Media Audiences (MCC-UE 1016)

Credits: 4
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed
Credits: 4
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed

An examination of the great debate concerning the effects of mass media and mass communication on our society. Analysis and application of major perspectives and approaches used in formulating modern theories of mass communication.

Media, Culture & Communication (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Experimental Game Narratives (DM-UY 4153)

How do games tell stories? How can we move beyond the traditional narrative in games? Is there a more holistic approach that embeds the story deeply into the interaction? In this class, students will begin to answer these questions by analyzing games and developing their own experimental narrative games. | Prerequisite: DM-UY 2153

Integrated Digital Media (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)


DM-UY 4153-000 (8799)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Brooklyn CampusInstructed by Pizza, Toni

Photography and Words (DM-UY 3183)

Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Mon,Wed

This course explores various image editing techniques and outputs, utilizing various styles of text, including fiction and non-fiction. The assignments foreground how text influences viewers’ perception of images, and how images can enrich a body of writing. Students will use a range of production skills to create work — using After Effects for animation, HTML/CSS for website creation, book and print design, and archival printing methods. All projects are accompanied by readings that provide historical and theoretical grounding to support the concepts explored through practice. An emphasis on refining technical and aesthetic photography skills are central throughout the semester. Prerequisites: DM-UY 2183 or DM-UY 2263

Integrated Digital Media (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Intro to Game Development (DM-UY 2153)

Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu
Credits: 3
Duration: 15 Weeks
Dates: Tue,Thu,Mon,Wed

This class introduces the principles of 2D and 3D computer-game design. Students learn the range of game types and understand their conceptual building blocks. Students complete a structured sequence of assignments toward the completion of a new-game design. Students prepare, through a staged sequence of assignments, a fully worked-out design for an original game. Criteria include storyline quality, graphics quality and appropriateness of design to the game concept originality. For games with an educational or instructional purpose, clarity and effectiveness for the target audience is considered. | Prerequisite: DM-UY 1133

Integrated Digital Media (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks