2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog w/ November Addendum 
    
    Nov 25, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog w/ November Addendum [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interactive Media, B.S.


Interactive media includes the disciplines of new media, interactivity, human computer interaction, and digital cultures. The student’s learning also focuses on interactive narrative, social media, virtual reality, digital and analog games, and augmented reality.

Program Goals

A graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Interactive Media program is prepared to:

  • Research situations, compile data, and deploy evidence to support design processes; 

  • Integrate into varied teams in a professional capacity to produce high quality results; 

  • Use information to accomplish a purpose and communicate effectively and professionally to peers, clients and audiences; 

  • Evaluate needs, practice innovative thinking and create solutions that address explicit concerns towards specific opportunities; and,

  • Ideate, design and produce engaging products, services and experiences in a professional manner.

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, User Experience Design, or Purposeful Game Design. The semester hour value of each course appears in parentheses( ).

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


Complete one of the following Concentrations:


Three concentrations are offered:

  • Advanced Media Production (24 semester hours)
  • Purposeful Game Design (24 semester hours)
  • User Experience Design (24 semester hours)

Advanced Media Production Concentration (24 semester hours)


Complete all of the following courses - 22 semester hours:

Complete one of the following courses - 2 semester hours:

Purposeful Game Design Concentration (24 semester hours)


Complete all of the following courses - 24 semester hours:

User Experience Design Concentration (24 semester hours)


Complete all of the following courses - 24 semester hours:

Foundation Mathematics Courses


Complete the following courses - 9 semester hours: