Art 389/Art 390
Topics in Animation and Interactive Media
This course invites an interdisciplinary group of students throughout the UMBC campus, including Visual Art students, animators, designers, information systems students, and students working in music technology, computer programming, and digital humanities, who will work in a project-based collaborative environment. The Rap Research Lab will introduce students to the processes of creative technology, data visualization and multimedia production in a professional work environment. Students work under the guidance of the Rap Research Lab director, usually in teams, on client-based or research projects. The focus of the course is on the development of ideas, utilizing evolving technologies. Rap Research Lab productions demand a diversity of skills from students. This opportunity is an upper-level course welcoming applications from students with a wide range of experience from ideation to production as well as skills including: spatial design,