What is Interdisciplinary Arts and Technology?
Interdisciplinary Arts and Technology, (IAT or Arts/Tech), focuses on interdisciplinary art-making at a crossroads where technology meets visual and time-based media, sound and movement. Students combine software, hardware and programming with physical materials, digital media and the performing arts. They explore contemporary artistic practices across courses in the Visual Art, Music, Dance, and Film departments.

What will you do?
Arts/Tech trains professional artists to be flexible and innovative learners in dynamic fields of today and the future. Graduates of the program work in sound, video, installation, interactive and networked art and/or multimedia theatre, performance, live music performance and composition. Our graduating seniors have also gone on to be curators, critics, exhibition technicians, artistic directors and experimental designers. Many hone their practice further through MFA and PhD programs. The IAT track is a collaboration between the Departments of Visual Art, Film, Music and Dance. Associated programs include the programs in Film Studies and Digital Arts and Culture in the College of Letters and Sciences and programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Students are encouraged to combine the IAT degree with the Digital Arts and Culture (DAC) Certificate Program. The certificate adds additional depth in the study of the history, cultural context and impact of digital technology.

What are the technology requirements for IAT?
All IAT students are required to have a laptop with Microsoft Office and the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite (Design Premium). Individual courses may require additional hardware, such as a webcam or microcontrollers, or software. In cases where more expensive software is required for class work - for example, Final Cut Studio, After Effects or Jitter - purchase is optional; these will be available in on-campus, 24-hour access labs.

Fall 2009 Minimum Requirements:
MacBook Pro - 15-inch: 2.53GHz (or 2.4GHz), Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM Memory (this must be added)
320GB Hard Drive (an upgrade from 250GB) (or 350GB hard drive Serial ATA)
Apple Care Protection Plan (3 years)
Adobe CS4 Design Premium software (includes Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash)
Microsoft Office software (includes Word, Excel, and Powerpoint)

UWM Tech Store Online:
https://sisyphus.imt.uwm.edu/xcart/error_message.php?error=need_login
Student Discounts on Software
https://www4.uwm.edu/uits/purchasing/software/student_discounts/
UWM Apple Store:
http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/HEDCustom?qprm=496990

Arts Tech FAQ
Click here to download the Arts Tech FAQ.

For further information:
Program Co-Coordinators

Colleen Ludwig, Film
ludwigc@uwm.edu

Nathaniel Stern, Visual Art
sternn@uwm.edu