Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Banner Code: LA-MINOR-ENGL-DMWD
This minor provides students with opportunities to learn and apply advanced strategies for website design, content development, and user interaction and accessibility in website creation. Students interested in pursuing a career in digital media and web content design and management will develop a portfolio that demonstrates their skills, competencies and products produced throughout the minor.
The University Catalog is the authoritative source for information on program requirements and courses. The Schedule of Classes is the authoritative source for information on classes scheduled for this semester. See the Schedule for the most up-to-date information and see Patriot web to register for classes. Requirements may be different for earlier catalog years. See the University Catalog archives.
Total credits: 18
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Code | Title | Credits |
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Core | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
Introduction to Web Design | ||
Web Authoring and Design | ||
Multimedia and Web Design | ||
Design | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
New Media in the Creative Arts (Mason Core) | ||
Typography (Mason Core) | ||
Graphic Design Methods and Principles | ||
Information Visualization | ||
User Experience Design or Accessibility | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
Web Design and Usability | ||
Web Accessibility and Design | ||
Software Usability Analysis and Design | ||
Content Development | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
Introduction to Media Production | ||
Digital Communication | ||
Rhetoric and New Media | ||
Digital Creative Writing | ||
Elective | ||
Select one course not already taken as a required course above from the following: | 3 | |
New Media in the Creative Arts (Mason Core) | ||
Typography (Mason Core) | ||
Graphic Design Methods and Principles | ||
Mobile App Design | ||
Motion Design | ||
Web Design and Usability | ||
Advanced Web Design | ||
Introduction to Media Production | ||
Digital Postproduction | ||
Digital Communication | ||
Web Accessibility and Design | ||
Rhetoric and New Media | ||
Digital Creative Writing | ||
Mobile Development | ||
Web I: Web Development | ||
Web Server Administration | ||
Web Development using Content Management Systems | ||
Information Visualization | ||
Software Usability Analysis and Design | ||
Capstone | ||
IT/AVT/COMM 479 | Digital Media and Web Design Capstone | 3 |
Total Credits | 18 |