Minor
Minor in Interactive Media
A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence in the minor.
Requirements
At least one course in the minor must be taken at the 300 level.
Required Courses – 6 credits
- DIGC/CSCI 158 – P4 Introduction to Computational Media (3)
Computer science majors or minors may substitute CSCI 161 by petition. - Choose one:
- COMM 269 – Web Design (3)
- DIGC 271 – Video Game Design I(3)
Cultural Approaches – 3 credits
Choose ONE course from the following group.
- COMM 367 – Emergent Media and Web Culture (3)
- DIGC 171 – P3 Video Game History (3)
- DIGC 240 – P4 The Networked World (3)
- ENGL 272 – P2 Digital Feminisms (3)
- ENGL 282 – Stories Games Tell (3)
- ENGL 346 – Narrative and New Media (3)
- ENGL 382 – Digital Literacies (3)
Electives – 9 credits
Choose nine credits from the following group.
- ARTS 112D – Digital Art (3)
- COMM 219 – Design I (3)
- COMM 319 – Design II (3)
- COMM 362 – Interactive Media Design (3)
- COMM 363 – Media Research and Analytics (3)
- COMM 449 - Media Entrepreneurship (3)
- COMM 468 - Advanced Web Development (3)
- CSCI 260 – Introduction to Databases (3)
- CSCI 303/304/307 – C/Visual Basic/Python (3)
- DIGC 369 – Web Design Practicum (1)
- EDUC 204 – Educational Technology (3)
- ENGL 218C – P1 Theater and Design (3)
- ENGL 359 – Technical Writing (3)
- ENGL 361 – Writing with New Media (3)
- ENGL 380 – Visual Rhetoric (3)
- MKTG 415 – Internet Marketing (3)
- Any DIGC course
Students may also use additional courses under Cultural Approaches as electives.
Total: 18 credits
Note: Only one course from the student's major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the interactive media minor.