Students may continue to declare this minor through the end of Spring 2026. This minor will no longer be available to be declared beginning Fall 2026. All declared students will be fully supported to complete their minor.
The Creative Coding minor is offered through Parsons School of Design.
This minor provides a hands-on opportunity to explore the making of code-based interactions for creative fields. In this minor, students build critically engaging art and design projects reflecting social awareness and making use of various media, programming languages, and technologies. In studio and seminar courses, students investigate the aims and historical contexts of technical work in the creative fields; the concepts, media, and techniques used; and solutions to creative problems using software and hardware. Students prototype and iterate with code using various forms of inputs and outputs, sensory information, environmental conditions, and emotional responses. Students can explore issues in a variety of forms and styles at a range of scales—from privacy and socially responsible approaches to urban landscapes and large-scale immersive environments.
The Creative Coding minor draws upon academic offerings and faculty knowledge across the university but has a particular affinity with Parsons' design and technology programming and, of course, studio practice across Parsons in general. This is evidenced in the subject areas of Studio Practice/Iterative Creative Process and Making with Code.
This minor requires successful completion of 18 credits across four subject areas, as outlined in the curriculum chart below.
*Students who have already completed one of these courses or will do so for their major should instead select another course in the subject area "Making with Code."
A student who has completed this minor should be able to demonstrate:
This minor is available to all undergraduate students, with the exception of those in the AAS in Communication Design, BFA in Communication Design, and BFA in Design and Technology programs. For questions regarding this minor's curriculum, including requests for course substitutions, please contact Sven Travis, Associate Professor of Media and Design, at sven@newschool.edu.
General guidelines for declaring a minor are available here. Current students can declare or change a minor by logging in to my.newschool.edu, clicking on the Academics tab, and then clicking on the link to Major/Minor Declarations.
Contact your Student Success advisor to discuss how a minor will fit with your degree requirements.
Declare or change a minor on my.newschool.edu in the Academics tab.
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