Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 11.204 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Planning, Communications, and Digital Media 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Lorlene Hoyt 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.204 Planning, Communications, and Digital Media
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features extensive lecture notes as well as a complete collection of assignments with associated help files.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course focuses on methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues. Lectures will introduce a variety of methods for describing or representing a place and its residents, for simulating changes, for presenting visions of the future, and for engaging multiple actors in the process of guiding action. Through a series of laboratory exercises, students will apply these methods in the construction of a web-based portfolio. The portfolio is not only the final project for the course, but will serve as a container for other course work throughout the MCP program.

  This course aims to introduce students to (1) such persistent and recurring themes as place, race, power and the environment that face planners, (2) the role of digital technologies in representing, analyzing, and mobilizing communities, (3) MIT faculty and their work, (4) MIT's computing environment and resources including Athena, Element K, the ESRI virtual campus, Computer Resources Laboratory (CRL), Campus Wide Information Systems Support (CWIS), the GIS Laboratory at Rotch Library and (5) software tools like Adobe® Photoshop® and Illustrator®, ESRI ArcView, Microsoft® Access, and Macromedia® Dreamweaver® that will assist them in creating digital images, working with relational databases, and launching a web-based portfolio.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Microsoft® Excel software is recommended for viewing the .xls files found on this course site. Free Microsoft® Excel viewer software can also be used to view the .xls files. Microsoft® Access software is recommended for viewing the .mdb files found on this course site. Free Microsoft® Access viewer software can also be used to view the .mdb files. DBF files can be viewed in Excel.

  
  

  *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.