MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits required for a BFA in Interactive Arts: 120.0
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2020 - 21 and 2021 - 22 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Designing Information | FF 140B | 3.0 |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
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| Modernism and After / Modernisms | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Science/Math Requirement | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Theory Requirement | -TH | 3.0 |
| Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective | 3.0 | |
INTERACTIVE ARTS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
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| Choose one course from the following | ||
| Introduction to Sound | IA 202 | 3.0 |
| Creative Coding | IA 215 | 3.0 |
| Robotic Arts Introduction | IA 277 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| Interaction as Art | IA 210 | 3.0 |
| Sound Art | IA 230 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| Immersive/Interactive Studio | IA 340 | 3.0 |
| Digital Fab, Circuits, Craft | IA 351 | 3.0 |
| Remix as Performance | IA 390 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| The Soundscape | IA 310 | 3.0 |
| Virtual Reality for Artists | IA 317 | 3.0 |
| Immersive Experience Lab | IA 341 | 3.0 |
| Interactive Arts Thesis | IA 498 | 6.0 |
| Interactive Arts Thesis II | IA 499 | 6.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Core Studios | AD, AN, FB, FILM, GD, GMD, IA, IS, PD, PH | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |