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: Santiago Echeverry, Associate Professor, Art 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 62-65 credits, and designated elective courses offered within the participating programs, for a minimum of 78 total credits.
Degree Requirements
Interdisciplinary Core
| ART 210 | Foundations: Digital Media | 4 |
| ART 211 | Art and Technology | 4 |
| ART 310 | Creative Coding | 4 |
| ART 311 | Online Production | 4 |
| ITM 251 | Application Development | 4 |
| ITM 360 | Advanced Application Development | 4 |
| MUS 108 | Recording and Electronic Music I | 4 |
| MUS 109 | Recording and Electronic Music II | 4 |
| MUS 301 | Interactive Arts Ensemble | 0-1 |
| WRI 220 | Writing on and for the Web | 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 |
| | And one of the following courses: | |
| COM 380 | Culture, Society and Computing Technology | 4 |
| COM 323 | Frontiers of Communication | 4 |
| | And one of the following courses: | |
| ART 430 | Physical Computing | 4 |
| ART 463 | Multimedia and Installation Art | 4 |
| | And one of the following courses: | |
| ART 499 | Senior Project | 2-4 |
| COM 499 | Senior Project | 4 |
| MUS 499 | Senior Project in Music | 3 |
| ITM 499 | Independent Study in Information and Technology Management | 1-4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 62-65 |
Can take COM 380 or COM 323 to satisfy core. If both are taken, one will count toward a COM elective.
Can take ART 430 or ART 463 to satisfy core. If both are taken, one will count toward an ART 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 Electives
Choose 15 to 16 credits from any of the following course areas to receive a concentration in that area:
Art Concentration Electives
May use ART 430 as an elective if COM 463 is used in the core.
Combined Special Problems classes can add up to a maximum of 4 credits total
New Media Production (NMP) Majors must take ART 213, ART 217, ART 317, and ART 430 or COM 463 in order to have a concentration in Art and graduate with a Minor in Digital Arts.
New Media Production (NMP) Majors must take ART 102, ART 104, ART 305, ART 306, ART 309 and ART 281 or ART 420 in order to have a concentration in Art and graduate with a Minor in Graphic Design.
Communication Concentration Electives
| COM 225 | Media Writing | 4 |
| COM 226 | Introduction to Scriptwriting for Motion Pictures and Television | 4 |
| COM 232 | Visual Literacy | 4 |
| COM 242 | Digital Citizenship | 4 |
| COM 260 | American Cinema | 4 |
| COM 261 | World Cinema | 4 |
| COM 312 | Narrative Production | 4 |
| COM 313 | Documentary Production | 4 |
| COM 314 | Experimental Filmmaking | 4 |
| COM 323 | Frontiers of Communication | 4 |
| COM 331 | The Creative Triangle | 4 |
| COM 339 | Mobile Application Design | 4 |
| COM 380 | Culture, Society and Computing Technology | 4 |
| COM 340 | Screenwriting I | 4 |
| COM 342 | Producing for Motion Picture and Digital Media | 4 |
| COM 460 | Senior Seminar in Film and Digital Production | 4 |
May use COM 380 or COM 323 as an elective if the other one is used in the core. May use COM 463 as an elective if ART 430 is used in the core.
In order to graduate with a concentration in Communication and a Minor in Communication, New Media Production (NMP) Majors must take COM 225 or COM 226, COM 232, COM 242, and two electives including at least one 300- or 400-level course. These electives can include any courses listed in the Communication curriculum, whether they are delivered by Communication or other departments.
In order to graduate with a concentration in Communication and a Minor in Film and Media Arts focusing on Production, New Media Production (NMP) Majors must take COM 226, COM 260 or COM 261, COM 312 or COM 313 or COM 314, COM 331 or COM 342, and COM 460
Information Technology Management
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Global Business | 4 |
| ITM 220 | Management 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 and Design | 4 |
| ITM 350 | Information Security Principles | 4 |
| ITM 408 | Data and Information Management | 4 |
| ITM 466 | Business Intelligence and Analytics | 4 |
| ITM | Elective | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 20 |
Technical information systems courses:
| ITM 280 | Network and Cloud Infrastructure | 4 |
| ITM 380 | Network Security | 4 |
| ITM 419 | Enterprise Architecture and Governance | 4 |
| ITM 495 | Special Topics in Information and Technology Management | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
English and Writing Concentration Electives
Music Concentration Electives
Total Credit Hours: 78