DRAFT 4/30/07
PENDING INTERDISCIPLINARY FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
IFDM Steering Committee:
Holly Barnet-Sanchez, Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts; Charles Fleddermann, Associate Dean, School of Engineering; Geraldine Forbes-Isais, Director, Architecture Program; Jim Linnell. Senior Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts; Anne Madsen, Associate Dean College of Education; Michael Norwood, Associate Dean School of Law; Laurie Schatzberg, Senior Associate Dean, Anderson Schools of Management; Jane Slaughter, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences;
IFDM University Task
Force Working Group:
Ed Angel, Computer Science; Dorothy Baca, Theatre & Dance; Holly Barnet-Sanchez, Associate Dean; Ted Bouras, Mgr. Career & Student Services; Tim Castillo, Architechture; Tom Caudell, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science; David Dunaway, English; Charles Fleddermann, Associate Dean, School of Engineering; Nick Flor, Marketing, Information & Decision Sciences (MIDS); Geraldine Forbes-Isais, Director, Architecture Program; Erik Gerding, Law; Eva Hayward, Media Arts; Andree Jacobson, Computer Science; Joe Kniss, Computer Science; Jim Linnell. Senior Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts; Bill Liotta, Theatre & Dance; Anne Madsen, Associate Dean College of Education; Joyce Neimanus, Art & Art History; Michael Norwood, Associate Dean, School of Law; Nancy Pauly, Art Education; Richard Schaefer, Communications & Journalism; Scott Sanders, English; Katrin Schroeter, Foreign Languages; Laurie Schatzberg, Senior Associate Dean, Anderson Schools of Management; Pradeep Sen, Electrical & Computer Engineering & Computer Science; Jason Skinner, Organization Learning & Instructional Technology; Jane Slaughter, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Mary Tsiongas, Art & Art History.
http://www.unm.edu/~finearts/ifdm
We wish to express our thanks to Governor Richardson
and to the New Mexico State Legislature for funding in support of this Curricular Initiative
MISSION................................................................................................................................................................ 3
CURRICULUM MODEL....................................................................................................................................... 3
GOALS & COMPETENCIES................................................................................................................................ 5
(PENDING) COMMON CORE CLASSES.......................................................................................................... 6
ADVISING..............................................................................................................................................................8
Draft IFDM Organizational Chart and Governance............................................................................................... 12
(PENDING) MAJOR TRACKS IN COLLEGES & SCHOOLS........................................................................ 13
CFA IFDM Production- Sequence 128 Hrs...................................................................................................... 13
CFA IFDM Visualization-Sequence 128 Hrs.................................................................................................... 16
CFA IFDM Critical Studies-Sequence 128 Hrs................................................................................................. 18
Computer Science B.S. Program with IFDM Concentration 132 Hrs............................................................. 20
Computer Engineering Curriculum with a Concentration in Digital Media........................................................ 22
Arts & Sciences Major Tracks are Pending....................................................................................................... 25
Anderson Schools of Management Major Track is Pending.............................................................................. 25
ADDENDUM: IFDM CORE SYLLABI............................................................................................................. 26
IFDM 105: HISTORIES IN INTER/NEW MEDIA......................................................................................... 27
IFDM 110/CS 152: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS...................................................38
IFDM 200: ACTIVATING DIGITAL SPACE................................................................................................ 40
IFDM 210: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY............................................... 43
IFDM 300: CRITICAL FOUNDATIONS IN INTER/NEW MEDIA............................................................. 45
IFDM 310: WRITING DIGITAL NARRATIVE............................................................................................. 56
IFDM 400: ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY............................................................................... 60
IFDM 410: LAW AND BUSINESS................................................................................................................ 62
MISSION
The pending Film and Digital Media Program at the University of New Mexico is a model of interdisciplinary education for the twenty-first century that will give our students necessary critical, creative, and technical skills to apply digital technologies in innovative and productive ways. This program builds on ARTS Lab (Arts Research Technology and Science Laboratory), established in 2005 under Governor RichardsonÕs Media Industries Strategy Plan (MISP). Coordinating ARTS Lab with existing strengths at UNM in Fine Arts, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Anderson Schools of Management, along with other schools and colleges, the Film and Digital Media Program has four objectives:
á Integrate Filmmaking and Digital Media
á Build a Native New Mexican Hollywood
á Train the Citizens of New Mexico
á Foster Research
CURRICULUM MODEL
The pending Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media Program is conceived as a broadly inclusive program that provides curricular paths for students in Engineering, Fine Arts, Arts & Sciences and Anderson Schools of Management. As the graphic above shows the curriculum is built out of three primary integrated parts: 1) a common core of courses (24hrs) that all students in this program take, 2) major tracks that are offered by a particular college/school, and 3) capstone courses (8hrs) required of students in their final year in the program.
The Common Core is required of all students in the program.
It is designed to give the student technical, critical and creative skills with
the history, critical understanding and practice of digital media. Students in
the common core experience working individually and in collaborative teams.
PENDING INTERDISCIPLINARY FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA COMMON CORE
Students will be required to take 32 hours of Common Core classes in addition to selecting a major track offered by a college or school.
GOALS & COMPETENCIES
1. Demonstrate and apply knowledge about the history and practice of new/digital media
2. Demonstrate and apply technical knowledge of tools for producing new media
3. Demonstrate and apply, through studio practice, knowledge of audio and visual principles in an artistic context
4. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of business practices and legal concerns in digital media
5. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical issues in the interaction of technology, digital media, and society
Skills
1. The ability to think critically of the history and practice of new/digital media
2. The ability to program or modify existing digital media software
3. The ability to use the creative tools of digital media to produce and tell stories
4. The ability to prepare an effective business plan, including legal review, for the production of a digital media project
5. The ability to formulate policies and practices for digital media production from an ethical and social perspective
(PENDING) COMMON CORE CLASSES
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
IFDM 105 Inter and New Media Studies I (3)
The history of the methods and practices of Art, Science, & Technology in the development of New Media. A survey of the phenomena called New Media from a historical perspective (Who has been doing what? why? where? What are the implications and socio-cultural context?).A look at the practices, careers, and disciplines involved with Film and Digital Media.
English 101 class attached 3hrs
Spring Semester
IFDM 110 Technical Foundations of Digital Media (3)
Working under the hood. Developing knowledge and practice of networking, scripting, & common operating systems. Involves collaborative projects.
English 102 class attached 3hrs
Sophomore
Year
Fall Semester
IFDM 200 Studio I: Activating Digital Space (3)
Introduction to Digital Space. Studio class exploring the critical, technical and creative elements of choosing what to put in the digital space, what to do with it when it is there, and how to send it out of the digital space, printed to paper, as light, as moving images, sound, etc.
Spring Semester
IFDM 210 Introduction to Computer Generated Imagery (3)
This course is an introduction to computer graphics and animation. It mixes theory and application using an industry standard animation package, presently Maya, both to teach use of the tool and to demonstrate key concepts. Involves collaborative projects.
Junior
Year
Fall Semester
IFDM 300 Critical Foundations of Inter/New Media (3)
This class will survey contemporary theories of the impact of digital media on the individual, the community and the state. Do digital media fundamentally alter the nature of the human self, as many claim? How do they alter the landscape? Our notions of what it means to be Òat homeÓ? The ways we do business? The ways we govern ourselves? To answer these questions, weÕll explore the dynamics of digital media and at the same time, the ways in which those dynamics shape—and have been shaped by—ongoing processes of social change.
Spring Semester
IFDM 310 STUDIO II: Writing Digital Narrative (3)
The structure of this course is divided into five parts: 1) The technical aesthetics of narrative media; 2) The structure of narrative; 3) The art of writing narrative; 4) The realization of narrative; 5) The fieldwork/writing project. The goal of this course is to offer students an overview of issues on writing for these digital media; its objective is to create successful, media-savvy writers, who work across digital platforms.
Senior
Year
Fall Semester
IFDM 400 Ethics, Science & Technology. (3)
Ethical issues arising from the impact of science and technology on the personal, social and political dimensions of culture or what happens and who takes responsibility when the genie is out of the bottle?
IFDM 450 Capstone I. (4)
Students required to form interdisciplinary collaborative teams. Teams develop and plan project idea.
Spring Semester
IFDM 410 Law and Business (3)
This course is designed to
introduce students to the business and legal aspects of creating a new digital
media venture. This is a project based course where an interdisciplinary team
of students will be required to develop a business plan for a new digital media
product. The students will be exposed to the life cycle of a new venture,
including the following stages: concept formation; marketing;
developing a budget; finding financing; forming a company;
hiring and managing employees; and sales.
IFDM 451 Capstone II (4)
Collaborative teams execute projects and give open demonstration of the results.
ADVISING
Admissions
The Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media Program described in this packet includes pending new degree programs and concentrations within existing degree programs that will be submitted for approval in the coming academic year. This program has two major parts, first, a Common Core of 32 hours of classes, and pending major tracks or concentrations offered by the colleges: Arts & Sciences, Fine Arts, Engineering, and Anderson Schools of Management.
The Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media Program will begin in the fall 2007 semester by offering the first in the sequence of Common Core courses. Because the IFDM Program is a proposed program that will begin the process of University review and approval in the Fall semester, the first Core Course—IFDM 105 INTER AND NEW MEDIA STUDIES will be offered as a Topics course Fine Arts 229. 001. For Freshman this course will also be a Freshman Learning Community Course and will be linked with an English 101. Freshman who have not tested out of English 101 will sign up for FA 229. 650 and the co-requisite English 101. 650 making a six hour block. The courses as listed in the schedule will be restricted.
How many can be admitted to the program? Fifty students can be admitted in the first year.
Freshman (25)
For the English 101 these students will be divided into two sections.
Internal Transfer students (25)
How do Freshman sign up for this course?
As a Freshman you will indicate your interest in this program and sign up for FA 229 650 by completing a form. The form will be posted on the web and can be filled out and submitted via the web. The deadline for submission of the form requesting admission to the program will be June 4. The form asks you to state: 1) that you meet the College Prep requirements and need no introductory skills courses in Math, English, or Reading, 2) which college you intend to major in, and 3) asks you to write a 500 word statement on: A) describe previous experience, if any, with this subject; B) What is your interest in this program and why; C) what are you other interests related or unrelated to this program. Students will be distributed as evenly as possible among the participating colleges/schools and those admitted will be informed after June 11th. APPLICATION FORM CAN BE FOUND AND SUBMITTED ON THE WEB AT: http://www.unm.edu/~finearts/ifdm
How do Internal Transfer students sign up for this course?
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Staff Advisors for Interdisciplinary
Film & Digital Media Program |
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College |
Advisor |
Email |
Phone |
Office Location |
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Anderson
Schools of Mgt. |
Mary Huskey |
277-2947 |
ASM, Rm 251 |
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Lisa Gilmore |
277-7118 |
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Arts &
Sciences |
Julie Bustamante |
277-4621 |
Ortega Hall, Rm 251 |
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Stephanie Hands |
277-4621 |
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Engineering |
Lynne Jacobsen,
Computer Sci. |
277-3112 |
FEC, Rm 156 |
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Roberta M.
Meniccucci, Computer Engr. |
rmenicucci@eece.unm.edu |
277-1435 |
ECE, Rm 115 |
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Beth Isbell
Tapley |
277-4354 |
ECE, Rm 133 |
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Lourdes Garcia
OÕKeefe |
277-4354 |
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Fine Arts |
Deanna
S‡nchez-Mulcahy |
277-4817 |
Ctr. for the Arts, Rm 1103 |
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Jennifer Lucero |
jennlu@unm.edu |
277-4817 |
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Draft IFDM Organizational Chart and Governance
PROVOST
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Dean of Fine Arts,
Chair
Dean of the School of
Engineering
Vice President for
Research
Dean of the Graduate
School
Plus Deans from
Colleges & Schools with Degree Tracks
Dean of Arts &
Sciences
Dean of the Anderson
Schools of Business
Dean of Continuing Education
DIRECTOR OF IFDM
FACULTY COUNCIL
Participating faculty
from the Colleges & Schools with degree tracks
Draft Governance IFDM
Duties of Faculty Council:
- Develop
and revise IFDM Interdisciplinary Curriculum
- Participate
in admissions to pre-major status
- Advise
on IFDM programming and capstone courses
- Respond
and comment on College/Schools major track curricula
- Advise
on Internships, equipment and teaching needs for Common Core
- Assessment
(PENDING) MAJOR TRACKS IN COLLEGES & SCHOOLS
CFA Major Tracks
The Production track in the College of Fine Arts focuses on the areas involving narrative, character, performance and performers. It is the track that addresses film and video making, gaming, and the interaction of digital technology and live performance.
The Visualization track in the College of Fine Arts focuses on art making and digital media, installations, the bridging between art and science for work based on scientific data or metaphors of science.
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CFA IFDM Production- Sequence 128 Hrs.
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
IFDM 105 Inter and New Media Studies (3)
MA 111 Technical Introduction to Video Production (3)
Engl 101, Composition I (3)
Mathematics (see core curriculum) (3)
Social science (see core curriculum) (3)
15 hrs.
Spring Semester
IFDM 110 Technical Foundations of Digital Media (3)
ARTS 130 Intro to Electronic Arts (3)
Engl 102, Composition II (3)
Physical & Natural Science (see core curriculum) (4)
Social science (see core curriculum) (3)
15 hrs.