Requirements

New Media Art and Design Track

The Major in Art: New Media Art and Design Track requires a minimum of 10 courses and two portfolio reviews. At least 3 courses must be at the 300- or 400-level, and must not double-count for any other major or minor. A grade of C or better is required for all art courses counting toward the major.

Required Courses (5):

• ArtH 110: Introduction to Visual Arts and Design
• Art 130: Elements of Design
• Art 142: Digital Design Foundations
• ArtH 200: Survey of New Media in Art, Design, Technology and Culture
• Art 239: Applied 3D Design and Fabrication

A four-course specialization (4) from one of the following options:

2-D Design:

• Art 253 Graphic Design
• Art 353 Advanced Graphic Design
• A 1.0 credit internship in an appropriately related field
• One of the following:
  
  • Art 240 Digital Photography
  • Art 245 Digital Art
  • Art 340 Advanced Digital Photography
  • Art 345 Advanced Digital Art
  • Comm 212 Visual Rhetoric
  • A 1.0 credit Creative Project
  • A 1.0 credit Senior Thesis

3-D Design and Fabrication:

• Art 233 Sculpture
• Art 339 Advanced Applied 3D Design and Fabrication
• A 1.0 credit internship in an appropriately related field
• One of the following:
  
  • Art 333 Advanced Sculpture
  • Art 334 Installation Art
  • Thtr 260 Design: Stage and Screen
  • A 1.0 credit Creative Project
  • A 1.0 credit Senior Thesis

4-D Time-Based Media:

• Art 243 Video, Sound, and Electronic Art
• Art 343 Advanced Video, Sound, and Electronic Art
• A 1.0 credit internship in an appropriately related field
• One of the following:
  
  • Art 240 Digital Photography
  • Art 334 Installation Art
  • Art 340 Advanced Digital Photography
  • Cine 200 Film Editing
  • Cine 201 Narrative Filmmaking
  • Cine 202 Documentary Filmmaking
  • Comm 212 Visual Rhetoric
  • Thtr 224 Performance Art
  • Thtr 260 Design: Stage and Screen
  • A 1.0 credit Creative Project
  • A 1.0 credit Senior Thesis

Capstone Course (1)

• Art 480 Senior Seminar in Studio Art

Students in the New Media Art and Design track will be required to take ART 480 alongside students in the Studio Art track. In planning this curriculum, the department wants cross-pollination of ideas and a development of a sense of community amongst all our majors. This course encourages students to create focus and clarity in their art as well as look at the whole of their art and design trajectory both through studio practice and the development of a portfolio.

There is no minor available in Art: New Media Art and Design.  Students interested are encouraged to seek either a Minor in Art: Studio Art or a Minor in Digital Media Design.

Recommended Courses for New Media Art and Design Track 

We have contacted department chairs throughout the college to receive their input on having a list of courses that would add substantially to the trajectory of an New Media Art and Design student. The materials and subjects of these courses are relevant in the pursuit and understanding of interdisciplinarity and collaboration in academic fields and professional settings. These are not part of the tracks however we want to encourage students to build solid connections between our field and the substantive educational opportunities these classes offer in reference to the world that surrounds us.