Code as a Liberal Art, Spring 2022

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LCOD 2000 (CRN: 10645)
Instructor: Rory Solomon

Monday & Wednesday, 12-1:40pm

6 East 16th Street, Room: 602

For the first two weeks, and after as needed, you find our class Zoom room here: https://NewSchool.zoom.us/j/97635833994, password: 964063.

(The Zoom meeting room will be open 15 minutes before and after class time, and I encourage you to use that time to chat and hangout informally with your classmates as we would in our classroom if we were meeting in person.)

Office hours

Friday 11am-2pm. Please click here to make appointments via Starfish. I will be holding office hours via Zoom this semester in my personal Zoom room (https://newschool.zoom.us/my/itsmerory) until further notice or unless requested otherwise. If you're unsure how to schedule office hours in Starfish, please let me know.

Additional instructional support

Academic Fellow: Viyan Poonamallee

Mid-semester substitute: Joshua Scannell, Assistant Professor in the School of Media Studies graduate program

Course Description

In this hybrid theory/practice seminar students will both critically examine, and learn how to craft, the code that drives computational machinery, focusing on its relevance to the domains of the liberal arts: the humanities, the arts, and the social and physical sciences. Students will learn the fundamentals of computational systems and ways that they relate to critical thinking and creative practice including: “distant reading” and the digital humanities, the production of generative artwork, techniques in data forensics, and methods for investigating algorithmic bias. Coursework will include weekly exercises using Python & Javascript. No prior coding experience is required. Students will need to bring a laptop computer to class, and can check one out from the university if necessary. This class fulfills the core requirement for the Code as a Liberal Art minor.

Syllabus

You can find the course syllabus here.

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