Studio Seminar
(POLY)DM6113 3 credits
Description:
This course introduces DM students to contemporary techniques and
issues in audio, sound and musical research. The class covers digital
signal processing, synthesis, musical informatics and interaction
design as it applies to contemporary music production, postproduction
and live performance. Students are expected to achieve competence in a
number of technologies and to create brief studies based on them.

Contact Gordie for instructions on enrolling in a Poly course.

Birthing a Business
1.5 credits Wednesday 9 AM-11:50 AM (4/3-5/8) Martin Varsavsky

Students wishing to register in this 1.5 Stern course should contact Jessy Hsieh at jhsieh@stern.nyu.edu to enroll.

ITP students who wish to take the course for 4 units should contact [[edward.gordon@nyu.edu|Gordie]] to enroll.

ITP students who wish to take the course for 4 units should contact [[Gordie| edward.gordon@nyu.edu]] to enroll.

'''Ed Tech Studio: Designing Playful Learning'''//
EDCT-GE 2551 3-4 credits Monday 6:45-8:25 PM David Kantor/Frank Migliorelli
"Designing for Playful Learning," will introduce students to modern theories about how people learn, & work to embody those theories in the design of technology-enhanced science learning exhibits. They will have the chance to test those ideas out with real learners at the New York Hall of Science, & subsequently improve on these designs. While the course will begin with a focus on constructivism & inquiry, students will experience the limitations of these learning theories as related to people's emotional & affective responses to instruction so designed. They will subsequently explore two much more "playful" learning modalities to help someone learn science: guided play & design-based science. Students will work in small teams to design & test instruction consistent with both approaches, aiming to teach the same middle school science content in both, so that they can compare & contrast their experiences. Three of the fourteen classes will be held on Saturdays to give students the opportunity to test their instructional designs-in-progress at the New York Hall of Science. The course will be co-taught by Frank Migliorelli, ITP alum and DMDL adjunct faculty, and Dr. David Kanter, Director of the
Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, Science, and Technology
Learning at the New York Hall of Science.

ITP students who wish to take the course for 4 units should contact
Gordie to enroll.

Ed Tech Studio: Designing Playful Learning

Here is a list of other graduate programs that offer courses that may qualify towards the total of sixty required for the degree. Remember that you may apply up to eight credits from outside the program towards your degree provided the credits are graduate-level credits and the course has been approved by your academic advisor as applicable towards your program of study.

[[http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/fall2010/Graduate/courses|The Department of Computer Science]] offers courses leading to the MS and PhD degrees. The program offers instruction in the fundamental principles, design and applications of computer systems and computer technologies. The core of the curriculum consists of courses in algorithms, programming languages, compilers, artificial intelligence, database systems, and operating systems. Advanced courses are offered in many areas such as natural language processing, the theory of computation, computer vision, software engineering, compiler optimization techniques, computer graphics, distributed computing, multimedia, networks, cryptography and security, groupware and computational finance

[[http://journalism.nyu.edu/courses/grad_fall10.html|New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute]] has become a leader in developing advanced forms of journalism education. The vast majority of journalism programs cling to a traditional curriculum that teaches skills specifically for one medium of communication - newspaper, magazine, digital or new media, and broadcasting. NYU, however, responding to the need for journalists who are sophisticated in the subject matter that they are covering, has pioneered a curriculum that combines education in subject matter as well as skills.

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/technology/programs/graduate/courses
The Music Technology Program prepares students for careers in Audio Mastering, Audio-Visual Post Production, Computer Programming, Recording Engineering, Research and Development, Scoring for Film and Multimedia, Signal Processing, and Video Game Audio Production. Students are allowed to develop expertise within an academic setting where learning by creative experimentation is encouraged.

http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/fall2010/Graduate/courses
The Department of Computer Science offers courses leading to the MS and PhD degrees. The program offers instruction in the fundamental principles, design and applications of computer systems and computer technologies. The core of the curriculum consists of courses in algorithms, programming languages, compilers, artificial intelligence, database systems, and operating systems. Advanced courses are offered in many areas such as natural language processing, the theory of computation, computer vision, software engineering, compiler optimization techniques, computer graphics, distributed computing, multimedia, networks, cryptography and security, groupware and computational finance

http://draper.fas.nyu.edu/page/home
he John W. Draper Program offers a broad interdisciplinary curriculum founded on the belief that many issues in the humanities and social sciences are most fruitfully explored through cross-disciplinary approaches. Accommodating methods and subject matter from varied modes of inquiry, the Program combines curricular flexibility with scholarly rigor. Founded in 1976 as a member of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs and restructured in 1995, the Draper Program is one of the largest and best-known interdisciplinary graduate programs in the country

http://journalism.nyu.edu/courses/grad_fall10.html
New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has become a leader in developing advanced forms of journalism education. The vast majority of journalism programs cling to a traditional curriculum that teaches skills specifically for one medium of communication - newspaper, magazine, digital or new media, and broadcasting. NYU, however, responding to the need for journalists who are sophisticated in the subject matter that they are covering, has pioneered a curriculum that combines education in subject matter as well as skills.

http://app.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html | The Department of Art & Public Policy]], established by the faculty and the Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, is an interdisciplinary initiative that includes faculty and students from the 13 departments of Tisch. The Department embodies the School's recognition that young artists and scholars need an opportunity to incubate their ideas outside of the safe haven of the academy, in a dialectic with real-world problems. The courses offered by the Department investigate the social, ethical and political issues facing contemporary artists and scholars, and examine public policy issues that affect their ability to make and distribute their work. The courses are interdisciplinary and may be team taught, may include a practicum as well as theoretical and historical investigations, and may be available to graduate as well as undergraduate students.

[[http://app.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html | The Department of Art & Public Policy]], established by the faculty and the Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, is an interdisciplinary initiative that includes faculty and students from the 13 departments of Tisch. The Department embodies the School's recognition that young artists and scholars need an opportunity to incubate their ideas outside of the safe haven of the academy, in a dialectic with real-world problems. The courses offered by the Department investigate the social, ethical and political issues facing contemporary artists and scholars, and examine public policy issues that affect their ability to make and distribute their work. The courses are interdisciplinary and may be team taught, may include a practicum as well as theoretical and historical investigations, and may be available to graduate as well as undergraduate students.

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/masters/courses
The NYU Steinhardt Master of Arts degree in Media, Culture, and Communication prepares students to understand and analyze culture and communication environments and to become acquainted with key debates and scholarship in communications, media studies, and related fields. The program is designed for those who desire to investigate how humans experience media and how changes in the media landscape prompt transformations in communication processes within and among individuals, organizations, and societies.

http://app.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html
The Department of Art & Public Policy, established by the faculty and the Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, is an interdisciplinary initiative that includes faculty and students from the 13 departments of Tisch. The Department embodies the School's recognition that young artists and scholars need an opportunity to incubate their ideas outside of the safe haven of the academy, in a dialectic with real-world problems. The courses offered by the Department investigate the social, ethical and political issues facing contemporary artists and scholars, and examine public policy issues that affect their ability to make and distribute their work. The courses are interdisciplinary and may be team taught, may include a practicum as well as theoretical and historical investigations, and may be available to graduate as well as undergraduate students.

[[http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/?page_id=8 | The NYU Game Center]]
, established in 2008, is an independent, multi-school center for the research, design, and development of digital games. The Center is housed at the Tisch School in the Skirball Center for New Media and is a collaboration with NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and Tisch School of the Arts. Its goal is to incubate new ideas, create partnerships, and establish a multi-school curriculum to explore new directions for the creative development and critical understanding of games. In so doing the Game Center will help establish New York City as a place of innovation and creativity in this important field.

http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/?page_id=8
The NYU Game Center, established in 2008, is an independent, multi-school center for the research, design, and development of digital games. The Center is housed at the Tisch School in the Skirball Center for New Media and is a collaboration with NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and Tisch School of the Arts. Its goal is to incubate new ideas, create partnerships, and establish a multi-school curriculum to explore new directions for the creative development and critical understanding of games. In so doing the Game Center will help establish New York City as a place of innovation and creativity in this important field.