This course examines how images, both still and moving, shape our perception of reality across politics, religion, celebrity culture, and beyond. This course explores the role of visuals in propaganda, religious iconography, and celebrity image construction, as well as the creation of fake images through digital technology. Through lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops, students will analyze, detect, and debunk fake images, considering the ethical challenges and societal impacts.

This course studies architectural techniques for efficient hardware design for machine learning (ML) systems including training and inference. Course has three parts. First part deals with convolutional and deep neural network models. Second part deals with parallelization techniques for improving performance of ML algorithms.

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This required seminar will examine the elements of the essay form to prepare for the written component of their MFA thesis. The course will take students through the stages of researching and writing a thesis: defining the field of research, formulating a thesis question, developing a bibliography, detailing artistic process, organizing material, revising, and preparing a scholarly manuscript. The class will review research and style components of a well-constructed thesis text, making use of exemplary papers from past years.

A sequence of problems in direct and cast-metal sculpture. Emphasizes traditional and modern lost wax casting.

Investigation and development of various techniques and media. Emphasis on figure drawing.

Throughout the semester, students will learn the basics of finding and applying for grants and open calls for art, writing a resume and artist statement, creating a portfolio, researching professional opportunities, and participating in an official group exhibition on campus. In the process of the exhibition, the students will familiarize themselves with curating, installing, and promoting the show. Students will furthermore acquire the skills of documenting their work individually and in the context of the exhibition.

This studio course focuses on both analog and digital forms of self-publishing as a mode of creative practice and knowledge production. Through readings, discussion, field trips, guest lectures, and the production of their own publications, students will gain insight into the many facets of building independently published work - from content creation to printing to distribution - and evaluate approaches to disseminating it to their intended audiences.