Digital creativity - exploring new realms

Programming is the new literacy, yet most professionals can't tap into the creative power of code. The Zschool ​Creative Coding and Visualization Certificate has participants coding immediately, utilizing an innovative, research proven approach developed at the Center of Creative Computation.

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Course Curriculum

MODULE 1: Creative Coding - What's the Big Deal?

• What research says about learning to code.
  
• Introduction to the Processing environment
  
• Coding your first sketch
  

MODULE 2: Coding Your First Code Masterpiece

• Drawing with code
  
• The path to visual literacy
  
• Variables, naming and the craft of code
  

MODULE 3: Conquering Time & Space

• Structuring your code using functions
  
• Controlling flow and logic
  
• From one to many using arrays
  

​MODULE 4: Color, Complexity & Classes

• Image dissection: the pixel buffer
  
• Thinking like a person not like a machine
  
• The object-oriented paradigm
  

MODULE 5: The Data Narrative 

• Acquiring data: web api’s
  
• Working with csv, xml, json
  
• Parsing and Plotting
  

MODULE 6: Data Painting (Visualization)

• Interact with your data
  
• Adding a GUI
  
• Putting it all together
  

MODULE 7: Team Based Challenge 

• Team development
  
• Project scope and specs
  
• Prototyping
  

​MODULE 8: Development & Presentations

• Project development
  
• Team Presentations
  
• Award Ceremony
  

​Capstone Project The Creative Coding & Visualization Portfolio

• Complete your creative coding plan while customizing templates and practices to employ at your own firm
• Continued mentoring after the program concludes

To learn more about bringing the Creative Coding & Visualization Program to your university, and how it helps executives drive real business results, contact us at 1.844.669.7884 to speak with a program counselor.

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