Major courses in the New Media track explore the nature and theory of digital communication, focusing in particular on the ways that information technology affects such areas as text creation and publication, film and film-making, public relations, advertising, journalism, commercial art, and web design. Students interested in working in new media will find this track of benefit.
Remember to take the CIT program prerequisites: COMM 1110, JOUR 1135, JOUR 2131, and ITEC 2215 before starting your junior and senior level coursework.
Whenever possible, 3000 level courses should be completed before beginning 4000 level courses. Note that ENGL 4451 has a prerequisite of ENGL 4450. Students will find that taking ENGL 3106 or ENGL 3108, ENGL 3010, and HUMN 3460 early on in the program will prepare them for concepts covered in higher level courses.
The following curriculum for the New Media track reflects the latest changes and additions made to the program.
Humanities Core Courses (18 semester hours)
- ENGL 3106 (3 hrs.) Professional Communication or ENGL 3108 (3hrs.) Writing for Digital Media
- JOUR 3131 (3 hrs.) News Writing
- ENGL 3010 (3 hrs.) Intro. to Literary Studies (replaces “Critical Perspectives”)
- HUMN 3460 (3 hrs.) Media Criticism
- HUMN 4340 (3 hrs.) Introduction to Ethics
- ENGL 4481 (3 hrs.) Survey of Film
Information Technology Core Courses (18 semester hours)
- ITEC 3235* (3 hrs.) Computer Interface Design
- ITEC 3236* (3 hrs.) Interactive Digital Media
- ITEC 4230 (3 hrs.) Graphic Imaging
…WITH 9 hours of electives selected from the following**
- ITEC 4231 (3 hrs.) Information Design
- ITEC 4232 (3 hrs.) Desktop Publishing
- ITEC 4233 (3 hrs.) Emerging Digital Media
- ITEC 4236 (3 hrs.) Digital Video Production
- ITEC 4237 (3 hrs.) 3D Modeling & Animation
New Media Track (24 semester hours)
- HUMN 3999 (3 hrs.) Special Topics
- ENGL 3999 (3 hrs.) Special Topics
- ENGL 4450 (3 hrs.) Visual Rhetoric: Principles of Production I
- ENGL 4480 (3 hrs.) History of Print
- HUMN 4460 (3 hrs.) Senior Seminar: New Media
- ENGL 4483 (3 hrs.) Senior Project
…WITH 6 hours of electives selected from the following***
- COMM 2010 (3 hrs.) Interpersonal Skills for a Global Society
- HUMN 2152 /SCIE 2152 (3 hrs.) Science, Poetry, and The Imagination
- BUSA 3153/HUMN 3153 (3 hrs.) Organizations, Work, and Literature
- HUMN 2111H (3 hrs.) Honors Humanities
- HUMN 2151 (3 hrs.) Humanities
- HUMN 2155 (3 hrs.) Survey of Humanities I
- HUMN 2156 (3 hrs.) Survey of Humanities II
- HUMN 3145 (3 hrs.) Technology and the Creative Artist
- HUMN 3501 (3 hrs.) Applied Linguistics
- HUMN 3600 (3 hrs.) Digital Storytelling
- HUMN 4471 (3 hrs.) Comparative Cultures
- HUMN 4472 (3 hrs.) Studies in Culture
- ENGL 4482 (3 hrs.) Popular Culture
- ENGL 3206 (3 hrs.) Gender Studies
- ENGL 4451 (3 hrs.) Visual Rhetoric: Principles of Production II
- ENGL 4430 (3 hrs.) Non-Western Literature
- ENGL 2105 (3 hrs.) Creative Writing
- ARTS 4400 (3 hrs.) Principles of Graphic Design
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE (3-6 hrs.) at the 2000 level or higher
- CIT 4470**** (3 hrs.) Student Editor Internship
- CIT 4471**** (3 hrs.) Off-campus Internship
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS: 60 SEMESTER HOURS [20 COURSES AT 3 SEMESTER HOURS EACH].
Notes
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* — ITEC 3235 and 3236 can be taken at the same time
** — Other ITEC classes can, with the permission of your CIT advisor, replace any of these 9 hours
*** — Other appropriate electives approved by advisor
**** — Neither 4470 nor 4471 can be repeated for credit, nor can both be taken for credit.