Adjunct Professor, Web Programming

Hunter College CUNY, Department of Film & Media Studies
Call for Adjunct Professor to teach Web Programming through spring 2020. Please send CV, link to portfolio and note of interest to [email protected]. Candidates must have a Master's degree.
Spring Semester: 01/27/2020 - 05/22/2020
MEDP 34100 - Web Programming
Monday 4:10PM - 6:50PM
In this class we will learn JavaScript programming through creative writing, drawing and music composition with algorithms. At the same time, we will learn valuable techniques for common routines and methods that can be applied to all types of contemporary web development like filtering, sorting, searching, working with events, decisions, APIs, error handling, and debugging. Understanding how to extend the functionality of HTML, CSS and JavaScript with powerful libraries and plugins is essential for contemporary web development and we will delve into how to enhance our production environment with P5.js, Node.js, ml5.js, three.js and Tone.js.
One of the goals for the course is to provide the student with multiple portfolio pieces that demonstrate a refined understanding of programming for the web. To place our hands- on work in context, we will read and discuss a variety of texts that look at aesthetic, theoretical and critical issues in programming and analyze artistic approaches and commercial applications of code. Topics to be covered include open source versus free software, esoteric languages, live coding, synesthesia and relationships between program code and speech.