Visual Art with Code: Introduction to Java Processing

This course is designed for the creative minded. Within the context of the visual coding sketches, students will learn how to code in Processing, a Java-based, flexible software tool which serves as a gentle introduction to typing based coding languages. While coding is often regarded as a logical and rather cold way of solving problems, this course breaks these expected boundaries to produce amazing graphic arts and present new opportunities to explore the potential of computational power across many disciplines and professions. Through programming visual sketches, students will be introduced to key computer science concepts like functions and loops, as well basic design theories such as the golden ratio.