NMDS
5634

(Un)Coding Video

Parsons School of Design: School of Art, Media, and Tech

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Graduate Course
Degree Students
(Un)Coding Video
Spring 2027
Taught By: Fabiola Hanna
Section: A

CRN: 17584

Credits: 3

(Un)Coding Video is a practice-based course where students will learn basic programming skills through the medium of video. The course requires no prior programming experience. In the traditions of experimental video art practice, the video element provides a theme for the class, making it relevant to filmmakers and other media practitioners through thinking about the materiality of video and its underlying code. Assignments include: video montage and collage in the browser, video glitch, programming browser plugins/extensions, and working with video databases. We will use Processing, html/css/javascript, php and mySQL.

This is a hybrid seminar/production course as may be counted as either designation toward a student's Media Studies MA or Media Management MS degree.
Pre-Requisite: Media Design (NMDS 5008) or instructor permission.
Open to: all graduate degree students. Upper level undergraduate degree students with permission from the program. Some seats reserved for MA Media Studies majors.
Prerequisites: No Prerequisites
Co-Requisites: No Co-requisites

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: February 2, 2027 (Tuesday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 14, 2027 (Wednesday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 4:00pm EDT 10/22/2026

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: 6 East 16th Street
Room: 1109
Date Range: 1/20/2027 - 5/11/2027