Electronic and Time-Based Art (ETB) is the newest area of study in the Division of Art and Design. In their research and art practice, ETB students explore the creative and expressive potential of electronic and time-based media such as digital video and sound, real-time computer graphics, interactive digital systems, virtual reality (including CAVE technology), physical computing and robotics. The goals of the program are to provide a transdisciplinary laboratory for the exploration and creation of new forms of art, the exchange of ideas and concepts across disciplines and the critical investigation of emerging technologies. The program's curriculum promotes individual inquiry and collaboration across the different divisions of the School of Visual and Performing Arts (such as Art & Design, Theater and Dance) as well as encouraging/supporting links to academic partners and resources outside of the department. These include, but are not limited to: the Envision Center for Data Perceptualization, Interdisciplinary Film and Video Studies and the Department of English.

The area of electronic and Time-Based Art offers an undergraduate minor and a 3 year MFA graduate program.

2009 Purdue University Electronic and Time-Based Arts