Design, Interactivity, and Media Arts - Media Generalist (DIMGO)

The generalist option allows students to customize their degree to meet their unique career goals.

Requirements

Tier II— Required Concentration (40.5 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1411	History of Animation	4.5
	OR
DIMA 1320	History of Graphic Design	4.5
DIMA 1220	Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development	4.5
DIMA 1230	Drawing for Electronic Media	4.5
DIMA 1620	Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation	4.5
DIMA 1455	Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation	4.5
	OR
DIMA 1410	2-D Animation and Compositing I	4.5
DIMA 1400	Game Design Fundamentals	4.5
DIMA 1500	Web Design	4.5
DIMA 1305	Concept Development	4.5
DIMA 1200	Illustration I	4.5
DIMA 2840	Projects Development	4.5

Tier III— Electives (13.5 credit hrs.)

Select 13.5 credit hours from the following:

DIMA 1230	Drawing for Electronic Media	4.5
DIMA 1510	Interactive 2-D Design I	4.5
DIMA 2410	2-D Animation and Compositing II	4.5
DIMA 2210	Electronic Illustration	4.5
INFO 1311	Web Page CreationONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 2340	Internet Scripting	4.5
DIMA 2500	Web Design Partnership Project	4.5
DIMA 2450	Design for Motion Graphics II	4.5
DIMA 2510	Interactive 2-D Design II	4.5
DIMA 2700	3-D Game Development	4.5
DIMA 2620	3-D Character Development	4.5
DIMA 2625	3D Modeling for Animation and Games	4.5
DIMA 2640	3-D Lab	4.5
DIMA 2900	Special Topics in DIMA	variable
DIMA 2981	Internship	4.5
DIMA 1325	Layout	4.5
DIMA 2200	Illustration II	4.5
DIMA 2352	Publication Design	4.5
DIMA 2350	Typography II	4.5
DIMA 2300	Logo Design and Branding	4.5
DIMA 2310	Information Design	4.5
DIMA 2351	Package Design	4.5
DIMA 2500	Web Design Partnership Project	4.5
PHOT 1500	Moving Image Lab	6.0
PHOT 1005	Basic Photography I - Digital	6.0
PHOT 2025	Intermediate Digital Photography	6.0
VACA 1020	Audio I	4.5
VACA 1110	Introduction to Scriptwriting	4.5
VACA 1130	Video I - Studio	4.5
VACA 2120	Screenwriting Principles	4.5
VACA 2220	Digital Media Editing	4.5
ARTS 1110	Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
ARTS 1120	Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINE	4.5
ARTS 1030	3-D Studio	4.5
ARTS 2010	Life Drawing	4.5
ARTS 2020	Elementary Painting	4.5
ARTS 2025	Watercolor	4.5
ARTS 2030	Elementary Sculpture	4.5
ARTS 2040	Elementary Printmaking	4.5
ENTR 1050	Introduction to EntrepreneurshipONLINEHYBRID	4.5
ENTR 2040	Entrepreneurship Feasibility StudyONLINE	4.5
ENTR 2050	Marketing for the EntrepreneurONLINE	4.5
ENTR 2060	Legal Issues for the EntrepreneurONLINE	4.5
ENTR 2070	Financial Topics for the EntrepreneurONLINE	4.5

Suggested Course Sequence – Media Generalist

First Year

Quarter One

ARTS 1010	Drawing	4.5
ARTS 1020	2-D Design	4.5
DIMA 1110	Digital Design: Raster	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Two

DIMA 1120	Digital Design: Vector	4.5
DIMA 1305	Concept Development	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
DIMA 1220	Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Three

DIMA 1450	Design for Motion Graphics I	4.5
DIMA 1310	Typography I	4.5
DIMA 1400	Game Design Fundamentals	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Second Year

Quarter One

DIMA 1200	Illustration I	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5

Select one course from the following:

DIMA 1411	History of Animation	4.5
DIMA 1320	History of Graphic Design	4.5

Select one course from the following:

DIMA 1455	Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation	4.5
DIMA 1410	2-D Animation and Compositing I	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18

Quarter Two

DIMA 1620	Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation	4.5
DIMA 1500	Web Design	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
	Tier 3 Elective	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Three

DIMA 2840	Projects Development	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
	Tier 3 Elective	4.5
	Tier 3 Elective	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0