Department of Visual & Media Arts
Interactive Media
The specialization in Interactive Media provides students with the opportunity to produce creative and professional-quality interactive works. While the emphasis in the specialization will be on production, students will encounter various concepts of digital interactive media. Introducing web design, non-linear narrative structure, databases, and user-defined functions, students utilize technology to make innovative, artistic pieces for DVD, CD-ROM, and the web. Students pursuing an Interactive Media specialization are encouraged to look into the ProArts Consortium at www.proarts.org.
Credits: 44 for BA, 60 for BFA (both degrees also include 8 additional upper-level liberal arts credits)
I. Visual and Media Arts Foundations (12 credits)
The Visual and Media Arts Foundations offer students a broad theoretical, historical, and practical introduction to the visual and media arts.
Required Courses
| VM 100 | History of Media Arts I |
| VM 101 | History of Media Arts II |
one of the Following:
| VM 102 | Dimensions of Creativity |
| VM 120 | Foundations in Visual and Media Arts Production |
II. Introduction to Disciplines (16 credits minimum)
At the Introduction to Disciplines level, students explore one or more of the department’s main discipline areas.
Required Courses
| VM 200 | Media Criticism and Theory |
| VM 260 | Introduction to Interactive Media |
At least one of the following:
| VM 202 | Critical Listening |
| VM 220 | Writing the Short Subject |
| VM 221 | Writing the Feature Film |
| VM 222 | Writing for Television |
At least one of the following:
| VM 204 | Topics in Media Arts: Practice |
| VM 230 | Introduction to Film Production |
| VM 231 | Intermediate Film Production |
| VM 240 | Introduction to Video Field Production |
| VM 241 | Introduction to Studio Television Production |
| VM 250 | Introduction to Sound Principles and Audio Production |
| VM 251 | Location Sound Recording |
| VM 261 | Computer Animation |
| VM 331 | Topics in Visual and Media Arts: Practice |
III. Specializations
Required Courses
| VM 375 | Advanced Interactive Media |
At least one of the following:
| VM 261 | Computer Animation |
| VM 351 | Audio for New Media |
| VM 362 | Motion Graphics |
| VM 363 | Advanced Computer Animation |
| VM 463 | Graphic Design for Digital Media |
| VM 464 | Programming for Digital Media |
| VM 470 | Advanced New Media Projects |
At least one of the following:
| VM 303 | Studies in Digital Media and Culture |
| VM 401 | Aesthetics and History of New Media |
At least one of the following:
| VM 402 | Seminar in Media Arts Topics |
| VM 409 | Seminar in Western Art |
| VM 410 | Seminar in Non-Western Art |
In addition to the General Education and major requirements, all students are required to complete at least two courses at the 300 or 400 level from the following Liberal Arts areas:
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Recommended Electives
| VM 424 | Interactive Storytelling |
| Additional Art History Courses | |
Advanced Visual and Media Arts Workshop
Students may apply to take the Advanced Visual and Media Arts Workshop. Two semesters are mandatory for BFA. Optional for BA.
For specific course prerequisites, please consult the Undergraduate Catalogue.
Associate Professor Eric Gordon
Video Game Spotlighted in Globe
Emerson has partnered with the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston to create Participatory Chinatown, a fully immersive, 3D game in which players wander through a digitized version of their neighborhood as one of 15 characters in search of housing, employment, or social activities.
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Peter Rojas, founder of gdgt.com and Gizmodo.com, told Emerson students that the blogging medium allowed him to find his voice and “be concise, witty, and clever, without being dumb.”
Veronica Belmont '04
Editing at Emerson Prepared Veronica Belmont '04 for Her Role at CNET
Veronica Belmont goes from tech journalist to tech personality and video host. Now the co-host of the show Tekzilla and the host of the monthly PlayStation 3-based video on demand program Qore, Belmont previously was a producer and editor for CNET. She recommends starting your own personal site in your passion.
