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SCIMA-2120-2: CPM: Computational Practices 1

Fall 2019

Subject: Science and Math
Type: Studio
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: September 03, 2019 — December 13, 2019
Meetings: Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - Hybrid Lab
Instructor: Michael Toren

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 0/15 Closed

Description:

This course introduces students to basic concepts and techniques of computational practice, primarily through designing and developing screen-based interactive visual work. Technology touches everything we do today; this course aims to help students understand how this occurs, where the frontiers of computation lie, and how to find opportunities for pushing their disciplines forward. In this course, students will develop an intuitive understanding of encoding process into computer programs and skill at building new tools that enable new ways of thinking about, exploring, and understanding the world. Specific topics will include abstraction, iteration, hierarchy, data modeling, simulation, visualizing data, designing systems, and debugging programs. These concepts will be introduced and reinforced using the JavaScript language, the p5.js framework, HTML, and other foundational technologies in common professional use. A final project requires that students develop a relative depth of expertise in those technical areas touched by the project. High school level competence in algebra is assumed.

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