4-1 Masters Digital Media Arts (Web Design and Development)
The 4-1 Program enables you to complete both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in 5 years. During your undergraduate program you take 12 specified graduate credits. They fulfill 9 credits of your Major electives and, in addition, 3 credits count towards your undergraduate Liberal Arts electives. Then, you complete an additional 24 credits (instead of the normal 36 credits) for your Master's Degree.
Required Undergraduate Courses taken during Undergraduate Study:- Undergraduate Department Core (12 Credits):
- JMA 240 - Media and Society (Satisfies the College of Liberal Arts Core Communication Requirement)
- JMA 260 - New Media Production
- JMA 465W - Media Ethics
- JMA 473 - Media Law and Regulation
- Digital Media Arts Major Core (6 credits):
- JMA 331 - Elements of Flash
- JMA 440 - Professional Development & Project Management
- Web Concentration Core (9 credits):
- JMA 226 - Introduction to Web Design and Development
- JMA 318 - Web Design
- JMA 472 - JavaScript
Required Graduate Courses taken during Senior (4th) Year of Undergraduate Study: (3 of these credits must be applied to your Liberal Arts electives.)
- Graduate Classes (12 Credits):
- JMA545 - Interface Design
- JMA578 - Client-Side Scripting II
- JMA554 - Web Development Tools OR JMA575 - Database for Web Development
- JMA564 - Human Computer Interaction OR JMA595 - Server Scripting PHP and MySQL
Required Graduate Courses taken during Graduate (5th Year) Study:
- Graduate Department Core (9 Credits):
- JMA 502 - Managing Interactive Media
- JMA 510 - Multimedia Production
- JMA 530 - Digital Imaging for Multimedia
- Additional Web Design and Development Specific Courses (6 Credits)
- As either listed or approved by advisor
- Additional JMA Electives (9 Credits)