Creative Computation showcases the theory of visual arts rendered through computer code. In addition to a firm grounding in programming principles, students learn essential graphics operations such as transformations, iteration and randomization, algorithmic drawing, animations, basic physics-based simulations, and interactivity. Domains of inquiry go well beyond commercial level media graphics (e.g. what you might see on a web-page or mobile device) and include creative use of image processing and emergent systems. As a true blending of science and art, Creative Computation requires understanding of and practice in the intersection of analysis and aesthetics. For example, pixel-based image manipulations require mastery of efficient algorithms for data structures such as two and higher-dimensional arrays; text and data visualization require a fusion of artistic design and application of sophisticated data structures and algorithms; rendering L-systems requires deep understanding of recursion and recursive structures.