2020-2021 Undergraduate/Online Catalog

Nov 28, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate/Online Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interactive Media, Purposeful Game Design 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, User 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 - Programming I (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)

Purposeful Game Design Concentration - 24 semester hours

Complete all of the following courses - 24 semester hours

IMED 215 - Introduction to Game Studies and Design (3 semester hours)
IMED 245 - Game Design: Analogue to Digital (3 semester hours)
IMED 260 - Purposeful Games: Contexts and Concepts (3 semester hours)
IMED 300 - 3D Modeling I (3 semester hours)
IMED 385 - Game Design (3 semester hours)
IMED 388 - Games User Interface and Level Design (3 semester hours)
IMED 420 - Games User Research (3 semester hours)
IMED 485 - Game Development (3 semester hours)

Recommended Sequence for the Full-time Student Completing the Purposeful Game Design 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: Physical Sciences (3 semester hours)
IMED 140 - Introduction to Interactive Media (2 semester hours)
SEMR 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hour)

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: Life Sciences (3 semester hours)
CISC 120 - Programming I (4 semester hours)
IMED 110 - Introduction to Digital Design (2 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Summer Semester

Optional

Second Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition and Technical Writing (3 semester hours)
MATH 280 - Introductory Statistics (3 semester hours)
GEND Electives (3 semester hours)
IMED 170 - Visual Design Fundamentals (3 semester hours)
IMED 215 - Introduction to Game Studies and Design (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

IMED 240 - Interactive Media I (4 semester hours)
IMED 245 - Game Design: Analogue to Digital (3 semester hours)
IMED 260 - Purposeful Games: Contexts and Concepts (3 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)
SEMR 200 - Steppingstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 14

Summer Semester

Optional

Third Year

Fall Semester

IMED 298 - Project I (3 semester hours)
IMED 300 - 3D Modeling I (3 semester hours)
IMED 370 - Producing Creative Projects (3 semester hours)
IMED 385 - Game Design (3 semester hours)
MATH 210 - Discrete Mathematics I (3 semester hours)
SEMR 300 - Keystone (1 semester hour)

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)
IMED 388 - Games User Interface and Level Design (3 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)

Interactive Media, Purposeful Game Design Concentration, B.S.

Interactive Media Requirements

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

Purposeful Game Design Concentration - 24 semester hours

Complete all of the following courses - 24 semester hours

Recommended Sequence for the Full-time Student Completing the Purposeful Game Design Concentration

First Year

Fall Semester

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

Total semester hours: 15

Summer Semester

Second Year

Fall Semester

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

Total semester hours: 14

Summer Semester

Third Year

Fall Semester

Total semester hours: 16

Spring Semester

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

Total semester hours: 14

Summer Semester