Multimedia Authoring Minor
Coordinator: Paula Rosinski, Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the University
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.
Minor Requirements
Required courses: 12 sh
| PWR 2120 | MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I | 4 sh |
| CSC 1100 | DATA SCIENCE AND VISUALIZATION | 4 sh |
| MMA 4600 | MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING STUDIO | 4 sh |
Select eight hours of MMA electives from the following: 8 sh
| ART 2600 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERMEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY | 4 sh |
| ART 3600 | THE ALTERED IMAGE IN DIGITAL ART | 4 sh |
| ART 3610 | INTERACTIVE ART | 4 sh |
| ART 3620 | VIDEO ART AND EXPANDED CINEMA | 4 sh |
| JOU 3150 | DIGITAL NEWS PRODUCTION | 4 sh |
| CDE 3220 | CORPORATE PUBLISHING | 4 sh |
| CTA 3240 | STUDIO, VARIETY, AND REALITY TELEVISION PRODUCTION | 4 sh |
| CTA 3260 | CINEMA PRODUCTION | 4 sh |
| CDE 3500 | WEB & MOBILE DESIGN | 4 sh |
| MEA 3590 | STRATEGIES FOR EMERGING MEDIA | 4 sh |
| CSC 3340 | MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| CSC 4530 | GAME PROGRAMMING | 4 sh |
| PWR 2110 | PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC | 4 sh |
| PWR 3130 | PUBLISHING AND EDITING II | 4 sh |
| PWR 3120 | MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS II | 4 sh |
| CSC 3233 | HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION | 4 sh |
| CSC 3123 | WEB DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| MKT 3110 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 4 sh |
| | OR OTHER APPROVED ELECTIVES | |
Total Credit Hours: 20