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Carleton University School for Studies in Art and CultureCourse OutlineCOURSE: ACUL 1105 Media and Technology in Art and CultureTERM: Fall - Winter 2007-08PREREQUISITES: Permission of the SchoolINSTRUCTOR: Michael BussiereCONTACT: Office: 427 SPRoom: 416 SP (St. Patrick

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s Building)Day & Time: Wednesday - 11:30-2:30Office Hrs: Wednesday 2:30-5:00 or by appointmentTelephone: 613-520-2600 x. 8797Email: Michael_bussiere@carleton.ca

Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations in this course are required to contact acoordinator at the Paul Menton Centre to complete the necessary letters of accommodation. The studentmust then make an appointment to discuss their needs with the instructor at least two weeks prior to the firstclass. This is to ensure sufficient time is available to make the necessary accommodation arrangement.Please note the deadline for submitting completed forms to the PMC for formally a scheduled examaccommodation is March 14, 2008 for April examinations. For further information, please see,http://www.carleton.ca/pmc/students/accom_policy.html

OBJECT OF COURSEThis course is intended for students with interests and abilities in both computing and at least oneof the creative-arts disciplines of Carleton University

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s School for Studies in Art and Culture. Thecourse is also available to students of the School of Mass Communications, School ofArchitecture, and the Faculty of Engineering as an elective. ACUL 1105 also serves as theintroductory course of SSAC

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s Diploma in New Media that culminates in the 4909 e-Portfolio.ACUL 1105 supports your creativity and scientific knowledge to make full use of state-of-the-artnew-media software development/production technologies and to develop the technologies andcomputing applications of the future. It also provides an overview of the theoretical developmentsas practiced by the key figures throughout the history of the electronic/ new media arts.FORMAT OF COURSE

The course will follow a lecture/discussion format, and will include gallery and lab visits, and web-streamed guest lectures. Assignments are both written and practice-based using the School

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ssonic design media studios. This course will also be as paperless as possible, with readings,handouts, and other supplementary material being distributed exclusively by email ordownloadable at:http://www.carleton.ca/ssac/ . N.B. a Carleton email account is required.The most unusual aspect to this course is its intention to “live” the theories and practices beingtaught. Live web streaming to and from the classroom and studios will be a fundamentalcomponent of the lecture presentations, as will the integration of media technologies andtechniques. Students are required to bring laptops with wireless cards to each class, and attend apreparatory workshop in elementary web-based media techniques. To the greatest degreepossible students will experience the principles and practices of telematics: the art of embodimentover distance. Two telematic events per term on Canada

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s CA*net4 network will take place inclass and a student “crew” will be assigned to prepare and manage the production, and producematerials for a wiki-type knowledge base and a video repository of documentaries.

OUTLINE ACUL 1105 FALL – WINTER 2007-8

COURSE REQUIREMENTS1.

Studio Production ProjectsThis course is about creative expression through technology, and therefore style and substance,content and manner are considered in the formulation of both the studio production and WWWproject grades. Your instructor is available to assist you in both the technical requirements andthe creative process. Attendance and class participation will also be duly noted. Students must beprepared to discuss the evolution of their projects in each studio class during the final month ofeach term.Students are required to complete one studio project per term. The fall term project is to berealized exclusively with digital video technology. This project is to be approximately 1 minute inlength and be either narrative or experimental in nature. The winter term project employs audiomaterial only and is to be realized exclusively for multiple loudspeakers. This project is to beapproximately 2 minutes in length, be multi-track in format, and be either thematic or experimentalin nature. Access to the Carleton sonic design production suites is available on a weekly basiscommencing in October 2007. A regularly scheduled studio time will be available for eachstudent.Studio production projects are due in the SSAC assignment drop box (St. Pat

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s) by closing timeon the last day of classes per term: Monday, December 3rd 2007; and Monday, April 7th 2008.Further instructions will be delivered to students online.2.

WWW ProjectsStudents will be assigned one WWW project per term, as directed by the instructor via e-mail andin class, to be submitted exclusively by email. Students will develop and submit a web-baseddocument based on a series of email instructions. The WWW project will relate to the lecturetopics and studio projects, and provide students with supplementary Web resources, as well asan opportunity to create a multi-media document derived from the Internet.All instructions, due dates, and other information will be provided exclusively via email.3.

Telematic ProductionStudents will be assigned a role within a production crew once per term in support of a monthlytime-based telematic event to take place during class hours. Given the networked nature of theevent, it may become necessary to schedule the production outside of class hours, in which casea contingency plan will be built into the preproduction phase. This may be necessary toaccommodate time zone differences with our collaborators across the country. The theme of theevent will dovetail with the lecture topic and the instructor will assign specific tasks to eachcrewmember involved in the realization and documentation of the event. Pre-production meetingsand workshops are mandatory for all crewmembers. All instructions, crew assignments,scheduling, and other relevant information will be available online 2 weeks prior to each event.Each event and subsequent discussion will be documented by 8 cameras and edited by 8students for posting in the repository. A student survey will review the event and thedocumentation process, and evaluate the success of using multiple points of view to unite theperformative and the mediated image, and depict group consensus on networks.

OUTLINE ACUL 1105 FALL – WINTER 2007-8

Term Research EssaysStudents are required to submit one 2000-word essay per term. This essay will deal with topicsrelating to visual media in the fall term and audio media in the winter term. Students will selectfrom a list of essay topics to be issued by email following the first six lectures of each term. Theinstructor will also issue an email requesting a list of sources to be used as the basis for theessay, 3 weeks in advance of the essay

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s due date for approval. Failure to select an essay topicand submit a list of sources in advance of the submission will be detrimental to the grade.Webpages may serve as secondary sources only, and must be of a legitimate academic nature.Essays must conform to the SSAC style sheet in terms of style, annotation, bibliography, andpresentation. The university

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s Writing Tutorial Service is available for consultation sessions byappointment only. Further information may be found here:http://www.carleton.ca/wts/index.htmlPenalties for plagiarism will be strictly enforced, according to the policy outlined here:http://www.carleton.ca/artandculture/essay_plagiarism.htmlPaper copies of essays are due in class in the fall term on Wednesday November 14

2007 andin the winter term on Wednesday March 12

2008.EVALUATIONThe final grade will be calculated as follows:2 studio projects 15% per term2 essays 15% per term2 WWW projects 10% per term2 telematic productions 10% per termThere are no grade-raising exams for this course. Extensions will be granted only if they complywith University policy. In other words, late assignments require a medical certificate, or one gradepoint will be deducted for each day beyond the deadline. It is very important to note that technicalproblems with personal computers will not serve as an acceptable excuse for late assignments.Criteria for Evaluation of Final Grade:

A =

Demonstration of a

superior

understanding of the materials, techniques and theoreticalconcepts discussed in the course. Ability to demonstrate this understanding in writtenassignments. Studio and web projects display a very high degree of originality and technique.

B =

Demonstration of a

solid

understanding of the materials, techniques and theoretical conceptsdiscussed in the course. Ability to demonstrate this understanding in written assignments. Studioand web projects display a high degree of originality and creative technique.

C =

Demonstration of a

partial

understanding of the materials, techniques and theoreticalconcepts discussed in the course. Grasp of the subject matter is tentative, and creative projectsare derivative. Written assignments contain numerous errors of style and language, and aresubstantially thin. Projects fail to meet required length.

D =

Demonstration of a

poor

understanding of the materials, techniques and theoretical conceptsdiscussed in the course. Written assignments and creative projects are generally poor in style,content, and technique.