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The Multimedia Authoring minor at Elon provides an interdisciplinary approach to the development of successful and persuasive digital content for all disciplines. Students will have the opportunity to develop communication, design, and technology skills in the context of disciplinary content. These skills are beneficial for graduates in a variety of fields, but are especially relevant in publishing (both new electronic media, as well as traditional media), business marketing, and business consulting.
The multimedia minor will allow students to integrate the study of digital design and writing with a solid technical foundation through core courses in English and Information Science. Students will learn document design and content from the English department where they will address the theory and challenge of developing multimedia with rich technical writing. These design skills will be complemented with courses in Information Science focusing on web-based databases and web servers.
In the final Multimedia Authoring Studio course, students will address a variety of multimedia challenges as well as become production designers for Visions magazine, a peer-reviewed publication written by and for Elon students.
For additional information, contact Michele Kleckner, program coordinator.
| ENG 212 | Multimedia Rhetorics |
4sh |
| CSC/ISC 111 | Data Science and Visualization |
4sh |
| MMA 460 | Multimedia Authoring Studio |
4sh |
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Eight hours of MMA electives from the following (or another approved elective): | ||
| ART 260 | Introduction to Digital Art |
4sh |
| ART 360 | The Static Image in Digital Art |
4sh |
| ART 361 | Internet Art | 4sh |
| ART 362 | Video Art and Animation | 4sh |
| BUS 304 |
Introduction to Marketing (No credit for both BUS 304 and MKT 311) | 4sh |
| MKT 311 |
Principles of Marketing (No credit for both BUS 304 and MKT 311) | 4sh |
| COM 350 | Web Publishing | 4sh |
| COM 354 | Audio for Visual Media | 4sh |
| COM 365 | Editing the Moving Image | 4sh |
| CSC 420 | Game Programming and Computer Graphics | 4sh |
| CSC 442 | Mobile Computing | 4sh |
| ENG 215 | Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric | |
| ENG 311 | Publishing | 4sh |
| ENG 312 | Visual Rhetorics | 4sh |
| ISC 310 | Human-Computer Interaction | 4sh |
| ISC 320 | Data Mining and Analytics |
4sh |
| ISC 325 | Data Driven Web Development | 4sh |
| Total |
20-24sh | |
MMA 460 MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING STUDIO 4 sh
This course will offer multimedia challenges in the student’s major field of study or related field of interest. For the final project, students will be involved in the editing and creative layout of a publication that is produced each spring. Prerequisites: ENG 212, CSC/ISC 111, and 8 hours of MMA electives.