The Algorithmic Eye: Computing and Visual Media

3-0-9 units. HASS-H · Undergraduate

Studies how the use of computers to produce, capture, and comprehend views of the world has transformed visual culture. Tracks the development of computational imaging across media history (from art, photography, and film to video games and computer vision). Students uncover the cultural stakes of computational imaging when it comes to questions of aesthetics, surveillance, automation, and infrastructure. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.