BFA Program » Multimedia / Web Design
Multimedia / Web Design
Multimedia/Web Design complements the student’s traditional training with digital skills. Students learn to use various software programs to create interactive and time-based media that target a specific market and objective.
Students in the Multimedia/Web Design area develop expertise in the use of computers to manipulate images, prepare print layouts and create web designs. Through the projects assigned, students apply graphic design concepts using typography, photography, illustration, web programming, interface design, video and animation. Students are also trained in image processing, color correction and three-dimensional model building.
All of these skills are applied to class assignments that require students to identify a target market, develop a concept for that market and clearly communicate that concept both visually and verbally. The ability to manage workflow and multiple deadlines is essential in progressing from concept to output.
During their studies, students will produce a body of work that demonstrates their expertise in developing interactive and time- based presentations displaying awareness of context of display, non-linear linking structures, time-based media and user-oriented navigational systems.
BFA Sample Curriculum
| Bachelor of Fine Arts in Multimedia/Web Design |
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| Semester 1 |
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| Fundamentals of Art I |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Beginning Life Drawing I |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| English Language Arts I |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
| Freshman Seminar |
1 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 2 |
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| Fundamentals of Art II |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Beginning Life Drawing II |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Anatomy |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 3 |
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| Introduction to 2-D Design |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Digital Graphic Foundations |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| English Language Arts II |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
| Art History Survey I |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 4 |
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| Electronic Imaging |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| 2-D Computer Animation and Digital Video I |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Art History Survey II |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
| (One of four) Film and Society; Film and Society: World Cultures; Contemporary Visual Culture; or Art and Activism |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 5 |
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| Web Design I |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Intermediate 2-D Design and Typography |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Quantitative Literacy |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
| Marketing |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 6 |
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| 2-D Animation and Digital Video II |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Multimedia I: Interactive Graphics |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| (One of three) Intro to Lab Science; Vision, Light and Color; or Advanced Anatomy |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
| (One of seven) Survey of American Illustration; History of Graphic Design; 20th Century and Contemporary Art History; Art History: Renaissance and Baroque; Art History: Art and Technology; Art History: Rococo and Neo-Classical; or World Art |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 7 |
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| (One of two) Web Design II or Multimedia Scripting Advanced Interactive Programming |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Studio Elective 200/300 or 400 level |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Studio Elective 200/300 or 400 level |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
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| Semester 8 |
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| (One of three) Advanced Multimedia and Web Design Projects; Multimedia Web Video: Interactive Media and Video Integration; or Internship |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| Portfolio: Visual Communications |
5 Semester Credit Hours |
| (One of four) Film and Society; Film and Society: World Cultures; Contemporary Visual Culture; or Art and Activism |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
| Professional Writing |
3 Semester Credit Hours |
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| 122 Total Credits Required for the BFA Degree in Multimedia/Web Design |
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