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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. 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

FMX 210Digital Media

4
FMX 241Sound, Image and Motion

4
ITM 251Application Development

4
MUS 108Recording and Electronic Music I

4
WRI 220Writing for Online Audiences

4
Total Credit Hours:20

Seminar, Junior Review, Thesis

FMX 298Professional Seminar

2
FMX 398Junior Portfolio Review

0
FMX 499Senior Project in FMX

4
Total Credit Hours:6

Interdisciplinary Core

FMX 339Mobile Application Production

4
COM 346Writing for Interactive Media

4
FMX 310Creative Coding

4
FMX 311Online Production

4
FMX 430Spatial Computing

4
FMX 463Multimedia Installation

4
ITM 360Advanced Application Development

4
MUS 109Recording and Electronic Music II

4
MUS 301Interactive Arts Ensemble

0-1
Total Credit Hours:33

History and Theory

FMX 201History of Animation

4
FMX 211Art and Technology

4
COM 323Digital Communication and Society

4
Total Credit Hours:12
 

Electives (8 credit hours from the following):

 
FMX 207Digital Illustration

4
FMX 2133D Printing and Modeling I

4
FMX 2173D Animation I

4
FMX 2382D Animation I

4
FMX 3153D Printing and Modeling II

4
FMX 3173D Animation II

4
FMX 320Animation for Interactivity and Games

4
FMX 321Motion Performance Capture

4
FMX 322Visual Effects

4
FMX 324Cinematography

4
FMX 328Sound in Media

4
FMX 3382D Animation II

4
FMX 343Advanced Post-Production

4
FMX 374Internship in FMX

1-4
FMX 381Digital Imaging

4
FMX 382Global Perspectives in Film and New Media

2
FMX 382AGlobal Perspectives in Film and New Media Travel Course

2
FMX 385Special Topics in FMX

4
FMX 392Independent Study in FMX

1-4
FMX 410Special Topics in Digital and New Media

1-6
FMX 417Special Topics in Animation

1-6
FMX 492Independent Study in FMX

1-4
ITM 220Management Information Systems

4
ITM 280Network and Cloud Infrastructure

4
ITM 318Systems Analysis and Design

4
ITM 350Information Security Principles

4
ITM 408Data and Information Management

4
ITM 495Special Topics in Information and Technology Management

4
WRI 242Publication Editing and Design

2-4
WRI 381Technical and Professional Editing

4
WRI 385Visual Rhetoric and Information Design

4
MUS 210Concert Recording Practicum

2
MUS 303Studio Production Ensemble

0-1

Total Credit Hours: 79