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Program Mission
Web Design & Interactive Media is a user centered design program. Program outcomes are focused on creativity, design strategy, and technology solutions across media platforms. Program competencies are those related to interface design, interactivity, visual design, database design, dynamic content design, technology, and information design.
Desired Student Outcomes
1. Communication: Graduates will possess visual, written, and oral communication skills that enable them to create web and media vehicles that effectively deliver messages to intended audiences; the ability to work effectively in teams; the ability to create a coherent storyboard; and the skill to communicate effectively with prospective employers, colleagues, and clients.
2. Information technology: Graduates will have skills in file structure, digital information, logical flow charting, media for- mats, computer applications, programming language abilities, and knowledge of database design.
3. Design: Graduates will apply the principles, technical skills, and terminology of image manipulation and web design. 4. Problem-solving: Graduates will possess the creative design skills to conceptualize, develop, and evaluate web pages; problem solving skills that result in interface designs appropriate for the target audience and satisfactory to the client; and will understand the process of project management.
5. Context: Graduates will understand web design in relation to education, commerce, entertainment, and will have devel- oped knowledge of marketing, economics, law, and emerging technologies as they relate to media design.
6. Professionalism: Graduates will have developed current professional awareness, a high standard of ethics, an ability to work independently, and a desire for life-long learning and professional growth.
Program Description
The Bachelor of Fine Arts Web Design & Interactive Media program prepares students to seek entry to the field, beginning with a foundation in basic design skills including drawing, perspective, composition and color theory. Coursework continues with techniques of interactive systems development using accepted tools of the industry.
Graduation Requirements
To receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Web Design & Interactive Media, students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter-credits with 60 quarter-credits in general education courses and 120 in the specialty area with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher. The entire program includes 2618 clock hours, comprised of 1342 lecture hours, 1276 lab hours, and no internship or practicum hours. Also a student must receive a passing grade or credit for all required course work, meet port-
folio requirements including participation in the Senior Portfolio Show. Graduating students must pass a required course in which a portfolio is produced and satisfy all financial obligations to The Illinois Institute of Art.
Requirements for B.F.A. in Web Design & Interactive Media
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
Core Courses
WDIM110 Designing for Multimedia Display 4
WDIM120 Writing for Interactive Media ART110 4
WDIM130 Fundamentals of Interactive Design Follows WDIM110 4
WDIM160 Web Scripting WDIM130 4
WDIM210 Project Management WDIM110 4
WDIM225 Interactive Authoring I WDIM110 4
WDIM230 Fundamentals of Authoring 4
WDIM260 Web Animation WDIM225 4
WDIM265 Advanced Web Scripting WDIM225 4
WDIM300 Database Management WDIM225 or Permission of Academic Director 4
WDIM305 E-Learning Design I WDIM225 4
WDIM315 Interactive Authoring II WDIM225 or Permission of Academic Director 4 WDIM320 Interactive Motion Graphics WDIM265 or Permission of Academic Director 4
WDIM350 Web Marketing and E-Commerce Law WDIM225 4
WDIM355 E-Learning Design II WDIM305 or Permission of Academic Director 4 WDIM370 Web Design & Interactive Media Production
Team
WDIM305 or Permission of Academic Director 4
WDIM415 E-Commerce Site Design WDIM300 4
WDIM435 Portfolio I WDIM225 or Permission of Academic Director 4
WDIM480 Portfolio II WDIM300 and WDIM435 4
Supporting Courses
ART100 Design Fundamentals 4
ART102 Observational Drawing 4
ART110 Color Theory 4
DFV100 Survey of Film & Video 4
DFV101 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking ART100 or FND105 or approval of Academic Direc- tor
4
DFV120 Fundamentals of Audio 4
DPH242 Image Manipulation 4
DPH252 Advanced Image Manipulation DPH242 or FND135 4
IC402 Career Development GEN105 or permission of instructor 4
VFX110 Digital Typography FND105 4
VFX250 Fundamentals of Motion Graphics VFX110 4
General Education Courses
GEN101 English I GEN095 or placement 4
GEN102 English II GEN101 4
GEN105 Effective Speaking GEN101 at Chicago, Detroit, and Troy 4
GEN150 Mathematical Concepts and Connections 4
Fine Arts - GEN205-GEN212 GEN101 and GEN105 4
Humanities & Fine Arts 200-Level Elective GEN101 and GEN105 4 Humanities & Fine Arts 300-Level Elective GEN102, and one course from GEN205-GEN233 4
Mathematics Elective 4
Physical & Life Science 200-Level Elective GEN101 and GEN105 4 Physical & Life Science 300-Level Elective GEN102, and one course from GEN260-GEN286 4
Social Science 200-Level Elective GEN101 and GEN105 4
Social Science 200-Level Elective GEN101 and GEN105 4
Social Science 300-Level Elective GEN102, and one course from GEN241-GEN248 4 GEN399 General Education Capstone All required 100-level courses; at least 5 200-level
courses; and at least one course between 310 and 382
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