Interactive Media, Advanced Media Production Concentration, B.S.

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Interactive Media Requirements

This program requires a total of 50 semester hours: 1) 26 semester hours from the core courses listed below and 2) 24 semester hours completed in one of the following concentrations: Advanced Media Production, Interaction and Experience Design, and Purposeful Game Design. The semester hour value of each course appears in parentheses( ).

Complete all of the following Core courses - 26 semester hours:

CISC 120 - Fundamentals of Computing (4 semester hours)
IMED 110 - Introduction to Digital Design (2 semester hours)
IMED 140 - Introduction to Interactive Media (2 semester hours)
IMED 170 - Visual Design Fundamentals (3 semester hours)
IMED 240 - Interactive Media I (4 semester hours)
IMED 340 - Interactive Media II (4 semester hours)
IMED 370 - Producing Creative Projects (3 semester hours)
IMED 440 - Interactive Studio (4 semester hours)

Advanced Media Production Concentration

COMM 225 - Cinema Studies (2 semester hours)
IMED 250 - Video Production I (2 semester hours)
IMED 255 - Audio Production (3 semester hours)
IMED 265 - Front-End Web Development (3 semester hours)
IMED 300 - 3D Modeling I (3 semester hours)
IMED 350 - Digital Photography (3 semester hours)
IMED 460 - Mixed Reality Development (3 semester hours)
MEBA 210 - Introduction to Internet and Web Technologies (3 semester hours)

Complete one of the following courses - 2 semester hours:

CISC 300 - Web Technologies (3 semester hours)
IMED 251 - Video Production II (2 semester hours)
IMED 310 - 3D Modeling II (3 semester hours)
IMED 320 - Creative Writing (3 semester hours)
IMED 330 - Interactive Information Design (3 semester hours)
MEBA 230 - Marketing (3 semester hours)

Recommended Sequence for the Full-time Student Completing the Advanced Media Production Concentration

The sequence that appears below was developed based upon the availability of specific courses each semester and the successful completion of course prerequisites.

First Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 105 - College Composition (3 semester hours)
or
ENGL 106 - Academic Writing and Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)
MATH 120 - College Algebra (3 semester hours)
GEND 102 - The Creative Mind I (3 semester hours)
GEND 112 - The Scientific Mind I (3 semester hours)
IMED 140 - Introduction to Interactive Media (2 semester hours)
SEMR 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

COMM 110 - Speech (3 semester hours)
GEND 103 - The Creative Mind II (3 semester hours)
GEND 113 - The Scientific Mind II (3 semester hours)
CISC 120 - Fundamentals of Computing (4 semester hours)
IMED 110 - Introduction to Digital Design (2 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Summer Semester

Optional

Second Year

Fall Semester

COMM 225 - Cinema Studies (2 semester hours)
ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition and Technical Writing (3 semester hours)
IMED 170 - Visual Design Fundamentals (3 semester hours)
MATH 280 - Introductory Statistics (3 semester hours)
MEBA 210 - Introduction to Internet and Web Technologies (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 14

Spring Semester

GEND Electives (3 semester hours)
IMED 240 - Interactive Media I (4 semester hours)
IMED 250 - Video Production I (2 semester hours)
IMED 255 - Audio Production (3 semester hours)
IMED 265 - Front-End Web Development (3 semester hours)
SEMR 200 - Steppingstone (1 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Optional

Third Year

Fall Semester

IMED 298 - Project I (3 semester hours)
IMED 300 - 3D Modeling I (3 semester hours)
IMED 350 - Digital Photography (3 semester hours)
IMED 370 - Producing Creative Projects (3 semester hours)
MATH 210 - Discrete Mathematics I (3 semester hours)
SEMR 300 - Keystone (1 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 16

Spring Semester

GEND Electives (3 semester hours)
IMED 340 - Interactive Media II (4 semester hours)
IMED 365 - Internship (3 semester hours)
Electives (6 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Optional

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

GEND 351 - Organizational Mind (6 semester hours)
IMED 460 - Mixed Reality Development (3 semester hours)
IMED 498 - Project II (3 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

GEND 201 - The Civic Mind (6 semester hours)
IMED 440 - Interactive Studio (4 semester hours)
IMED Electives (2 semester hours)
SEMR 400 - Capstone (1 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 13

Summer Semester

Optional