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Interactive Arts

2020 - 22 Curriculum

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
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
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
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