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MMS 1111 Multimedia: History and Contemporary Directions 4 QH Surveys the development of multimedia technologies, with particular emphasis on the emergence of the digital age and interactive platforms. Examines the critical and theoretical underpinnings of multimedia practices. Integrates the historical study of multimedia with current work in the field. Priority given to multimedia majors. MMS 1115 Programming for Multimedia 4 QH Exposes students to processes involved with various types of computer programming used in multimedia. Structured in four main sections: overview and history, elements of a general-purpose programming language, introduction to Web design and Web-based languages, and domain-specific multimedia languages. Prereq. Multimedia major; open to other majors. MMS 1116 Business, Law, and Multimedia 4 QH Educates students in the practical aspects that guide the multimedia industry. Examines major roles in the day-to-day issues of the business of multimedia; includes, in addition to the artist, CD-ROM developers, publishers, distributors, venture capitalists, lawyers, and agents. Familiarizes students with the financing, licensing, copyright, contracts of multimedia, and, most significantly, the laws associated with the interpretation and use of intellectual property. Covers issues of ethics and morality. Prereq. MMS 1221. MMS 1120 Studies in Hypermedia 1 4 QH Introduces students to principles of screen-based information and design. Covers first half of the information architecture and user-interface curriculum. Exposes students to content within Websites or computer-based pieces that are largely invisible and often difficult to grasp. Includes principles of organizational structures, planning and mapping of content, content and relationships, and basic design for the digital delivery of information. Offers students the opportunity to create interfaces, which impart meaning through creative organization, transformation, and presentation of data. MMS 1121 Studies in Hypermedia 2 4 QH Presents the second half of the information architecture curriculum begun in MMS 1120. Concentrates on cognitive and interactive issues. Exposes students to the theories, principles, and process of planning and designing highly usable, experientially-transparent user interface (UI). Offers students the opportunity to learn concepts of user-computer interaction, legibility and visual organization, and interaction topologies, as well as how to apply these ideas in the development of a workable UI. Prereq. MMS 1120. MMS 1221 Narrative for Multimedia 4 QH Explores multimedia of today and the demands of nontraditional methods of storytelling. Integrates components of multimedia including text, video, film, music, audio, and graphics. Instructs students in the art of developing a story to communicate an idea, explores the process of writing narrative through lectures and in class workshops, and instructs students in the art of developing narrative specifically for multimedia production. Prereq. Multimedia majors or permission of instructor. MMS 1601 Multimedia Capstone 1 4 QH Working in project teams, students utilize skills learned in MMS 1120 and MMS 1121 to research, plan, and design the concept for an entire multimedia project. Examples of projects include planning and development of an educational CD-ROM, a computer-based entertainment product, or an Internet Website designed for e-commerce. Fulfills experiential education requirement for Multimedia Studies Dual Majors. Prereq. MMS 1120 and MMS 1121. MMS 1602 Multimedia Capstone 2 4 QH Realizes multimedia projects that were planned and developed in MMS 1601, with students working in project teams. Examples of projects include an educational CD-ROM, a computer-based entertainment product, or an Internet Website designed for e-commerce. Final course in the Multimedia Studies Dual Major's curriculum. Prereq. MMS 1601 and senior status.
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