Media and Information - Bachelor of Arts

All of the following courses (9 credits):
Understanding Media and Information
Media and Information Technologies and Industries
Bringing Media to Market
Two of the following foundation courses (6 credits):
Story, Sound, and Motion
Media, Sketching, and Graphics
Games and Interactivity
Digital Footprints: Privacy and Online Behavior
Five courses from the following focus areas. Three of the five courses must be from the same focus area (15 credits):
Film and Media Production
Integrated Media Arts Special Topics
Introduction to Documentary Production
Multi Camera Production for Television
Sound Design for Cinema, Television, and Games
Producing for Cinema and Television
Advanced Video Editing
Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques
Creating the Fiction Film I
Game and Interactive Media Design
Integrated Media Arts Special Topics
Game and Interactive Media Development
Web Design and Development
Game Design and Development I
Advanced Web Development and Database Management
Game Design and Development II
Building Virtual Worlds
Building Innovative Interfaces
Graphics and Animation
Integrated Media Arts Special Topics
Three-Dimensional Graphics and Design
Compositing and Special Effects
Advanced Three-Dimensional Computer Animation
Creating Human-Centered Technology
Methods for Understanding Users
Introduction to Applied Programming
Evaluating Human-Centered Technology
Interactive Prototyping
Media and Information Management
Media and Information Management
IT Network Management and Security
Media Entrepreneurship and Business Strategies
Social Media and Social Computing
Digital Business and Commerce
Society, Policy and Research
Networks, Markets, and Society
Media and Information Policy
Media and Information Research
Information and Communication Technologies and Development
One of the following capstone courses (3 credits):
Advanced Media Project Design and Production (W)
Information Technology Project Management
Topics in Media, Information, and Society (W)
Collaborative Documentary Design and Production (W)
Creating the Fiction Film II (W)
Design of Cinema and Television Projects (W)
Audio Industry Design and Management (W)
Three-Dimensional Graphics and Animation Portfolio (W)
Creating Human-Centered Technology (W)
Information and Communication Technology Development Project (W)
Collaborative Game Design (W)
Media and Information (MI) Electives
Additional credits in department courses can be taken as electives outside the above requirements. No more than 60 credits can be taken within the college. Students are encouraged to pursue an optional transcriptable concentration or a department-affiliated minor to complement their major. Minors may be chosen from fiction filmmaking, documentary production, game design and development, information technology, or information and communication technology and development. Special topics and internships are also encouraged through enrollment in MI 491 and MI 493. Students interested in pursuing a concentration or minor should contact the Academic and Students Affairs Office in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
Concentrations in Media and Information
The department offers concentrations for students who wish to focus on a specific application area in the discipline. The concentrations are available to, but not required of, any student enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts degree program in Media and Information. Courses completed to satisfy requirement 3. above may also be used to satisfy the requirements of a concentration. The concentration will be noted on the student’s transcript.
Film and Media Production
To earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Information with a film and media production concentration, students must complete degree requirements 1., 2., and 3. above and the following:
Five of the following courses from the Film and Media Production focus area:
Integrated Media Arts Special Topics
Introduction to Documentary Production
Multi Camera Production for Television
Sound Design for Cinema, Television, and Games
Producing for Cinema and Television
Advanced Video Editing
Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques
Creating the Fiction Film I
Two courses from the Graphics and Animation, or Game and Interactive Media Design, or Media and Information Management focus areas.
One of the following capstone courses:
Collaborative Documentary Design and Production (W)
Creating the Fiction Film II (W)
Design of Cinema and Television Projects (W)
Audio Industry Design and Management (W)
Game and Interactive Media Design
To earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Information with a game and interactive media design concentration, students must complete degree requirements 1., 2., and 3. above and the following:
Five of the following courses from the Game and Interactive Media Design focus area:
Integrated Media Arts Special Topics
Game and Interactive Media Development
Web Design and Development
Game Design and Development I
Advanced Web Development and Database Management
Game Design and Development II
Building Virtual Worlds
Building Innovative Interfaces
Two courses from the Graphics and Animation, or Film and Media Production, or Media and Information Management focus areas.
One of the following capstone courses:
Three-Dimensional Graphics and Animation Portfolio (W)
Collaborative Game Design (W)
Information, Management and Design for Society
To earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Information with a information, management and design for society concentration, students must complete degree requirements 1., 2., and 3. above and the following:
All of the following courses:
Methods for Understanding Users
Networks, Markets, and Society
Media and Information Management
Four of the following courses from the Creating Human-Centered Technology, or Media and Information Management, or Society, Policy, and Research focus areas. Three of the four courses must come from the same focus area.
One of the following capstone courses:
Topics in Media, Information, and Society (W)
Creating Human-Centered Technology (W)
Information and Communication Technology Development Project (W)