Studio, six hours; outside study, nine hours. Preparation: completion of preparation for major courses. Requisites: courses 28, 154. Exploration of creative, technical, and critical tools to realize Internet-based projects. Focus on students gaining deeper understanding of Internet as creative platform--where did it come from, how does it work, how do you make things for it, and what do you want to say? Technical workshops on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and design support development of series of studio projects using variety of network tools. Examination through discussion of cultural, social, political, and philosophical implications of Internet. Consideration of roles of race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and influence within increasingly networked world, and strategies of response as artists and designers. Examination and challenging of structuring power relationships, inequities, and biases embedded within network tools, technologies, and media. Letter grading.