Visual Media B.A.
Mission Statement
The goal of the Visual Media degree is to examine the media arts industry, to provide an understanding of various visual communication methods, and to explore how these visual media helps inform our collective identities and societies.
The Visual Media degree allows students an interdisciplinary education in the critical, conceptual, historical, and technical components of the fields of film, television, and computer technology, among others. Students are able to learn the elements of media production, as well as the foundation through which to effectively study various fields of visual media.
Learning Outcomes
Critical Thinking
- Develop insight into the ways that various media function in our culture.
- Using historical and theoretical frameworks, analyze and interpret various forms of visual media.
Communication
- Express intelligent positions concerning various forms of visual media and/or develop ways to express one’s self creatively in a significant way through a field or fields of visual media.
Effective Citizenship
- Develop insight into the ways that visual media can affect the lives of members of diverse communities.
- Meet current and future media industry needs through the use of skills and knowledge developed through the study of existing, new, and emerging technologies.
Curriculum
Core Curriculum (33-44)
English (3-8 credits)
| Refer to the English section of the Core Curriculum | |
Study and Technology Skills (0-2 credits)
| Refer to the Study and Technology Skills section of the Core Curriculum | |
Mathematics (5 credits)
| MATH 128 | Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry | 5.00 |
Natural Sciences (7-8 credits)
Refer to the Natural Sciences section of the Core Curriculum.
Social Sciences (3 credits)
Refer to the Social Sciences section of the Core Curriculum.
Fine Arts (3 credits)
Refer to the Fine Arts section of the Core Curriculum.
Humanities (6 credits)
Refer to the Humanities section of the Core Curriculum.
Constitution (3-6 credits)
Refer to the Constitution section of the Core Curriculum.
Cultural Diversity (3 credits)
Refer to the Cultural Diversity section of the Core Curriculum.
Major Requirements
Required Classes (6)
30 credits total must be completed from the following areas:
Cinema Studies and Digital Cinema Production (at least 9 credits)
Visual Theory (at least 3 credits)
| FIS 400 | Film Theory | 3.00 |
| VIS 261 | Concepts and History of Digital Media | 3.00 |
| VIS 362 | Introduction to Contemporary Critical Theory in Art and Technology | 3.00 |
Visual Culture (at least 3 credits)
Art (at least 3 credits)
| ART 260 | Survey of Art History I | 3.00 |
| ART 261 | Survey of Art History II | 3.00 |
| ART 265 | Introduction to Contemporary Art | 3.00 |
| ART 475 | History of Photography | 3.00 |
Electives (can fulfill up to 12 outstanding credits)
| COM 261 | Introduction to Public Relations | 3.00 |
| COM 262 | Introduction to Advertising | 3.00 |
| IS 101 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3.00 |
| MKT 301 | Marketing Management | 3.00 |
| VIS 362 | Introduction to Contemporary Critical Theory in Art and Technology | 3.00 |
| VIS 363 | Topics in Identity and Politics of Representation | 3.00 |
| VIS 380 | Typography and Publication Design | 3.00 |
| VIS 381 | Corporate/Public Organization Identity and Communications | 3.00 |
| VMT 361 | Concepts of Media Arts | 3.00 |
Summary of credit requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Visual Media
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College Core Curriculum
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33-44
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Major Core Requirements
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36
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Electives (at least 21 credits must be upper division)
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40-51
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Total Credits
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120
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