Interactive Media, B.S.

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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:

IMED 110 - Introduction to Digital Design (2 semester hours)
IMED 120 - Introduction to Media Computation (4 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)

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:

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)

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)

User Experience Design Concentration (24 semester hours)

Complete all of the following courses - 24 semester hours:

IMED 220 - Sociotechnical Theories (3 semester hours)
IMED 225 - Design Tools and Processes (3 semester hours)
IMED 270 - Research Methods for Interactive Design (3 semester hours)
IMED 280 - Usability and Interface Design (3 semester hours)
IMED 325 - Interactive Design Perspectives (3 semester hours)
IMED 355 - Users and Populations (3 semester hours)
IMED 358 - Patterns and Contexts (3 semester hours)
IMED 450 - Design Studio (3 semester hours)

Interactive Media, Advanced Media Production/Learning Technologies and Media Systems, Individualized Concentration, B.S./M.S. Five-Year Program

The undergraduate hours consist of: 1) 18 semester hours of Foundation courses, 2) 30 semester hours of General Education, 3) 13 semester hours of Experiential Learning, 4) 26 semester hours of Interactive Media Core courses, and 5) 24 semester hours of Advanced Media Production concentration courses. The graduate hours consist of: 1) 15 semester hours of LTMS core courses, 2) 6 semester hours of LTMS Experiential Learning, and 3) 15 semester hours of Graduate elective courses.

Additional information regarding Five-Year Programs available here .

Complete the BS Interactive Media/Advanced Media Production requirements - 50 semester hours

Complete the MS Learning Technologies and Media Systems/Individualized requirements - 36 semester hours

LTMS 500 - Macro Instructional Design (3 semester hours)
LTMS 510 - Learning Technologies and Solutions (3 semester hours)
LTMS 514 - Media, Selection, Design and Production (3 semester hours)
LTMS 518 - eLearning Development (3 semester hours)
LTMS 525 - Learning Theories & Instructional Strategies (3 semester hours)

Individualized Concentration:

The Learning Technologies and Media Systems student can choose courses totaling 15 semester hours from any of the Master of Science programs.

Experiential Learning:

GRAD 695 - Research Methodology and Writing (3 semester hours)
GRAD 699 - Graduate Thesis (3 semester hours)
or
LTMS 698 - Learning Technologies Internship (3 semester hours)
or
LTMS 699 - Applied Project in ISEM (3 semester hours)