ARTS-A0407 - Digital Sculpture 3 - Programming for sculptors, Lecture, 12.1.2022-17.2.2022

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will be familiar with basic programming techniques to be used for creating physical computing art projects.

Credits: 2

Schedule: 12.01.2022 - 17.02.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Otso Sorvettula, Antti-Ville Reinikainen, Gregoire Rousseau

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The emphasis of this course is to introduce students to programming techniques that can be used to control or interact with objects in the real, physical world. Processing and Arduino will be the main programming environments used.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Individual and small group discussion and critique. Active participation in classwork. Successful completion of own project.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    54 hours / 2 cr

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Provided in class
    e.g. Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers, auth. Dan O Sullivan and Tom Igoe https://www.arduino.cc/ , https://processing.org/

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    4 Quality Education

    5 Gender Equality

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Minimum amount of participants is 8 students.
    Two places are reserved for exchange students.

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Spring III

    2021-2022 Spring III

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ARTS-A0407

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

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    The order of priority for admitting students:

    1. Exchange students in Aalto ARTS, 2 places (applies to courses taught in English)
    2. Minor students (applies to compulsory courses in the minor)
    3. Degree students in Aalto ARTS
    4. Students from other schools in Aalto University and students who have applied for the course through different student mobility schemes (flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.)
    5. Other students

     

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