HUMANITIES MINOR APPLICATION
IN MEDIA ARTS & TECHNOLOGIES
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Core Courses: 12 Units
___ HUM 240 Introduction to Media Arts & Technologies
___ HUM 340 Media Arts & Technologies: Storytelling
___ HUM 341 Media Arts & Technologies: Cinematic Process
Elective Courses: (Select 16 units from one or more of the
following categories – at least 8 units must be upper
division.)
Technical Design
___ ART 101 The Fundamentals of Drawing (C3)
___ ART 105 Foundation: Color Theory
___ ART 106 Foundation: 2-Dimensional Design
___ ART 121 Basic Digital Photography
___ ART 182 Photographic Manipulation and Design
___ ART 183 Digital Illustration and Design
___ ART 324 Photographic Expression
___ ART 380 Design Principles for the Web
___ ART 383 Digital Video
___ ART 388 Web Design
___ ART 439 Type in Motion
___ ART 484 Animation, Video, and Interactive Design
___ ART 489 Advanced Interactive Media Art
___ GRC 202 Digital Photography
___ GRC 218 Digital Typography
___ GRC 338 Digital Content Management & Variable
Data Publishing
___ GRC 339 Web Design and Production
___ GRC 429 Digital Media
___ GRC 452 Emerging Technologies in Graphic Communication
___ ENGL 210 New Media Technology
___ ENGL 411 New Media Arts I
___ ENGL 412 New Media Arts II
___ MU 311 Sound Design: Technologies
___ MU 312 Sound Design: Recording
___ MU 352 Orchestration
___ TH 230 Stagecraft I
___ TH 430 Scenic Design
___ TH 434 Lighting Design
___ CSC 171 Intro to Interactive Entertainment
___ CPE/CSC 123 Intro to Computing
___ CPE/CSC 471 Intro to Computer Graphics
___ CPE/CSC 473 Advanced Rendering Techniques
___ CPE/CSC 476 Real-Time 3D Computer Graphics Software
___ CPE/CSC 478 Current Topics in Computer Graphics –
Interactive Entertainment
___ ARCH 460 Advanced Computer Graphics in Architecture *3 units
Narrative Construction/Film & Media Studies
___ ART 314 History of Photography (C4)
___ COMS 317 Technology and Human Communication
___ COMS 385 Media Criticism
___ COMS 419 Media Effects
___ ENGL 370 World Cinema (C4)
___ ENGL 371 Film Styles and Genres (C4)
___ ENGL 372 Film Directors (C4)
___ ENGL 411 New Media Arts I
___ ENGL 412 New Media Arts II
___ ES 340 Cultural Production & Ethnicity (C4)
___ HIST 418 Chinese Film and History
___ HIST 422 Japanese Postwar Film and History
___ HUM 320 Values, Media, and Culture (C4)
___ JOUR 203 News Reporting and Writing
___ JOUR 285 Introduction to Web-Based Journalism
___ JOUR 302 Mass Media Law
___ JOUR 303 Multimedia Reporting and Production
___ JOUR 390 Visual Communication for Mass Media
___ FR/GER/SPAN 470 Selected Advanced Topics
___ POLS 347 Politics and Popular Culture
___ TH 210 Introduction to Theatre (C4)
___ WGS/ART 316 Women as Subject and Object in Art History
(All courses are 4 units unless otherwise noted).
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