Don’t Just Use AI. Create With It.
AI can analyze data, generate images and video, write code, and help tell stories. But knowing how to use those capabilities creatively, critically, and responsibly is becoming an essential skill.
That’s the focus of AI for Creators: Data, Narrative, and New Media, a new Spring 2027 interdisciplinary course team-taught by Professors Mark Frydenberg from Computer Information Systems and Elizabeth LeDoux from English and Media Studies.
Students will work hands-on with AI across words, numbers, images, sound, and video. You’ll investigate real datasets with AI and Excel, experiment with generative media and vibe coding, and transform data-driven insights into stories, including a “data documentary.”
What makes the course different is the combination of technical and creative thinking. You won’t just ask whether an AI-generated result works. You’ll ask whether it’s accurate, persuasive, ethical, and worth trusting, and how you can improve it.
By the end of the semester, you’ll have more than AI experience. You’ll have a portfolio demonstrating how you can use AI thoughtfully to analyze, communicate, and create.
