New Media Production Degree Interdisciplinary Program
Faculty: Art, Communication, English and Writing, Information Technology Management and Music faculty participate in the delivery of this degree program. Coordinator: Gregg Perkins, Associate Professor, Communication Department.
New Media Production (NMP) is an interdisciplinary program including courses offered in art, communication, information and technology management, music and writing, and is administered collaboratively by these departments. The program focuses on designing and creating applications for interactive media, mobile platforms and the Internet for both commercial and artistic intent. NMP studies the associations between these areas in the context of academic scholarship, aesthetic exploration and technical research. After completing the required courses in the core, students can choose to concentrate on a specific area and continue their research in the field of their choice in order to be better prepared for graduate school or the professional world.
Students are required to take 16 core courses, totaling 61 credits, and designated elective courses offered within the participating programs, for a minimum of 76 total credits.
Degree Requirements
Interdisciplinary Core (16 courses/61 credits)
| ART 210 | Beginning Digital Arts | 4 |
| ART 211 | Art and Technology | 4 |
| ART 310 | Advanced Digital Arts | 4 |
| ART 311 | Online Production | 4 |
| ITM 251 | Application Development | 4 |
| ITM 360 | Advanced Application Development | 4 |
| MUS 108 | Recording and Electronic Music I | 3 |
| MUS 109 | Recording and Electronic Music II | 3 |
| MUS 191 | World Music | 3 |
| WRI 200 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 4 |
| COM 346 | Writing for Interactive Media | 4 |
| COM 224 | Mass Media and Society | 4 |
| COM 241 | Introduction to Sound, Image and Motion | 4 |
| COM 381 | Digital Imaging | 4 |
| COM 380 | Culture, Society and Computing Technology | 4 |
| or | |
| COM 323 | Frontiers of Communication | 4 |
| or | |
| COM 463 | Multimedia and Installation Art | 4 |
| ART 499 | Senior Project | 4 |
| or | |
| COM 499 | Senior Project | 4 |
| or | |
| MUS 499 | Senior Project in Music | 3 |
| or | |
| ITM 499 | Independent Study in Information and Technology Management | 1-4 |
*Can take COM 380 or COM 323 to satisfy core. If both are taken, one will count toward a COM elective.
†The senior project is discipline-specific, so only one of the 499s is taken, depending on the student’s area of interest and expertise, and requires a faculty adviser for the project.
Interdisciplinary Concentration Electives (15–16 credits):
*Combined Special Problems classes can add up to a maximum of 4 credits total
Communication
| COM 232 | Visual Literacy | 4 |
| COM 315 | Web Design | 4 |
| COM 312 | Narrative Production | 4 |
| COM 313 | Documentary Production | 4 |
| COM 314 | Experimental Filmmaking | 4 |
| COM 323 | Frontiers of Communication | 4 |
| COM 363 | DVD Design and Production | 4 |
| COM 380 | Culture, Society and Computing Technology | 4 |
| COM 463 | Multimedia and Installation Art | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 40 |
*May use one of these courses as an elective if the other one is used in the core.
Information Technology Management
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Global Business | 4 |
| ITM 220 | Information Systems | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
By taking BUS 101, ITM 220, ITM 251 and ITM 360, a NMP major would only need to take two additional courses (8 credits) from the list below for a minor in MIS
Information analysis and management courses:
| ITM 318 | Systems Analysis, Design, and Project Management | 4 |
| ITM 350 | IS Security and Risk Management | 4 |
| ITM 408 | Data and Information Management | 4 |
| ITM 430 | Global Information Systems Management | 4 |
| ITM 466 | Business Intelligence and Analytics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 20 |
Technical information systems courses:
| ITM 280 | IT Infrastructure | 4 |
| ITM 410 | Advanced IT Infrastructure | 4 |
| ITM 419 | Enterprise Architecture and Systems Design | 4 |
| ITM 495 | Special Topics in Information and Technology Management | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
English and writing
Music
Total Credit Hours: 76