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Interactive Media

Interactive Media Associate Degree
Digital Video and Sound Major
Video Game Art and Animation Track

 

The Interactive Media program provides the community with skilled professionals who can create and assemble multimedia products for corporate interactive training, advertising, and marketing purposes. Graduates are able to develop and produce scripts and computer animation, and apply multimedia technology to assemble graphics, text, sound, and video into meaningful productions.
 
The program supports an industry need to provide multimedia professionals to work in the ever-expanding market of integrated and interactive media communications, with a growing emphasis in Web site development. 
 
The Interactive Media Associate Degree program is designed to impart four critical skills to its graduates:

By mastering these four areas, program graduates will be able to go beyond basic design and layout to complete the “big picture” regarding media structure and flowcharting. As a result, program graduates can cross cultural, aesthetic and technical boundaries.
 
The Digital Video and Sound major is designed to address the need for professionally trained graphic design and interactive media professionals who have the skill set to utilize audio and video assets (typically called “rich media”) in the production of new media whether in a CD-ROM, DVD, interactive Web sites or other delivery systems.
 
The Video Game Art and Animation track covers the core disciplines for video game art production. Students are provided the foundation in key areas that impact this field, including: time-based production, storytelling, a survey of the video game industry, traditional animation, etc. With this foundation, the remainder of the program will build on 3D character and environment production, audio integration and game development skills, conducted through 2D and 3D software, as well as various scripting and programming languages. Students will ultimately work on team-based game projects that expose them to the video game production process.

The jobs available in interactive multimedia are varied. Typical job possibilities for program graduates include multimedia technician, multimedia specialist, multimedia developer, media specialist, instructional design technician, computer graphic artist, 3D computer animator, multimedia illustrator, desktop media publisher, interface designer, animator, script integrator, digital journalist, and presentation artist.

Certification Courses

A series of online certificate courses are available for students interested in being certified in several Adobe software products: Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Flash. Each course is designed to prepare students to take the associate Adobe Certified Associate test for Web Communication, Rich Media Communication or Visual Communication. These tests are sanctioned by Adobe and offered to qualified students through Columbus State Community College and the Certiport testing system (sanctioned by Adobe). Students taking these courses will be introduced to each objective and principle designed into the corresponding certification test. While completing these courses does not guarantee success for students taking the certification tests, the courses are a very focused preparatory tool for the certification test. These courses are offered exclusively in an online format.
 
Upon completion of the associate degree program in Interactive Media, the graduate will be able to:

In addition to the Interactive Media competencies, graduates completing a Digital Video and Sound major will be able to:

In addition to the Interactive Media competencies, graduates completing a Video Game Art and Animation track will be able to:   

Software/Hardware Requirements

Students taking courses in this curriculum may need to own or have access to hardware or software to pursue this degree. This is particularly important for students who are enrolled in distance-learning based sections of a particular course.  Check with the program advisor to discuss specific course needs and options.

Interactive Media Associate Degree

COURSE . CR
Quarter 1 . .
ENGL 101 Beginning Composition  3
GRPH 112 Introduction to Computer Design  4
IMMT 101 Principles of Interactive Media  3
MATH 103 Beginning Algebra II  4
HUM XXX Humanities 111, 112,113,151, or 152  5
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 19
 Quarter 2 . .
ENGL 102 Essay and Research  3
GRPH 113 Fundamentals of Layout and Storyboarding  4
MKTG 102 Branding  3
IMMT 111 Foundations of Digital Media  3
BMGT 257 Project Management  3
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 16
 Quarter 3 . .
GRPH 251 Photoshop and Design I  5
IMMT 241 Cascading Style Sheets  4
IMMT 150 Videography and Editing  4
GRPH243   Vector Illustration  5
CIT 092    Introduction to HTML  1
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 19
 Quarter 4 . .
COMM 207 Writing for the Web  3
IMMT 216 Media Graphics and Optimization  4
IMMT 217 Video Editing  3
IMMT 236 3D Modeling  4
IMMT 237 Beginning Flash (Design)  4
CIT 145    HTML  3
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 21
 Quarter 5 . .
COMM 105 Speech  3
SSCI 100  Globalization and the Social Sciences  5
CIT 212    Web Database Development  3
IMMT 238 Intermediate Flash (Development)  4
IMMT 262 Web Publishing Site Design  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 19
 Quarter 6 . .
CIT 213    Designing an e-Commerce Website  3
IMMT 239 Advanced Flash (Advanced Scripting)  4
IMMT 271 Interactive Portfolio Development   4
IMMT 251 Multimedia Practicum  4
IMMT252 Multimedia Seminar  1
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 16
TOTAL DEGREE CREDIT HOURS  . 110

Digital Video and Sound Major

COURSE . CR
Quarter 1 . .
ENGL 101 Beginning Composition  3
MATH 103  Beginning Algebra II   4
IMMT 101 Principles of Interactive Media  3
HUM XXX  Humanities 111, 112,113,151, or 152  5
IMMT 102 Fundamentals of Video and Sound  2
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 17
 Quarter 2 . .
ENGL 102 Essay and Research  3
BMGT 257  Project Management  3
IMMT 150 Videography and Editing  4
IMMT 151 Audio Editing/Voiceover  4
IMMT 111 Foundations of Digital Media  3
GRPH 113 Fundamentals of Layout and Storyboarding  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 21
 Quarter 3 . .
COMM 105 Speech  3
IMMT 152 Narrative Storytelling and Production   4
MKTG 102 Branding  3
IMMT 153 Screenwriting for Digital Video and Sound  3
GRPH 243 Vector Illustration  5
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 18
 Quarter 4 . .
COMM 207 Writing for the Web  3
IMMT 158 Motion Graphics (After Effects  3
IMMT 216 Media Graphics and Optimization  4
IMMT xxx Technical Elective    1
FOTO 114 Introduction to Digital Photography  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 15
 Quarter 5 . .
SSCI 100 Globalization and the Social Sciences  5
IMMT 155 Foley Art and Sound Design  4
IMMT 237 Beginning Flash (Design)  4
IMMT 240 Documentary Storytelling and Production  4
IMMT 262 Web Publishing Site Design  . 4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 21
 Quarter 6 . .
IMMT 238 Intermediate Flash (Development)  4
IMMT 249 Corporate/Instructional Video   4
IMMT 260 DVD Development  4
IMMT 251 Multimedia Practicum  4
IMMT 252 Multimedia Seminar  1
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 17
TOTAL DEGREE CREDIT HOURS . 109
 ELECTIVES . .
IMMT 157 Sports Broadcasting  4
IMMT 159 Music Video Production  4
IMMT 250 Document Transfer Using Acrobat  2
IMMT 239 Advanced Flash  4
IMMT 297 Special Topics 1–6

Video Game Art and Animation Track

COURSE . CR
Quarter 1 . .
ENGL 101 Beginning Composition  3
GRPH 113 Fundamentals of Layout and Storyboarding  4
MATH 103 Beginning Algebra II  4
COMM 105 Speech  3
IMMT 115 Survey of the Digital Gaming Industry  3
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 17
 Quarter 2 . .
ENGL 102 Essay and Research  3
GRPH 116 Introduction to Traditional Animation  4
IMMT 236  3D Modeling 4
IMMT 237 Beginning Flash (Design)  4
GRPH 115 Fundamentals of Illustration  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 19
 Quarter 3 . .
GRPH 216 Advanced Traditional Animation  4
GRPH 255 Digital Drawing  4
IMMT 188 Introduction to 3D Game Production  4
IMMT 116 Storytelling for Games  3
IMMT 242 Advanced 3D Computer Modeling  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 19
 Quarter 4 . .
IMMT 233 3D Environment Design and Development  4
IMMT 245 3D Animation  4
IMMT 238 Intermediate Flash  4
IMMT 215 Introduction to Video Game Development  4
COMM 207 Writing for the Web  3
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 19
 Quarter 5 . .
HUM XXX Humanities 111, 112,113,151, or 152  5
SSCI 100   Globalization and the Social Sciences  5
IMMT 263 Video Game Development I  3
IMMT 155 Foley Art and Sound Design  3
IMMT 243 3D Character Design and Development  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 20
 Quarter 6 . .
IMMT 264 Video Game Development II  3
IMMT 288 Post Production  4
IMMT 295 Portfolio Development  4
IMMT 239 Advanced Flash  4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS . 15
TOTAL DEGREE CREDIT HOURS . 109