Media and Methods: Seeing and Expression
MIT's Comparative Media Studies program offers this course on visual image making and design analysis, pairing hands-on digital production with historical and theoretical study of visual perception. Students examine how images generate meaning, how cognitive and perceptual processes shape image making, and how digital technology changes both creation and interpretation of visual work. Assigned design problems ask students to respond to course readings by producing their own images using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite. The course treats visual experience from both the maker's and the viewer's side, moving between practical studio exercises and readings on art and design theory. Materials include the full syllabus, assignment descriptions, and readings list, published freely through MIT OpenCourseWare with no enrollment or certificate involved.