Schedule of Courses: Computational Media: 2024-2025

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Lower Division
Fall 2024	Winter 2025	Spring 2025	Summer 2025
CMPM15: Research Explorations
Section 01 David Manuel Torres-Mendoza (damatorr)	Section 01 David Manuel Torres-Mendoza (damatorr)	Section 01 David Manuel Torres-Mendoza (damatorr)
CMPM17: Design Build Experience
Section 01 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor) Section 02 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor) Section 03 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor) Section 04 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor)	Section 01 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor) Section 02 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor) Section 03 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor)	Section 01 Staff
CMPM20: Psychosocial and Planetary Resilience in the Age of the Climate Crisis
CMPM25: Introduction to 3D Modeling
Section 01 Chris Yonge (cyonge)
CMPM26: Introduction to 3D Animation
	Section 01 Chris Yonge (cyonge)
CMPM27: Fundamentals of Substance Designer and Painter
		Section 01 Chris Yonge (cyonge)
CMPM35: Data Structures for Interactive Media
CMPM80A: Accessible Games
CMPM80H: Human Centered AI
CMPM80I: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction
CMPM80J: Games as Technical Culture
Section 01 Samantha Gorman (sagorman)	Section 01 Nathan Altice (naltice)	Section 01 Nathan Altice (naltice)
CMPM80K: Foundations of Video Game Design
Section 01 Noah G Wardrip-Fruin (nwardrip) Asych Online	Section 01 Kate Ringland (kringlan)	Section 01 Noah G Wardrip-Fruin (nwardrip) Asynchronous Online
CMPM80L: Entrepreneurial Organization and Leadership
Upper Division
Fall 2024	Winter 2025	Spring 2025	Summer 2025
CMPM110: Writing for Game Technologies
	Section 01 Noah G Wardrip-Fruin (nwardrip) Asynchronous Online
CMPM115: Lead by Design: Experiential Learning Collaborative
Section 01 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor)		Section 01 Tela Favaloro (tfavalor)
CMPM118: Collaborative Research Experience in Engineering
Section 01 David Lee (dlee105) Section 02 Kate Ringland (kringlan) Section 03 Jason Eshraghian (jeshragh) Section 05 Leilani H Gilpin (lgilpin)	Section 01 David Lee (dlee105) Section 02 Kate Ringland (kringlan) Section 03 Jason Eshraghian (jeshragh) Section 04 Emmet James Whitehead (ejw)	Section 01 David Lee (dlee105) Section 02 Kate Ringland (kringlan) Section 03 Jason Eshraghian (jeshragh) Section 04 Emmet James Whitehead (ejw) Section 05 Staff
CMPM120: Game Development Experience
	Section 01 Nathan Altice (naltice)	Section 01 Jim Whitehead (ejw)
CMPM121: Game Development Patterns
Section 01 Adam M. Smith (amsmith)		Section 01 Markus Eger (meger) Section 02 Zac Emerzian (zemerzia)
CMPM122: Business of Games
Section 01 Joel Dreskin (jdreskin)
CMPM123: Advanced Programming
Section 01 Graeme J Devine (gdevine)	Section 01 Staff
CMPM125: Game Technologies
Section 01 Tyler Coleman (tycolema)
CMPM130: User Interface and User Experience Design
	Section 01 Katherine C Isbister (kisbiste)
CMPM131: User Experience for Interactive Media
CMPM132: Interaction Design Studio
CMPM146: Game AI
	Section 01 Daniel G Shapiro (dgs)	Section 01 Markus Eger (meger) In person
CMPM147: Generative Design
		Section 01 Wes Modes (wmodes)
CMPM148: Interactive Narrative
		Section 01 Michael J Mateas (mmateas)
CMPM150: Creating Digital Audio
	Section 01 Adam Sporka (asporka)	Section 01 Brian M Hansen (brmhanse)
CMPM151: Algorithmic Music for Games
CMPM152: Musical Data
CMPM163: Game Graphics and Real-Time Rendering
CMPM164: Game Engines
CMPM164L: Game Engines Lab
CMPM169: Creative Coding
	Section 01 Wes Modes (wmodes)
CMPM170: Rapid Prototyping
Section 01 Samantha Gorman (sagorman) Section 02 rjhangia (rjhangia) Section 03 Markus Eger (meger)		Section 01 Staff Section 02 Graeme J Devine (gdevine)
CMPM171: Game Design Studio
	Section 01 Tyler Coleman (tycolema) Graeme J Devine (gdevine) Section 02 Tyler Coleman (tycolema) Graeme J Devine (gdevine) Section 03 Markus Eger (meger)
CMPM172: Game Production Studio
		Section 01 Tyler Coleman (tycolema) Graeme J Devine (gdevine) Section 02 Tyler Coleman (tycolema) Graeme J Devine (gdevine)
CMPM176: Game Systems
Section 01 Jared N Pettitt (jpettitt)		Section 01 Staff
CMPM177: Creative Strategies for Designing Interactive Media
CMPM178: Human-Centered Design Research
CMPM179: Game Design Practicum
Section 01 Wes Modes (wmodes)
CMPM180: Topics in Computational Media
	Section 01 Samantha Gorman (sagorman)	Section 01 Samantha Gorman (sagorman)
CMPM181: Games for Impact Studio I
	Section 01 Staff
CMPM182: Games for Impact Studio II
		Section 01 Staff
Graduate
Fall 2024	Winter 2025	Spring 2025	Summer 2025
CMPM201: Introduction to Computational Media
Section 01 Elin Carstensdottir (ecarsten) Section 50 Elin Carstensdottir (ecarsten)
CMPM202: Computational Media Research
	Section 01 Adam M. Smith (amsmith) Section 50 Adam M. Smith (amsmith)
CMPM203: Computational Media Methods
		Section 01 Kate Ringland (kringlan) Section 50 Kate Ringland (kringlan)
CMPM204: Computational Media Project Definition
CMPM206: Computational Media Research Preparation
	Section 01 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia) Section 50 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia)	Section 01 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia) Section 50 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia)
CMPM230: Data Science in Computational Experiences
	Section 01 Mahnaz Roshanaei (mroshan1)
CMPM232: Psychology of Play
CMPM235: User Evaluation of Technology
CMPM237: Advanced Topics in Human-Robot Interaction
	Section 01 Elin Carstensdottir (ecarsten) Section 50 Elin Carstensdottir (ecarsten)
CMPM243: Social Computing Research: Design, Algorithms, and Incentives
Section 01 David Lee (dlee105) Section 50 David Lee (dlee105)
CMPM244: Artificial Intelligence in Games
CMPM245: Computational Models of Discourse and Dialogue
CMPM248: Interactive Narrative
	Section 01 Michael J Mateas (mmateas) Section 50 Michael J Mateas (mmateas)
CMPM255: Games for Impact Studio I
	Section 01 Staff Section 50 Staff
CMPM256: Games for Impact Studio II
		Section 01 Staff Section 50 Staff
CMPM265: Generative Methods
CMPM268: Immersive Analytics
CMPM269: Machine Learning for Creativity and Design
CMPM280C: Computational Media Seminar
CMPM280F: Seminar in Creative Coding and Computational Media
CMPM280G: Seminar in Generative Methods
Section 01 Jim Whitehead (ejw) Adam M. Smith (amsmith)	Section 01 Jim Whitehead (ejw) Adam M. Smith (amsmith)	Section 01 Jim Whitehead (ejw) Adam M. Smith (amsmith)
CMPM280H: Seminar in Human Computer Interaction and Computational Media
Section 01 Katherine C Isbister (kisbiste)	Section 01 Katherine C Isbister (kisbiste)	Section 01 Katherine C Isbister (kisbiste)
CMPM280I: Human Computer Interaction Seminar
CMPM280K: Seminar in Interactive Systems for Individuals with Special Needs
Section 01 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia)	Section 01 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia)	Section 01 Sri Hastuti Kurniawan (skurnia)
CMPM280P: Seminar in Player Experience and Modeling
Section 01 Magy Seif El-Nasr (mseifeln)	Section 01 Magy Seif El-Nasr (mseifeln)	Section 01 Magy Seif El-Nasr (mseifeln)
CMPM280R: Topics in Human-Robot Interaction
CMPM280S: Seminar Topics
Section 01 David Lee (dlee105)	Section 01 David Lee (dlee105)	Section 01 David Lee (dlee105)
CMPM280W: Seminar in Digital Media
Section 01 Nathan Altice (naltice)	Section 01 Nathan Altice (naltice)	Section 01 Nathan Altice (naltice)
CMPM280X: Seminar on Expressive AI
Section 01 Noah G Wardrip-Fruin (nwardrip)	Section 01 Noah G Wardrip-Fruin (nwardrip) Michael J Mateas (mmateas)	Section 01 Noah G Wardrip-Fruin (nwardrip) Michael J Mateas (mmateas)
CMPM290A: Topics in Computational Media
	Section 01 Samantha Gorman (sagorman) Section 50 Samantha Gorman (sagorman) Section 51 Staff	Section 01 Adam M. Smith (amsmith) Section 50 Adam M. Smith (amsmith)
CMPM290J: Playable Media
CMPM290K: Social and Emotional Approaches to Human Computer Interaction
		Section 01 Katherine C Isbister (kisbiste) Section 50 Katherine C Isbister (kisbiste)
CMPM290P: Topics in Computational Cinematography