Media Arts, Design, and Technology (MADT)
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MADT 101 Introduction to Communication 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course teaches the concepts, history, and applications of communication. The implications and ethical issues of media and the communication process are covered. 3 hours lecture. (001636)
Cross listing(s): JOUR 101
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 102 Design Thinking 3 Units GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An introduction to design thinking, a human-centered approach to innovation. Using methodologies or user-centered design, observational research, rapid prototyping, collaboration and system, this course explores creative problem solving. 3 hours lecture. (001637)
General Education: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development (E)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 103W Writing for Screen Media (W) 3 Units W
Prerequisite: ENGL 130W.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An introduction to the styles, formats and creative approaches used in writing for radio, television, film, and new media. Writing and pitching exercises include radio and television commercials, public service announcements, news, journalism, and long form screenwriting. 2 hours activity, 2 hours lecture. (001638)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Writing Course
MADT 104 Media Arts Symposium 1 Unit
Typically Offered: Fall only
This introductory symposium offers an overview of the media arts program and explores the latest developments in the media industries across a wide variety of professional paths. 1 hour lecture. (021931)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 1 unit
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 105 Introduction to College Radio 1 Unit
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
College radio is one of the most fun and fulfilling activities you can be a part of during your college years. This course is designed to help make your experience at KCSC better and more successful and is required for all new KCSC interns. Students learn about the structure and function of college radio including station operation, radio writing and production, and DJ performance. 1 hour lecture. (022452)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 1 unit
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 110 Design in Action: Foundations of Visual Communication 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This foundational course introduces students to the principles, theories, and practices of visual communication. Emphasis is placed on understanding how visual elements convey messages, evoke emotions, and influence perceptions. Through lectures, projects, and critiques, students explore design concepts, typography, composition, color theory, and the role of visual communication in shaping culture and society. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (022776)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 141 Media Aesthetics 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course will explore the elements of visual design as they apply to the production of video and film. An overview of visual literacy will be given, and the application of these elements to the critical analysis of video and film productions will be discussed. Successful completion of this course for majors requires a grade of C or higher. 3 hours lecture. (001649)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 146 Introduction to Media Production 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An introduction to audio and video preproduction, production, and postproduction. Students apply concepts learned in lecture with a weekly activity in video production and postproduction. 2 hours activity, 2 hours lecture. (021043)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 198 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours lecture. (001658)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 201 Queer and Trans Film 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
In this course we view and analyze the depiction of LGBTQ+ people's representation in film from its very beginning to today. We also view films that are created by LGBTQ+ individuals and groups who have used this medium to resist and challenge the stereotypes used to create oppression for the community. Queer film theory will be used to focus on how representation in film has changed and how that has shaped both the LGBTQ+ community and individual identities. Films include classics, contemporary films, popular and critical hits, and documentary films. Special attention is paid to intersections between race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic class, and other facets of LGBTQ+ identities. This course is a combination of lectures, film screenings, and discussion. Students are expected to attend and actively participate. 3 hours lecture. (022480)
Cross listing(s): QTST 201
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; US Diversity Course
MADT 203 Latinx Film: Representation, Resistance, and Disruption 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Viewing and analysis of Latinx and Chicanx films, from classics to contemporary popular and critical hits. Feature and documentary films are discussed in sociopolitical context and as cultural production. Special attention is paid to intersections between race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic class, and other facets of Latinx identities. 3 hours lecture. (021921)
Cross listing(s): CHLX 203
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; US Diversity Course
MADT 206 Introduction to Commercial Photography and Digital Imaging 
3 Units
3 Units Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an introduction to the fundamental vocabulary and techniques of commercial digital photography. Emphasis is placed on developing visual competence in the creation and consumption of lens-based imagery. Course content includes the basics of camera and digital production techniques for color and black and white photographs that are produced as exhibition-quality prints and on-screen imagery for commercial use. Includes a broad-based survey of photo history, contemporary theory, and current issues related to the practice of photography. Open to non-majors. 3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture. (001654)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Sustainable Course
MADT 210 Design Studio 1: Fundamentals of Graphic Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 110 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This studio course introduces students to the fundamental principles of graphic design through hands-on projects, critique, and visual exploration. Students develop skills in composition, typography, hierarchy, color, image-making, and conceptual thinking. Emphasis is placed on understanding visual language and the role of design in communication. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (001644)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 214 Time-Based Media Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 110 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This studio course introduces the fundamentals of time-based design, including motion graphics, kinetic typography, animated storytelling, and interactive sequences. Emphasis is placed on designing for duration, pacing, and transitions, with a focus on how time affects visual communication. Students gain experience in digital animation, visual rhythm, and sound integration using industry-standard tools. 2 hours activity, 2 hours lecture. (022781)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 216 Introduction to Digital Audio in Media 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course provides a theoretical and practical knowledge of digital audio productions techniques for radio, video, and multimedia. Particular emphasis is placed on audio for video and production strategies for effective communication in audio. 3 hours discussion. (001652)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 217 Social Media Photography 3 Units GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course provides students with an appreciation for aesthetic values, the knowledge of photographic techniques, the personal and social responsibility involved in dealing with publishing online content, and the overall sensibility that pertains to artistic minds. The course offers students the ability to create content affected by both their subjectivity and the cultures that surround them, and teach them the social implications of the use of technology in an increasingly mediated world. Student demonstrate knowledge of the application of visual communication, including: understanding subjectivity within online social communities, elements of netiquette, and the implications of cultural (and visual) representation. 3 hours lecture. (021673)
General Education: Arts (3A)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 218 Social Media Storytelling 3 Units GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course begins with the study of the construction of the single still and moving frame (rhetoric of the image) and then expands into the construction of language between frames (editing: the alignment of frames as a sentence) and finally ends with the use of sound design to counterpoint or support visuals. The focus of this class is to develop comprehension of cinematic language and synthesize this comprehension in the creation of the students' own media. Students are also able to evaluate the social and ethical implications of the use of online motion media in an increasingly global world. 3 hours lecture. (021672)
General Education: Arts (3A)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 219 Social Media Technologies 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An exploration of the design and impacts of new technologies related to communication through social media. 3 hours lecture. (001772)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 220 Design Studio 2: Typography and Layout 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 210 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This intermediate studio course introduces the principles and practice of typography and layout design. Students explore typographic hierarchy, composition, grids, and page systems through both print and screen-based applications. Emphasis is placed on how type and layout communicate meaning and guide visual experience. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (022782)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 222 Basic Web Design 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Introduction to hypertext markup language (HTML), Web standards, and the Web publication process. Includes practical exercises in the creation and publication of Web pages and the construction of coherent Web sites. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001660)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 230 Publication Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 210 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Creation of documents to affect audiences, including book, magazine, annual report, newsletter, and experimental formats. Includes publication formula, analysis, and relation to electronic platforms. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (022783)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 240 Designing Human-AI Interaction 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course introduces students to the foundations of human-AI interaction through design thinking, ethics, and hands-on prototyping. Students explore how AI systems work, how human values influence interface design, and how to build interactive experiences that are usable, ethical, and trustworthy. Projects and discussions focus on understanding AI, evaluating its societal impact, and designing AI-powered tools. 3 hours lecture. (022816)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 261 Foundations of Electronic Media 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Discussion and analysis of the function, structure, organization, operation, regulation, and economics of the various telecommunication industries, including broadcasting, cable, independent production, and other related new technologies. Successful completion of this course for majors requires a grade of C or higher. Required for enrollment in upper-division Media Arts courses. 3 hours lecture. (001651)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 266 Field Video Production 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Theory and techniques of video production, designed to develop skills in all aspects of electronic field video production. The course includes all preproduction, production, and postproduction videotape editing elements related to the production of all video programs. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (001720)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
MADT 283 Digital Fundamentals 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An introduction to 2D design, digital color, vector and raster images, typography, digital production and pre-press techniques. Students learn to prepare documents for printing, using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and In Design on the Macintosh computer platform. 4 hours activity, 1 hour lecture. (021059)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 285 Graphic Design Portfolio Review 1 Unit
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Orientation to the visual portfolio process and review. Successful completion of the course with a grade of CR is necessary for entry into upper-division communication design courses. Review of individual work by faculty committee. 2 hours activity. (001646)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 1 unit
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 303W Communication Criticism (W) 3 Units W, GW
Prerequisite: GE English Composition (1A).
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Study of various approaches to the critical examination of communication. Application of principles to selected texts. This course is required for all majors in the Department of Media Arts, Design, and Technology. 3 hours lecture. (001668)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course; Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement Course
MADT 307 Technology and Communication 3 Units GE
Prerequisite: GE English Composition (1A), GE Critical Thinking (1B), GE Oral Communication (1C), GE Mathematical Concepts/Quantitative Reasoning (2); or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Students acquire a qualitative understanding of how various information and communication technologies work, the social needs that drive technology developments, and the future impact of new information technologies on work and society. This course is required for all majors in the Department of Media Arts, Design, and Technology. 3 hours lecture. (001659)
General Education: Upper-Division Social Behavioral Sciences (UD4); Innovation, Design, and the Arts Pathway; Science, Technology, and Society Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 310 Design Studio 3: Storytelling with Type, Image & Data 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 220 for communication design majors or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This studio course challenges students to communicate stories, systems, and meaning through a combination of typography, imagery, and data. Projects emphasize conceptual thinking, visual clarity, and emotional impact across both print and digital platforms. Students explore narrative structure, visual hierarchy, brand storytelling, and information design, building skills that bridge creative design and strategic communication. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001750)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 313 Basics of Advertising Copywriting 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An analysis of the role of the copywriter in the creation of media advertising. Emphasis on effective copywriting. Training in the creation of complete campaigns. Includes brief study of ethics and regulations of advertising. 3 hours lecture. (001666)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 320 User Experience and Human Interaction 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 210 for communication design majors or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course introduces students to the principles, methods, and tools used in user experience (UX) and human-computer interaction (HCI). Through research, prototyping, testing, and iteration, students develop interactive solutions that are human-centered, accessible, and meaningful. Projects focus on real-world challenges and explore interfaces across digital platforms and emerging technologies. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001671)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 322 Advanced Web Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 222.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Explores modern Web technologies for the production, content management, and user management of web sites. Involves the use of web domain names and hosting services, as well as the integration of database driven content and design management systems. 2 hours activity, 2 hours lecture. (001742)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 330 Brand Identity Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 210 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Analysis, creation, and presentation of identity, branding, and licensing for corporate, government, education, medical, and nonprofit organizations. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001754)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 331 History of Graphic Design 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only
The course is designed to expose visual communication students to significant graphic forms, personalities, and movements. Students will relate symbolic, typographic, photographic, and illustrative imagery to informative and persuasive media. 3 hours discussion. (001670)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 335 Service Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 210 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course focuses on the planning and organizing of the material and immaterial components of a service in order to improve the quality of interaction between service provider and customers. Students combine strategic thinking with visualization skills to make ideas tangible. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (021951)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 337 Packaging 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 210 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course prepares students to develop communication methodology for solving experimental packaging problems; to develop two-dimensional and three-dimensional package simulation techniques; and to understand the marketing aspects of packaging, technical reproduction methods of packaging, and interface them with the visual media. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001682)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 341 History and Theory of Interactive Media 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course explores the social, ideological, and technological forces that have produced interactive media over the past two centuries. Combining historical case studies with theoretical models pulled from critical and cultural studies, students examine how interactivity can be deployed as a tool for communication, propaganda, community building, and ideological influence. 3 hours discussion. (001771)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 343 Screenwriting 1 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
An advanced writing course on developing and authoring original screenplays for the television and film industries. Industrial processes of screenwriting are also examined, including pitching, treatments, coverage, format, style, and other aspects of dramatic narrative structure. 3 hours lecture. (001721)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 344 American Cinema 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
The course offers a survey of American film from historical, industrial, cultural, and stylistic perspectives. In Fall, the content of the course focuses on the beginnings of cinema until the 1950's; in Spring, the content of the course focuses on the 1960's to the present. Readings and screenings explore key American directors, genres, film movements, and technological advancements in relation to industrial and cultural shifts. Open to non-majors. 2 hours activity, 2 hours lecture. (001677)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 345 Media Production Management 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 146.
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course teaches students key media production management skills during all stages of a media project: development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. This includes producing and the role of the unit production manager. 3 hours discussion. (001761)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 348 Media Analytics 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
The study of data analytics for media organizations such as film, television, radio, and streaming services. Topics include media industries and audience measurement, data acquisition, data cleaning, data analysis and data visualization. 3 hours lecture. (001762)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 350 The Art of Cinema and Television 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course is designed to foster appreciation for the art of cinema and television among students. Every year the course covers a different theme (a genre, a director, a TV series, a specific subject matter as explored in American TV and/or cinema). Through the study of cinema and television, the course explores stylistic, narrative, and cultural phenomena. The course also considers various critical approaches to film and television studies in order to examine media representations, artistic forms, and industrial practices. Through screenings, lectures, written assignments, and exams students become familiar with a variety of genres, auteurs, and TV texts. 2 hours activity, 2 hours lecture. (021613)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 352 Media Arts and Identity 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course examines the creation and propagation of representations of identity, such as sexuality, ethnicity, race, nationality and class within film, video, and electronic arts. 3 hours discussion. (020661)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 353 World Cinema 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
Investigates the concept of world and national cinema within historical, economic, cultural, and theoretical contexts. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (020662)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 358 Emerging Technologies in Media and Entertainment 3 Units
Prerequisite: CAGD 150, CAGD 230 for CAGD majors; JOUR 255, JOUR 260W for JOUR majors; MADT 206 for MADT majors.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This professional skills and technology course teaches students in media, entertainment, and technology fields about new and emerging trends in media and entertainment technologies, including, but not limited to, virtual reality, augmented reality, photogrammetry, LiDAR scanning, 360 degree photo-scanning, and motion capture. The course is focused on the exploration of emerging technologies, as it applies to the various industries in media and entertainment, including, but not limited to, journalism, storytelling, and game development. 3 hours discussion. (021966)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 362 Media Performance 3 Units
Prerequisite: Junior standing and GE English Composition (1A). For MADT majors: Junior standing, MADT 103W, MADT 216. For JOUR majors: Junior standing, JOUR 260W.
Typically Offered: Spring only
The skills and techniques of announcing in audio, slide tape, film, and video presentations. Areas covered include copy interpretation and the objective delivery of scripted and ad-lib material in a variety of audio, film, video, and live presentations. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001715)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 363 Broadcast News 3 Units
Prerequisite: Junior standing and GE English Composition (1A). For MADT majors: Junior standing, MADT 103W, MADT 216. For JOUR majors: Junior standing, JOUR 260W.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Theory, practice, and techniques involved in gathering, writing, and reporting broadcast news. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001714)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 365 Media Management and Sales 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 261 (with a grade of C- or higher) or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Spring only
The programming and management principles involved in the operation of telecommunication facilities. Course content includes sales, media analytics, advertising, programming, legal and ethical management responsibilities, and other related topics. Industry professionals are frequent guest speakers. 3 hours lecture. (001717)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 371 Media and Learning 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only
An introduction to the application of media and learning theories that emphasize efforts and practices on designing, developing, delivering, and assessing the effects of digital media on the development of consumers' knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors. The understanding and awareness of the impact of media on both intentional and incidental learning will be explored. 3 hours discussion. (021963)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 372 Media for Instruction and Training 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
An introduction to the area of media for instruction and training. The course is divided into three general areas: (1) Hardware; (2) Theory; (3) Application. Students will design and carry out plans for actual use of media in teaching and learning situations. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (021976)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 389 Internship in Com Design 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an internship offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 3 hours lecture. (001736)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 396 Intermediate Commercial Photography and Digital Imaging 3 Units
3 Units Prerequisite: MADT 206 (with a grade of C or higher).
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course addresses photographic perception, creative process, and a more thorough investigation of narrative editing practices and techniques related to commercial digital photography. Technical concepts include advanced systems of exposure and digital imaging processing for high-quality commercial digital output. Open to non-majors. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (001737)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Sustainable Course
MADT 398 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 0 hours lecture. (001739)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 399 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (001740)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 410 Design Studio 4: Experiential & Environmental Graphic Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 310 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This advanced studio course explores the intersection of graphic design and the built environment. Students investigate how visual communication enhances experiences in physical spaces through wayfinding systems, branded environments, public installations, and exhibition design. Emphasis is placed on concept development, spatial thinking, human-centered design, and storytelling through typography, color, form, and materiality. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001673)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 420 Design Studio 5: Advanced HCI Projects in Design and Experience 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 410 for communication design majors or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This capstone studio brings together advanced communication design and HCID minor students to develop real-world, human-centered design solutions that span digital and physical experiences. Emphasis is placed on design research, interaction strategy, iterative prototyping, and the integration of identity, usability, and systems thinking. Students work individually or in teams to create portfolio-ready work that reflects their voice, vision, and readiness for the professional design world. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (021023)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 430 Sound Design and Interactive Media 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 216.
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course examines historical and current perspectives on creating and designing audio for video game production processes. It builds on sound editing basics and provides students with the fundamentals of workflow and core skills needed for creating and implementing sound in video games. Students learn and use industry-standard tools, including Avid Pro Tools, Audiokinetic WWISE and Unreal MetaSounds, and Unity. The course covers basic sound design techniques using hands-on example projects. Students have the option to use their own game designs upon instructor approval for projects. 3 hours lecture. (022685)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 432 Sustainable Design 3 Units
3 Units Prerequisite: MADT 210 or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Sustainable Design is an introduction to the design of messages, artifacts, experiences, and services that integrate sustainable practices with graphic design. Students become familiar with the major sustainability principles/theories frameworks and tools and apply them to hands-on projects. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001755)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Sustainable Course; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 436 Motion Design 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 220.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Introduction to time-based information design and kinetic typography, exploring relationships between music and typographic composition for new media. Topics include historical relationships between music and typography, form and space, hierarchy and structure, texture and depth, time and movement. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001681)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 439W Presentation and Practice (W) 3 Units W
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course focuses on the business aspects of graphic design and developing a portfolio for presentations. 2 hours activity, 2 hours discussion. (001797)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.; Writing Course
MADT 440 Senior Project 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
This comprehensive design course allows students to apply systems and methodologies gained from earlier courses and projects to solve real-world, pragmatic design problems. Students analyze their design strengths and weaknesses, personal interests, and career goals, then develop a growth plan for their design work. The main task is to identify an area of research, discuss its relationship to graphic design, plan, and execute a multifaceted of visual communication. Students address social, environmental, political, linguistic, philosophical, and cultural issues through an independent, self-authored graphic design project that requires experimentation, adaptability, and specialization. Upon graduation students are expected to have developed a refined, intelligent, and professional body of work. 3 hours discussion. (021988)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Laptop required, see department for details.
MADT 443 Screenwriting II 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only
This advanced, writing-intensive screenwriting course focuses on the completion of an original, feature length sample screenplay. Students pitch, develop, and complete one screenplay over the semester including participation in collaborative exercises, character arcs, narrative structure, action descriptions, and dialogue seminar workshops. 3 hours seminar. (021950)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 458 Applied Emerging Technologies in Media and Entertainment 3 Units
Prerequisite: CAGD 280, CAGD 330, CAGD 373, or CAGD 441 each with a grade of C- or higher for CAGD majors; JOUR 255, JOUR 260W for JOUR majors; MADT 206 for MADT majors.
Typically Offered: Spring only
This professional skills and technology project-based course engages students in new and emerging technologies in media and entertainment through applied projects requiring students to work in multidisciplinary teams to create completed visual content projects. The course is focused on the application of new and emerging technologies with relevance in various media and entertainment industries, including, but not limited to, journalism, storytelling, and game development. 3 hours discussion. (021969)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 461W Media Industry Career Workshop (W) 3 Units W
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This is the capstone course for all students in the Media Arts Option. Students prepare a professional portfolio of work, a resume and learn about other employment issues. Students also complete an advanced collaborative media project. 3 hours lecture. (020556)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course
MADT 463 Cinematography 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 266.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course introduces both the theoretical and practical applications of cinematography. Students become attuned to light and shadow, learn basic camera and lighting systems, organization of these systems, and the visual thought process of cinematography. 3 hours discussion. (021045)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 464 Advanced Video Editing 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
Involves complicated and detailed editing of video-based materials using digital and analog linear and nonlinear video editing procedures and techniques. 3 hours discussion. (001758)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 465 Directing for Film & Television 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 266.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course focuses on the theoretical and aesthetic challenges faced by the director. Strategies for preparing actors, character development and casting are addressed and workshops provide students with practical experience in staging dramatic narrative scenes. Students further their visual skills and learn to shape and craft screen performances by gaining a thorough understanding of the actor's language and technique. 3 hours discussion. (021044)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 466 Studio Video Production 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 266.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Theory and techniques of color video production designed to develop skills in all aspects of video production. This course includes pre-production and production elements related to the production of all video programs. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (001719)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 468 Video Production Workshop 3 Units
Prerequisite: MADT 266.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Selected video production projects involving advanced techniques not covered in other production courses, including integration of other media forms into complete video programs. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (001759)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 489 MADT Internship 1-12 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an internship. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. The internship is a program designed to provide the student with occupational experience within the industrial environment in the information and communication profession prior to graduation. The internship is designed as a transition to professional practice wherein the student will work full-time within an industrial firm for a length of time to be established between the cooperating firm, the intern, and California State University, Chico. The student will experience a wide range of industrial situations, conditions, and practice. Students will serve their internship under the direct supervision of a practicing member of the profession. 0 hours independent study. (001788)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 496 Applied Commercial Photography and Digital Imaging 3 Units
3 Units Prerequisite: MADT 396 with a grade of C or higher or faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course addresses the development and execution of a single commercial photography project culminating in a final portfolio. Individual research on historic and contemporary photo-practices is expected. Open to non-majors. 2 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. (001794)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Sustainable Course
MADT 498 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours supervision. (001798)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 499 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 3 hours supervision. (001799)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
MADT 697 Independent Study 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is a graduate-level independent study offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (001811)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
MADT 698 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours lecture. (001810)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
MADT 699P Master's Project 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (001812)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: CR/NC
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
MADT 699T Master's Thesis 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (001813)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: CR/NC
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division