Specialization for Non-Majors
The School of Informatics offers a Media Arts and Science Specialization for majors in other disciplines at IUPUI. This specialization requires 15 credit hours, with at least 12 credit hours at the 200-level or above and at least one course at the 400-level. You must receive a grade of C- or better in each course.
Please explore our list of Media Arts and Science courses and our recommended specializations below to help you choose.
Gaming
- N230 Intro to Game Design
- N330 Intermediate Game Design
- N431 Game On!
- N485 Serious Games
- N485 Advanced Game Design
Web Design and Development
- N101 Multimedia Authoring Tools
- N102 Digital Media Imagery
- N215 Online Document Development I
- N315 Online Document Development II
- N413 Advanced Web
Multimedia Storytelling
- N202 Digital Storytelling
- N260 Scriptwriting
- N261 Storyboarding for Multimedia
- And one of these sequences:
- N238 2D Animation and N438 Advanced 2D Animation
- N332 Sequential Narrative and N432 Advanced Sequential Narrative
3D Graphics
- N243 Introduction to 3D
- N342 3D Animation
- N343 3D Modeling
- N344 3D Production
- And one of the following:
- N440 Digital Video and CGI Special Effects
- N442 Advanced 3D Animation Techniques
- N443 Advanced Lighting and Texturing
- N444 Stereoscopic Production and Display
Video and Audio
- N253 Introduction to Digital Video
- N353 Intermediate Video
- N453 Advanced Video
- And two of the following:
- N255 Introduction to Digital Sound
- N355 Intermediate Sound
- N356 Lighting and Field Production
- N357 Digital Effects
Multimedia Programming
- N221 Media Applications I
- N222 Media Applications II
- Two of the following:
- N321 ActionScript in 3D
- N322 Dynamic Data Applications
- N328 Visualizing Information
- And one of the following:
- N421 Physical Object Interfaces
- N422 Advanced Interactive Production
