SF State celebrates Park(ing) Day this Thursday, 9/15, from 2-4pm, come check out these new pop-up 'parks' and win prizes!

We are organizing another year of PARK(ing) Day here at SF State. We invite all of you to join us for the festivities. The event will take place this Thursday, September 15th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spaces into temporary parks for the public good. SF State 'parks' will be located at: The Quad, Tapia Drive, Holloway Ave, Centennial Walk and on 19th Avenue. Zipcar and the campus Transportation Department will be tabling at the Quad as well.

Premier presentation of social advertising campaigns for The YMCA of San Francisco

Date: Wednesday May 11, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:30
Place: Studio 1 (CA 128)
Creative Arts Building
San Francisco State University

The students of the Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts, Marketing and Design and Industry cordially invite you to attend the premier presentation of their public service advertising campaigns for the YMCA of San Francisco.

Every semester since it¹s inception in 1996, this interdisciplinary course (BECA 647/MKTG 440/DAI), in partnership with the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement (ICCE), has given students from three different disciplines the opportunity to work together to create effective advertising campaigns in a real-world environment, for Bay Area nonprofit organizations. We are proud to be able to utilize the resources and expertise of the University to serve the needs of our diverse Bay Area community, and beyond.

SUMMER 2011 Course: Art 511: Introduction to Physical Computing

This class has been very popular and is now offered this Summer, 2011. It is a great elective for design students

Content relates to industrial technology, industrial design, exhibit design, user interface design, interactive installations, etc.  This is an accessible way to creatively play with the intersection between computers and the physical world.

Elective class for DAI Majors: Contemporary Magazine, JOUR 500

Journalism is opening a class to non-majors called Contemporary Magazine, JOUR 500. The classes teaches how to start a magazine from top to bottom. It focuses more on the business and editing side than the writing. The prerequisite is ENG 214.

Conceptual Information Arts Spring 2010 - Space available

Three newly added courses for the spring and spaces available:

Art511- New Communication Technology in the Visual Arts
(Telecommunications and the Web)
(Instructor: Andy Cox/http://twcdc.com/andycox/)

Art511-Electronics and Robotics
(Electronics and Physical Computing)
(Instructor: Michael Shiloh/http://www.teachmetomake.com/teach/portfolio-mich.htm)

Art 412-Computer Applications in Conceptual Design I
(Focus on Processing as the programming environment)
(Instructor: Brad Borevitz-/onetwothree.net)

Conceptual Information Arts Spring 2010

These sound like great courses, if these areas are of interest.

Art511- New Communication Technology in the Visual Arts

(Telecommunications and the Web)
(Instructor: Andy Cox/http://twcdc.com/andycox/)

Art511-Electronics and Robotics
(Electronics and Physical Computing)
(Instructor: Michael Shiloh/http://www.teachmetomake.com/teach/portfolio-mich.htm)

Art 412-Computer Applications in Conceptual Design I
(Focus on Processing as the programming environment)
(Instructor: Brad Borevitz-/onetwothree.net)