CMPM - Computational Media

CMPM 25 Introduction to 3D Modeling

Introduces theory and techniques of 3D computer graphics. Topics include: capabilities of modern graphics hardware; 3D coordinate spaces; modeling with polygons; NURBS and subdivision surfaces; applying textures and materials; lighting; and simple effects. Students develop proficiency in 3D modeling via lectures and assignments focused on the use of a 3D modeling tool.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Jim Whitehead, Christopher Yonge

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 26 Introduction to 3D Animation

Introduces theories and techniques of 3D computer animation. Topics include: character animation; rigging; simulation of cloth, liquids, and fire; motion capture; rendering; and editing animated scenes. Students develop proficiency in 3D animation via lectures and assignments focused on the use of a 3D animation tool and use of motion-capture software.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Christopher Yonge

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 25.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 27 Fundamentals of Substance Designer and Painter

Introduction to the development of physically based materials in Substance Designer and Substance Painter. These are then applied to a range of character and machine models within either the Blender or Maya 3D modeling applications.

Credits

5

Instructor

Christopher Yonge

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 25 or by permission of the instructor.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 35 Data Structures for Interactive Media

Introduction to common data structures, algorithms that operate on them, and techniques for implementation. Uses digital authoring of interactive media as a frame to motivate asymptotic (big-O) analysis of design scalability. Students will program in a strongly typed language.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Angus Forbes

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CSE 30

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 80A Accessible Games

Overview of the physical, psychological, cultural, and psychosocial aspects of disability and how they impact game play. Discusses implications for universal and accessible game design.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan

General Education Code

PE-T

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 80K Foundations of Video Game Design

A generally accessible course in which students explore how video games (and games generally) shape experiences and express ideas. Students develop novel games, engage in game interpretation, and survey related topics (e.g., game history, technology, narrative, and ethics) through lectures and readings. Programming experience is not required.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Jim Whitehead, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 80L Entrepreneurial Organization and Leadership

Provides a framework for leadership in entrepreneurial organizations. Topics include leading with authenticity, motivation and personality, storytelling, teamwork and management, organizational culture and processes. Learning is integrated with practice through deep engagement with entrepreneurial leaders and a time-intensive entrepreneurial project. (Formerly Technology and Information Management 80L.)

Credits

5

Instructor

David Lee

General Education Code

PE-H

CMPM 94 Group Tutorial

Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 94F Group Tutorial

Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 120 Game Development Experience

Teaches the concrete programming and collaboration skills associated with making a digital game from start to finish, including but not limited to: establishing a team, concepting, storyboarding, prototyping, producing, and testing a game for release. Students are organized into groups and work together to create and produce a playable game. This course is taught in conjunction with ARTG 120 which covers the skills required to design and critique digital games.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Nathan Altice, Jim Whitehead

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 80K; and FILM 80V; and CSE 15 and CSE 15L or CSE 30 or CMPM 35; and ARTG 80G or ARTG 80H or ARTG 80I; and concurrent enrollment in ARTG 120. Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors or by permission of the instructor.

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 121 Game Technologies

Introduction to construction of games using game engine technology, using a specific game engine as a focus. Covers major game engine features: input, collision, animation, model import, lighting, camera, rendering, textures, particle systems. Introduction to a specific game scripting language, custom game logic, game programming patterns.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Jim Whitehead

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 120.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 131 User Experience for Interactive Media

Theories and practices for approaching the design problems of interactive media holistically, beyond usability and accessibility. Includes hands-on learning, application of human-centered design and evaluation skills in group projects, and peer critique.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan, Steve Whittaker

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 132 Interaction Design Studio

Practice-based interaction design studio course. Students learn about design-led approaches to Human-Computer Interaction through participating in group projects. Course offers introductions to design methods and actionable strategies to do interaction design work and design-led technology research.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

CMPM 146 Game AI

Course provides a comprehensive introduction to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in computer games. Building on fundamental principles of AI, course explains how to create non-player characters (NPCs) with progressively more sophisticated capabilities.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Adam Smith, Michael Mateas

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CSE 101; familiarity with C++. Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 147 Generative Design

Introduces generative methods for design. Uses algorithmic techniques to generate and evaluate game content (images, sounds, map designs) along with mechanics and progression systems. Search-based and learning-based techniques with connections to artificial intelligence are also covered.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 120.

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 148 Interactive Storytelling

Covers a range of design approaches and technologies including storytelling in games, interactive fiction, interactive drama, and artificial intelligence-based story generation. Through a mixture of readings, assignments, and project work, students explore the theoretical positions, debates, and technical and design issues arising from these approaches.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Michael Mateas

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CSE 101. Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors.

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 150 Creating Digital Audio

Introduces digital sound recording and editing technologies, sound synthesis, and concepts in sound design for media production. Covers the basics of sound capture, microphones, audio manipulation and editing, effects, sound formats, mixing and dynamics, synthesizers, audio software, and game audio.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nathan Altice

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 151 Algorithmic Music for Games

Introduces compositional techniques and procedural audio as exhibited in the sound and music of video games. Surveys different styles of music implemented in video games and associated compositional approaches. Students develop skill in procedural audio via a series of workshops and assignments.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nathan Altice

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CSE 14 and CSE 14L, or CSE 11.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 152 Musical Data

Surveys the relationship between music and data as exhibited in industry and research implementations of sonification and music information retrieval. Students introduced to various styles and algorithms of sound analysis and modeling and develop skills to program unique approaches in this area.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisites: CMPM 35 or CMPM 120 or CMPM 150 or CMPM 151 or by permission of instructor. Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 163 Game Graphics and Real-Time Rendering

Introduces real-time, hardware-accelerated graphics programming suitable for game development, visual effects, and interactive multimedia projects. Emphasizes contemporary shader-programming techniques and developing custom effects using game engines and multimedia software.

Credits

5

Instructor

Angus Forbes

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 120 (exceptions granted in special cases with permission of the instructor).

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 164 Game Engines

Covers the graphic elements in computer games. Topics include modifying, optimizing, adding components, and building a game engine. Course evaluation based on exams and several programming projects, including a game built using the student's game engine.

Credits

5

Instructor

Angus Forbes, Adam Smith

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CSE 160 and CSE 160L. Concurrent enrollment in CMPM 164L is required.

CMPM 164L Game Engines Lab

Provides hands-on experience in using, designing, and building game engines. Students also explore different special effects, such as particle systems, spring systems, and game physics.

Credits

2

Instructor

Angus Forbes, Adam Smith

Requirements

Concurrent enrollment in CMPM 164 is required.

CMPM 169 Creative Coding

Surveys seminal and contemporary artworks and interactive installations that utilize and critically analyze new media, new technologies, and new algorithms. Students introduced to creative coding practices and encouraged to emulate existing digital arts techniques and to develop their own computational arts projects.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisites: CMPM 35 or CMPM 120 or CMPM 163 or by permission of instructor. Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

CMPM 170 Game Design Studio I

First of a three-course capstone sequence for the computer game design program. Students work in teams to develop a comprehensive game design for a substantial computer game, including detailed storyline, level design, artistic approach, implementation technologies, and art-asset pipeline. Emphasis placed on creating novel, artistic game design concepts. Includes design reviews and formal presentations. Companion lectures cover advanced topics in game design, game programming, and software project management. Students are billed a materials fee.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; CMPM 120, ARTG 120 and CSE 111. Enrollment is restricted to Computer science: computer game design majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 171 Game Design Studio II

Second of a three-course capstone sequence for the computer game design program. Students work in teams on the software design, implementation, and testing of the computer game designed in CMPM 170. Includes design reviews, progress reviews, and formal presentations. Companion lectures cover topics in software engineering, including design, testing, and project management. Game design and game programming also covered. Students are billed a materials fee.

Credits

7

Instructor

Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas, Eddie Melcer

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 170 and CMPM 176 and one computer game engineering elective. Enrollment is restricted to computer science: computer game design majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 172 Game Design Studio III

Third of a three-course capstone sequence for the computer game design program. Students work in teams on the software design, implementation and testing of the computer game designed in courses 170 and 171. Includes progress reviews and formal presentations. Companion lectures cover topics in software engineering, including user and software testing, release engineering and project management; also covered are game design and game programming. Students are billed a materials fee.

Credits

7

Instructor

The Staff, Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael John

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 171. Enrollment is restricted to Computer science:computer game design major.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 176 Game Systems

Presents game design as the interplay of multiple interacting game systems. Surveys various game systems: movement, combat, reward, economic, logistics, quest, information visibility, narrative. Students explore systems via study, design, and play of board, card, and computer games.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff, Nathan Altice

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 80K.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 177 Creative Strategies for Designing Interactive Media

Surveys tactical, structural, contextual, and other methods to enhance creativity and innovation in the design of games and other interactive media. Investigates strategies for creativity and innovation drawn from diverse fields, including interactive affordances, narrative and poetics, biology, contextual inquiry, and design research. To innovate in a field of fixed genres is challenging: the allure of modeling exemplars is strong. Although imitation can be successful in the marketplace, the most creative action occurs on the leading edge of change. Innovation benefits from strategies and methods that are directly aimed at exploring new perspectives and structures to learn through the process of discovery.

Credits

5

Instructor

Katherine Isbister

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 178 Human-Centered Design Research

Students move through a rigorous design-research process involving skills and principles in human-centered design research as well as selected formal research methods. They learn to use tools for ideation, human-centered qualitative research, domestic probes, mock-ups, and prototypes.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan, Katherine Isbister, Leila Takayama

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 179 Game Design Practicum

Provides the opportunity to practice the creation of novel computer games. Students learn a new game-making technology, then create three games using this technology.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ARTG 179

Instructor

The Staff, Jim Whitehead, Nathan Altice

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 120 and CMPM 80K.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-C

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 194 Group Tutorial

Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 194F Group Tutorial

Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 195 Senior Thesis Research

Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 195F Senior Thesis Research

Intended for majors. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 198 Individual Study or Research

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 198F Individual Study or Research

Intended for majors. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 199 Tutorial

For fourth-year students majoring in computational media. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 199F Tutorial

For fourth-year students majoring in computational media. Students submit a petition to the sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

CMPM 201 Introduction to Computational Media

Provides a broad foundation in the history, theory, and contemporary practice of computational media, examining its roots in a variety of fields and current structures of participation. Also covers a selection of key critical lenses for understanding computational media.

Credits

5

Instructor

Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice, Angus Forbes

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to computational media graduate students, or by permission of the instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 202 Computation Media Research

Overview of computational media research strategies. Includes case studies of how particular projects were defined and completed and how interdisciplinary concerns have been successfully integrated. Considers the expressive and authorial affordances of different system architecture approaches.

Credits

5

Instructor

Michael Mateas, Angus Forbes

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 201, or by permission of the instructor. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Quarter offered

Winter

CMPM 203 Computational Media Methods

Overview of major methods in computational media research. Includes non-numerical methods such as playtesting, arts critique, ethnographic observation, and humanistic interpretation. Also includes numerically oriented methods such as survey instruments, data mining, user experiments, and characterizing expressive/generative spaces.

Credits

5

Instructor

Katherine Isbister, Sri Kurniawan

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to Computational Media graduate students.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 204 Computational Media Project Definition

Students define the topic, approach, and scope for an M.S. thesis or project. Includes discussion of successful past projects and theses, visits from faculty presenting open problems, reviews of related literature, topic and timeline presentations, and critiques.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice, Katherine Isbister, Leila Takayama

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to computational media graduate students, or by permission of the instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 206 Computational Media Research Preparation

Covers skills for finding relevant literature for a novel research topic, integrating that literature, and communicating the results. Also covers how to select work for a research portfolio, present that work, and describe contributions. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. Prerequisite(s): CMPM 201, CMPM 202, and CMPM 203 for an understanding of media creation and computer programming; good standing in the Ph.D. program. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Credits

2

Instructor

Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 235 User Evaluation of Technology

Presents a variety of evaluation methodologies to assess usability, acceptance, and effectiveness of technology with the intended users. Combines lectures and exercises for students to gain firsthand experiences of these methodologies with real users.

Credits

5

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan, Katherine Isbister, Steve Whittaker

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students. Seniors may enroll with completion of CSE 165.

CMPM 237 Advanced Topics in Human-Robot Interaction

Study of current topics in human-robot interaction design and research. Topics vary, but are expected to include how people think, act, and behave around robotic agents; telepresence and teleoperated robotics; applications of human-robot systems; collaborative robotics; and social robotics.

Credits

5

Instructor

Leila Takayama

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 243 Social Computing Research: Design, Algorithms, and Incentives

Provides an interdisciplinary view of computational systems and human interaction, with an emphasis on human-computer interaction and algorithmic economics. Students learn about seminal and cutting-edge research contributions and methodologies, and carry out a quarter-long research project. (Formerly Technology and Information Management 243.)

Credits

5

Instructor

David Lee

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): A background in either mathematical proofs or user-centered design and programming. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students; undergraduates may enroll by permission.of the instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 244 Artificial Intelligence in Games

The use of AI techniques to enable new player interactions, game mechanics, and genres. Combines elements from academic AI and machine learning with industry game AI techniques. Includes lecture and paper discussions as well as AI programming exercises and projects.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Michael Mateas

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students; others by permission.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 248 Interactive Storytelling

Covers wide range of practices including hypertext, interactive fiction, embedded narratives in games, interactive drama, and artificial intelligence-based story generation. Through a mixture of readings, assignments, and project work, explores the theoretical positions, debates, and technical and design issues arising from these different approaches.

Credits

5

Instructor

Michael Mateas

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Quarter offered

Spring

CMPM 265 Generative Methods

In-depth exploration of algorithms for the automated generation of 2D and 3D models and content. Covers multiple approaches, including noise, grammars, genetic algorithms and programming, parametric design, and answer-set programming. Includes application of techniques to computer-game content and level design.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

CMPM 268 Immersive Analytics

Investigates how new immersive display technologies and interaction techniques can support analytical reasoning and decision making in a variety of contexts.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

CMPM 269 Machine Learning for Creativity and Design

Introduces contemporary techniques in deep learning focusing on the application of these techniques to a range of tasks related to art and design outputs.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisites: CMPM 202 or by permission of the instructor. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Quarter offered

Fall

CMPM 280C Computational Media Seminar

Graduate seminar with speakers from academia and industry. Covers state of the art research and industry trends in Computational Media and related areas.

Credits

2

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan, Angus Forbes

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to computational media and games and playable media graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280F Seminar in Creative Coding and Computational Media

Covers advanced topics and current research in creative coding as it intersects computational media. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students and by permission of instructor. This class can be taken for Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory credit only.

Credits

2

Instructor

Angus Forbes

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280G Seminar in Generative Methods

Weekly seminar covering advanced topics and current research in generative methods--the field focused on algorithms for creation of 2D and 3D models and content.

Credits

2

Instructor

Jim Whitehead, Adam Smith

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280H Seminar in Human-Computer Interaction and Computational Media

Covers advanced topics and current research in human-computer interaction as it intersects computational media. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation. Enrollment restricted to graduate students and by permission of the instructor.

Credits

2

Instructor

Katherine Isbister

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280I Human Computer Interaction Seminar

Ongoing participatory seminar toward staying informed about the current state of the art in Human Computer Research, both within the Computational Media department, as well as in the broader field. Course consists of weekly lectures and discussion. Graduate students will take part in giving presentations.

Credits

2

Instructor

Katherine Isbister, Sri Kurniawan

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to computational media and games and playable media graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

CMPM 280K Seminar in Interactive Systems for Individuals with Special Needs

Covers advanced topics and current research in interactive systems for individuals who have special needs. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation.

Credits

2

Instructor

Sri Kurniawan

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280R Topics in Human-Robot Interaction

Focuses on human-centered design and research approaches to the development of robotic technologies. Students read primary research papers, examine prototype robotic systems, and build upon those materials to lead group discussions, propose research projects, and conduct HRI research.

Credits

2

Instructor

Leila Takayama

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280S Seminar Topics

Weekly seminar series of current research on a special topic in information systems and technology management. The theme of research presented throughout the course selected by the instructor. Topics may include, but are not limited to, knowledge planning, new product development and management of technology. Enrollment with permission of instructor. (Formerly Technology and Information Management 280S.)

Credits

2

Instructor

The Staff, Ramakrishna Akella, Yunfei Chen, David Lee

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280W Seminar in Digital Media

Covers advanced topics and current research in digital media—the interdisciplinary field at the intersection of computer science, media authoring, and models of interpretation from the humanities and social sciences. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation.

Credits

2

Instructor

Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 280X Expressive AI

Weekly seminar covering topics of current research in artificial intelligence applied to interactive art and entertainment, including computer games. Enrollment by permission of instructor. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.

Credits

2

Instructor

Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 290A Topics in Computational Media

Students learn about a current research area in computational media and make a contribution. Each course offering focuses on a different aspect of technical, creative, and/or interpretive work in the field.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adam Smith, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice, Angus Forbes

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to computational media graduate students.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 290J Playable Media

Focuses on media, such as computer games, that invite and structure play. Work includes building and critiquing a series of prototypes; studying major examples in the field; and discussing both theoretical and practice-oriented texts. Enrollment by permission of instructor. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

DANM 250D

Instructor

Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Robin Hunicke

Repeatable for credit

Yes

CMPM 290K Social and Emotional Approaches to Human Computer Interaction

Focuses on enhancing social and emotional capabilities and qualities in interactive systems. Students read research, look at sample systems, and engage in evaluation, design, and prototyping exercises. A research project and helping to lead class discussions are also required.

Credits

5

Instructor

Katherine Isbister

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

CMPM 290P Topics in Computational Cinematography

Focuses on discussion of recent advances in visual storytelling in graphical environments. Major topics covered are: intelligent camera control, shot-compositions, lighting design, interactive storytelling, and computational techniques associated with these applications. Class consists of in-class discussions and student presentations of research papers and a final student project.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

DANM 290P

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

CMPM 297A Independent Study or Research

Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 297B Independent Study or Research

Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

10

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 297C Independent Study or Research

Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

15

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 297F Independent Study or Research

Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

CMPM 299A Thesis Research

Thesis research conducted under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 299B Thesis Research

Thesis research conducted under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

10

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

CMPM 299C Thesis Research

Thesis research conducted under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

15

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

Cross-listed courses that are managed by another department are listed at the bottom.

Cross-listed Courses

CSE 245 Computational Models of Discourse and Dialogue

Focuses on classic and current theories and research topics in the computational modeling of discourse and dialogue, with applications to human-computer dialogue interactions; dialogue interaction in computer games and interactive story systems; and processing of human-to-human conversational and dialogue-like language such as e-mails. Topics vary depending on the current research of the instructor(s) and the interests of the students. Students read theoretical and technical papers from journals and conference proceedings and present class lectures. A research project is required.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

LING 245, CMPM 245

Instructor

Marilyn Walker

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students. Undergraduates may enroll with permission of instructor.