HCI
3D Modeling & Animation
Computer Graphics & Rendering
Music & AI
3D Printing & Computational Fabrication
Tech-Enhanced Fashion Design
Game Design
Augmented & Virtual Reality
UI/UX
The intersection of art and technology is a growing area with tremendous room for innovation and creativity—how might art and technology come together to augment and improve the world we live in?
Chase Lowney exhibits his final project for CSDA 23: AR and VR Design at Technigala.
A 3D-printed wearable EEG headset designed to hold non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) electrodes in place during live musical performance. Designed and fabricated by Yuening Cai for CSDA 29.05/129.05: Digital Fabrication.
Program
The Digital Arts program offers both an undergraduate minor/modified major and a Master of Science within the Computer Science department at Dartmouth College.
Undergraduates take courses in digital arts (CSDA) and courses in traditional arts such as studio art, theater, film, music.
Master's students experience a rigorous and focused computer science education, foundational courses in digital and traditional arts, and a deep dive into a research topic within the areas of visual computing and digital arts.
A digital room modeled by Hong Feng in CSDA 22/122: 3D Digital Modeling.
Noah Jung and Wenxuan Xu exhibit their project that turns hand movement into sound at Technigala.
Research
Besides coursework, all students in the MSDA program conduct research related to their interests and write a thesis. Projects might include:
Creating and evaluating art using novel computational methods
Developing new software that makes art easier to create or more effective to use
Creating interactive digital arts experiences that bring new understanding to the human experience
Utilizing machine learning algorithms for art creation, or for understanding how people respond to art
Digital Fashion Show
Entangled Ecologies is a Fashion x Technology Runway Show that premiered on June 2, 2026 at the HOP. Organized by the Digital Arts program and the DALI Lab, we explored how bodies, technologies, and environments weave together into living systems of expression.
How might a dress breathe with its wearer? How might a circuit mimic a root system? How might fashion become a playground for human-computer interaction, and a medium to express the entanglement of self, society, and ecology?
Courses
Our courses teach students the principles, aesthetics and practice of digital arts through hands-on exercises and assignments. We offer courses in 3d modeling, animation, computer graphics, UI/UX design, AR/VR, game design, computational fabrication, and more.
This video highlights the collaboration between two classes, CSDA 21: Foundations of Digital Design and COSC 89.29: Music and Artificial Intelligence, to produce AI-enhanced, cohesive motion graphics and music.