Digital Media Arts - Interactive Design
Our undergraduate degree in Digital Media Arts - Interactive Design and Media (ID&M) concentration brings together design, human-technology interaction, digital media, and information technology to prepare you for a professional career in media after graduation. Design (a process of conceiving, planning and making of products) is central to ID&M.
Through hands-on courses and with real-world clients, students learn how to:
- Design and prototype websites and mobile apps
- Design interfaces and user experiences, including locative media, wearable electronics, interactive narratives and extended or augmented reality
- Evaluate usability
- Create and optimize media
- Apply design processes and standards
- Create database-driven content
- Develop interactive client-side web interfaces
Program Type
Major
Degree
Bachelor's
Duration
4-year
Required Credit Hours
36
Courses for the Digital Media Arts - Interactive Design & Media major
- MDIA 140 Media Literacy
- MDIA 260 Media Design
- MDIA 465W Media Ethics
- MDIA 473 Media Law
- DMA 226 Interactive Media & Design
- DMA 308 Interactive Design Studio (Methods)
- DMA 318 Interactive Design Studio (Process)
- DMA 331 Web & Mobile Design
- DMA 464 Human Computer Interaction
- DMA 462 Elements of User Experience (UX Design)
- DMA 472 Dev. Studio I (Creative Coding)
- DMA 475 Dev. Studio II (Cross-Channel Experiences)