A major in Interactive Media provides students with skills and expertise for designing and producing web applications, interactive presentations and user interfaces for computer applications and a variety of consumer devices.
The Bachelor of Science in Interactive Media degree prepares students for the expanding field of interaction design and its application to multimedia and web development. The base program integrates technical and artistic disciplines. Technical concepts and skills involve web markup languages, interactive scripting and human-centered design. The student also explores artistic areas of study such as communication design, animation, game design and cinema.
What students learn from this program:
- Develop well-designed web pages, sites, and interactive applications
- Design, code and create content for casual games
- Conduct usability tests for interactive web sites
- Employ visual design principles to express ideas and concepts
- Create prototypes for interactive displays
The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul. Click here to view the CTI courses that qualify for liberal studies credit.
Four-year schedule of courses:
First Year
Major Field Courses (6)
IT 130 The Internet and the Web
ANI 105 Intro to Visual Design
IM 270 User-Centered Web Design
ART 260 Art and Design I: History, Concept, Structure
IT 240 Introduction to Desktop Databases
ANI 101 Animation for Non-Majors
or ANI 201 Animation I
Liberal Studies (6) - Required: PSY 105 Introductory Psychology I and DC 205 Foundations of Cinema
Second Year
Major Field Courses (7)
IT 223 Data Analysis
IT 230 Building Internet Applications
IM 210 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
IM 220 Interactive Media I
IM 230 Scripting for Interactive Media
ART 264 Typography I
ANI 230 3d Modeling for Animation and Gaming
Liberal Studies (5) - Required: CSC 208 Computers and Social Responsibility
Third Year
Major Field Courses (5)
IM 360 User-Centered Evaluation
IM 320 Interactive Media II
IM 330 Advanced Scripting for Interactive Media
WRD 204 Technical Writing [formerly Eng 204]
GAM 244 Game Development I
IM Electives (3)
Liberal Studies (4)
Fourth Year
Major Field Courses (1)
IM 394 Human-Computer Interaction Capstone Course
or CSC 394 Software Projects
IM Electives (2) - chosen in consultation with student's advisor
Liberal Studies (4)
Open Electives (5)
IM Electives
Any 200 or 300 level CTI, ART or CMN course.
Any of the following:
PSY 360 Theories of Learning and Cognition
PSY 375 Sensation and Perception
PSY 380 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY 383 Psychology of Design
PSY 241 Research Methods I
PSY 242 Research Methods II
Open Electives
Open Electives may be taken from any department or program. These are the only courses that may be taken under the pass/fail option (see the undergraduate Bulletin for details). If you wish to pursue a minor, most minor field courses will be credited as open electives.
Note:Grades for all courses in the students major (i.e. non-Liberal Studies and non-Open Elective) must be 'C' or better. Grades of 'C-' may be accepted provided the overall grade point average in the major is 2.0 or better.
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