D+M's core curriculum includes a three semester studio/seminar sequence, two seminars on the theory and history of media art and a thesis project at the end of the second year.
Core Studio + Seminar
Studio Seminar 1, 2, 3
Fall, Spring
- Shona Kitchen
- Mariela Yeregui
- Adela Goldbard
- Stephen Cooke
Thesis Project
Spring
- Shona Kitchen
- Mariela Yeregui
- Stephen Cooke
Media Perspectives
Fall
- Marianna Ellenberg
Critical Theory + Artistic Research in Context
Spring
- Erik DeLuca
Writing
Fall
- Marianna Ellenberg
Electives offered within Digital + Media typically take the form of studio courses that support the development of technical skills and conceptual integrity. Electives may be run solely through Digital + Media or may be cross-listed with another collaborating program at RISD.
Electives
Ambient Interfaces: Activated Objects
Fall
- Fletcher Bach
Code as Medium
Fall
- Fletcher Bach
Fembots and Cyborgs: Computational Feminist Creation
Fall
- Theo Ellin Ballew
Immersive Spaces
Fall
- Mattia Casalegno
Of Sound and Vision
Wintersession
- Mark Cetilia
Programming Sound: Performance Systems
Spring
- Shawn Greenlee
Research Studio: Technological Landscapes
Fall, Spring
- Shona Kitchen
Seeing Machines
Fall
- Clement Valla
Sonic Practices
Fall, Spring
- Shawn Greenlee
Sound Synthesis: Analog/Digital Hybrids
Spring
- Mark Cetilia
Spatial Audio
Fall
- Shawn Greenlee
Web Art as Site
Spring
- Theo Ellin Ballew
During wintersession, D+M graduate students are invited to design studio electives open to the entire student body in which “the digital” is both the means and the ends of inquiry. These are the student taught courses for Wintersession 2021:
Wintersession (student taught)
Digital Ecology
Wintersession
- Kathrine Jarvinen
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Wintersession
- Zongxian Huang
- Nicola DiFusco
Remix Digital
Wintersession
- Meghan Surges
- Ollie Rosario
In this course, we will develop techniques for remixing digital materials within the public domain.
Speculating Systems
Wintersession
- Mariana Ramos Ortiz
- Emily Bright