BFA in New Media
Faculty: Film, Animation and New Media, Communication, English and Writing, Information Technology Management and Music faculty participate in the delivery of this degree program.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in New Media is a professional program that includes courses in film, animation, new media, communication, music, writing and information technology management. The BFA in New Media studies the associations between these areas in the context of academic scholarship, aesthetic exploration and technological research. The program focuses on designing and creating applications for interactive media, physical computing, networked environments, intelligent environments, virtual realities, mobile platforms and the Internet, for experimental, artistic and professional intent. 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. During their final semester, students produce an industry-standard final project to be presented publicly during on of the FMX open houses and archived in the UT library's institutional repository.
Degree Requirements
Foundations
History and Theory
| FMX 211 | Art and Technology | 4 |
| COM 323 | Frontiers of Communication | 4 |
| COM 380 | Culture, Society and Computing Technology | 4 |
Seminar, Junior Review, Thesis
Interdisciplinary Core
Elective Courses (8 credits)
Can take COM 380 or COM 323 to satisfy core. If both are taken, one will count toward a COM elective.
Interdisciplinary Electives
Choose at least 8 credits from any of the following course areas:
Film, Animation and New Media Electives
Communication Electives
May use COM 380 or COM 323 as an elective if the other one is used in the core.
Information Technology Management Electives
| ITM 220 | Management Information Systems | 4 |
| ITM 280 | Network and Cloud Infrastructure | 4 |
| ITM 318 | Systems Analysis and Design | 4 |
| ITM 319 | Business Process Integration Using Enterprise Systems | 4 |
| ITM 350 | Information Security Principles | 4 |
| ITM 361 | Operations Management | 4 |
| ITM 408 | Data and Information Management | 4 |
| ITM 419 | Enterprise Architecture and Governance | 4 |
| ITM 466 | Business Intelligence and Analytics | 4 |
| ITM 495 | Special Topics in Information and Technology Management | 4 |
English and Writing Electives
Music Electives
Total Credit Hours: 79