LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply their technical knowledge and skills in computational art and design to create artworks, experiences, services, tools, and other creative productions.
- Apply basic programming concepts and techniques, such as variables, functions, flow control, comments, types, objects and arrays.
- Describe, discuss, and demonstrate uses of code as a creative medium.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 02.09.2024 - 29.11.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Markku Reunanen, Matti Niinimäki
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:
This course introduces creative coding not just as a tool but also as a creative medium in itself. The course consists of joint lectures for all students and additional exercise groups that students choose based on their previous experience, skill level, and interests.
Topics covered in the course:
- Historical and contemporary examples of computational art and design
- The role of computation in interactive, generative, and immersive artworks
- Fundamental computational thinking
- Data types and structures
- Flow control statements (loops, conditional execution)
- Basics of object-oriented programming
- Best practices (commenting, formatting, structuring)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Participation in teaching, completed assignments. Minimum 80% attendance. See MyCourses for more detailed information on evaluation criteria.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures, technical demonstrations, programming exercises, independent study.
6 ECTS ≈ 160h
- Lectures: ~26h
- Studio teaching, demonstrations, and excercises: ~70h
- Independent study: ~64h
The student registers to the common lectures and one of the available groups. The details of the study methods for each group will be provided in more detail in the MyCourses syllabus.
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Learning materials will be provided on the MyCourses page.
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
2025-2026 Autumn I - IIRegistration:
Minimum amount of participants: 8
Maximum amount of participants: 30Registration for Courses Sisu. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture
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