The Interdisciplinary Minor in Multimedia Arts

An interdisciplinary minor of the departments of Art and Art History, Drama/Dance, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, and Music.

Co-Directors:

• Prof. Karen Panetta, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
• Prof. Howard Woolf - Assoc. Dir. of the Experimental College

Program Description:

Multimedia, the integration of textual, visual, sonic, and graphic information, furnishes an outstanding platform from which to integrate study and research in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science and the Arts. Multimedia is an exciting contemporary mode of communication that facilitates interdisciplinary study by students from both the College of Engineering and Liberal Arts. The minor encourages acquisition of (a) arts-and-humanities knowledge by engineers, and (b) engineering experience by liberal arts students. The interdisciplinary Minor inn Multimedia Arts develops transferable skills - project design and implementation, creativity, critical thinking, oral and written communication, team work, and leadership, interpersonal relations - that are relevant to all careers. All undergraduate students are encouraged to participate.

Requirements:

The minor requires six credits comprising five courses chosen from three different participating academic departments (Art and Art History, Drama/Dance, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, and Music) and a thesis project (CIS 96). Comp20 Multimedia Programming is required for the Minor. One course must be selected from the list of multimedia arts courses offered by any participating department; check the participating departments for a current list. Two courses must be chosen form a list of related courses in the participating departments. The thesis, a capstone course, required for the minor, shall be a multimedia project under the guidance of a faculty member in a participating department. Further details are available at the offices of a participating department.

1. Required Courses
   • Comp 20 : Multimedia Programming
   • CIS 95 or CIS 96
2. Multimedia Arts Courses (one credit)
   • DR 21 : Computer Assisted Design
   • DR 22 : Introduction to the Art of Multimedia
   • EE 120 : Computer Animation for Technical Communication
   • FAH 189 : Multimedia and the Visual Arts
   • MUS 191 : Multimedia Projects for Music-Culture Research
   • Approved courses in digital arts from the Museum of Fine Arts.
3. Related Courses (two credits; half courses can be bundled up into one credit)
   • All Drama and Dance courses
   • All Computer Science courses numbered 11 or above
   • All Music courses
   • All Art and Art History courses
4. Elective Courses (one credit; half courses can be bundled up into one credit)
   • A course in category B and C
   • An approved internship for credit

Forms

• Plan of Study

For further information, visit the departments' office or consult Prof. Panetta's multimedia page.