Example courses

• Audio-Visual Space / Whaitua Ataata-Rongo

  Students will investigate processes and strategies involved in the production of time-based media, including audio recording, editing and manipulation techniques. Revolving around the topic of audio-visual space, course projects will allow students to explore the psychology of perception and concepts of spatiality within audio and video design.

• Creative Coding and AI I / Waehere ā-Auaha me te Atamai Hangahanga I

  This course introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of interactive visual perception through creative coding and AI for interactive interfaces. Students will develop their own visual, animated, multimedia and interactive design solutions to address an array of design problems.

• Photographics / Ngā Whakaahuatanga

  Photography is explored as both a creative process and a design research tool. Students engage in both photographic practice and theoretical exploration, articulating their response to the photographic medium and developing their theoretical tool kit for analysing new image forms in relation to multiple types of design.

• Virtual Reality Design / Taupuni Ao Hoahoa

  Students are introduced to the histories and technical development of Virtual Reality both as a field of inquiry and as a creative platform for novel and engaging multimedia experiences. Topics include examples of VR from a variety of fields such as science, cinematography and new media arts. Students will critically evaluate contemporary VR environments using state of the art technology including a variety of hardware platforms.