Program Requirements and Course Descriptions

To earn a minor in digital media you must fulfill these requirements:

* ICOM 499 available only to students who entered the minor prior to Fall 2008 and are pursuing a 20-credit hour minor.

Course Descriptions

ICOM 101 The Digital World
Introduction to types of human interaction made possible by digital media. Exploration of individualization, innovation, imagination, interactivity, minimization, and internationalization of digital communication. Positive and negative impacts and ramifications of a digital world.

ICOM 201 Digital Message Analysis and Design
Conceptual introduction to critique and design of persuasive digital messages. Process of persuasion—communication to alter attitudes, beliefs, or behavior—in the context of digital interactive media.
Prerequisite: ICOM 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minor and certificate students not majoring in communication studies.

ICOM 211 Digital Interactivity Design
Digital media design as the design of artifacts to support interactive experience. Explores relationships among interactivity, interface design, and communication. Individual and collaborative projects geared to heighten understanding of designing for interactivity. Prerequisite: ICOM 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minor and certificate students not majoring in journalism.

ICOM 212 Digital Image Design
Emphasizes aesthetic understanding and practical facility with digital content as effective visual communication. Emphasis on development of digital imaging competencies, techniques and aesthetics.
Prerequisite: ICOM 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minor and certificate students not majoring in art.

ICOM 213 Digital Video Design
Basic knowledge and laboratory work in development of digital video and audio. Introduction to creating digital video productions with digital cameras and computer hardware and software. Aesthetics and techniques of digital video and audio recording and non-linear editing.
Prerequisite: ICOM 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minor and certificate students not majoring in telecommunications.

ICOM 214  Digital Sound Design
Explores creative use and manipulation of digital audio to produce compositions and sound designs suitable for different types of digital media projects. Focuses on technical skills, creativity, and an understanding of digital audio in context.
Prerequisite: ICOM 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minor and certificate students not majoring in music technology.

ICOM 375  Digital Storytelling
Covers fundamentals of writing, formatting, digitizing, adapting, repurposing, and distributing digital media stories for application in information, communication, and entertainment industries.
Prerequisite: two courses from ICOM 201, 211, 212, 213, or 214 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minors.

ICOM 495 Senior Capstone
Synthesis and culmination of undergraduate digital media design and production experiences in a group or individual capstone digital media design project.
Prerequisite: two courses from ICOM 201, 211, 212, 213, or 214 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Open only to digital media minors.

ICOM 499 Colloquium
Attendance at colloquia, workshops, and Center for Media Design events as specified in the digital media student handbook is the basis for earning colloquium credit.
Open only to digital media minor and certificate students.