Interactive Entertainment Technology Certificate (2505)
Video games have swept the world as both a form of entertainment and as learning tools for many industries. The field and its underlying hardware are one of the key factors in the development of innovational technology. This program sets forth a series of courses that encourage the development of analytical, psychological, and programming techniques to produce entertainment and educational-oriented assets. Through this program of study, students will engage in hands-on study of a field they have enjoyed as a diversion or relaxation and be prepared to work as a member of the media industry’s most exciting workforces.
Course | Title | Credit Hours |
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MDIA 1003 | Introduction to the Multimedia Computer | 1 |
MDIA 1010 | The Business and History of Broadcast and Interactive Media | 2 |
MDIA 1080 | Staff Practice I | 1 |
MDIA 1200 | Video I: Introduction to Video Production and Broadcast | 3 |
MDIA 1500 | Interactive Media I: Introduction to Interactive Production | 3 |
MDIA 1600 | Animation I: Introduction to Two and Three-Dimensional Animation | 3 |
MDIA 1640 | Cartoon Animation Drawing | 2 |
MDIA 1700 | Interactive Entertainment I: Introduction to Entertainment Production | 3 |
MDIA 1705 | Interactive Entertainment II: Interactive Game Design Techniques | 3 |
MDIA 1740 | Interactive Entertainment Design Theory | 2 |
MDIA 2080 | Staff Practice II | 1 |
MDIA 2700 | Interactive Entertainment III: Applied Game Logic | 3 |
MDIA 2705 | Interactive Entertainment IV: Advanced Game Design and Production | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 30 |
The following courses are suggested as supplementary enrichment to the Media Technology certificates:
Course | Title | Credit Hours |
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ARTS 1120 | Art Appreciation | 3 |
ARTS 1130 | Art Drawing I | 3 |
ENGL 2215 | Graphic Fiction | 4 |
GRDS 1010 | Visual Organization | 3 |
GRDS 1375 | Computer Graphics AI, ID and PS | 3 |
ITCS 1010 | Programming Logic | 3 |
ITCS 1105 | Web Programming I | 3 |
ITCS 1820 | Java Programming I | 3 |
MUSC 1200 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
MUSC 1215 | World Music | 3 |
MUSC 1800 | Popular Music: Rock, Jazz, Country, and Hip-Hop | 3 |
PHOT 1100 | Basic Photography | 3 |
or PHOT 1105 | Basic Photography - Digital | |
PHOT 1400 | Commercial Photography | 3 |