FAS UCC Actions: Correction
Rob Cameron (cameron@cs.sfu.ca)
Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:05:44 -0800 (PST)
Some text seems to have been chopped from the report
under item 2. This item should have read as follows.
2. School of Interactive Arts Streams: PMA, ID, ADT
The following proposed calendar descriptions of the pre-approved
streams in performance and media arts, interaction design and
arts and design technology were approved for consideration
by SCUS. Descriptions from FAS UCC Paper 2004-6A
http://fas.sfu.ca/ucc/Papers/2004/2004-6/2004-6A.html
Performance and Media Arts is based on an artistic emphasis
within the field of Interactive Arts and Technology.
In the PMA stream, the interpretation and expression of
human experience is explored through interactive technological
environments. This stream combines critical theory with artistic
practice to produce artworks in the form of installation,
performance and exhibition. Its graduates will create new
forms of cultural and artistic expression in our technologically
mediated society.
Interaction Design examines the relationship between people and
technology with the intent to enhance or improve our environment
through a reflective design process that incorporates interactive
technologies. The fundamental graduate outcomes are a combination
of creative action and critical thought that shape the way people
make and use highly interactive products, systems and environments.
Arts and Design Technology studies technological systems used by
people in work, learning and play situations. Its emphasis is on
system-building with particular emphasis on how people use systems,
how to program user-centred systems and how to represent and reason
about the objects and environments that people use. Its graduates
will be able to make systems that people find useful and engaging.
Note: a proposal to rename the Arts and Design Technology stream
as "Interactive Technologies" was introduced at the meeting.
The proposal was tabled for future consideration.