Media Design - minor

Customize your studies

This flexible interdisciplinary minor allows you to blend courses in art, design and media and there’s room to customize course projects to explore your career interests in conjunction with your major.

Beautiful and Useful

You’ll master the fundamentals of design and learn how to make beautiful, technically sophisticated digital media using creative tools from the Adobe Creative Cloud as well as traditional 2-D or 3-D art media. Because this minor is rooted in art and design strategies you will develop confidence in the expression of your viewpoint through creation of a personal style of visual communication in a variety of media. Your knowledge of content development and media theory will also help you understand your audience and meet the communication needs of diverse clients. 

Beginning Requirements
FA-112Intro to the Arts: Digital Art4
or FA-111 Intro to the Arts: Visual Arts
or FA-113 Intro to the Arts: Dance Focus
or FA-114 Intro to the Arts: Music Focus
or FA-115 Intro to the Arts: Theatre
or FA-116 Intro to the Arts: Multi Arts
or A-189S Form and Space
A-1342-D Design3
or MDIA-134 2-D Design
Intermediate Requirements
MDIA-262Graphic Designs & Illustration3
Advanced Requirements
MDIA CourseTake 2 courses from MDIA-234, MDIA-359, MDIA-381, MDIA-401, A-3646
Total Credits16