Program: Interactive Media, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 05, 2025

2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Media Arts
Dr. Stephanie Dean
(615) 904-8465
stephanie.dean@mtsu.edu

The Interactive Media program focuses on interactive and new media content. This interdisciplinary program combines the use of text, images, video, sound, graphics, and interactivity to communicate through a variety of ever-changing digital platforms such as social media, apps, and games. The curriculum includes content creation, strategy, measurement, and management in a blend of theoretical and hands-on approaches. The curriculum culminates with a senior capstone course and an internship in a professional setting.

NOTE: Students must earn a C (2.00) or better in each course in the college in order to graduate.

NOTE: This program was formerly the Mass Communication major with a concentration in New Media Communication.

Admission to Candidacy

To be admitted to candidacy in the Interactive Media program, the student must meet the following requirements:

45 hours completed before applying for candidacy
Grade of C (2.00) or better in each of the following:

EMC 1020 /RIM 1020 /JOUR 1020

ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020

EMC 2500

EMC 3060

Minimum overall GPA in all college coursework of 2.50.
Math course satisfying General Education requirements.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Interactive Media, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

Major Requirements (36 hours)

College Core (9 hours)

EMC 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours OR
RIM 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours OR
JOUR 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours
May count as Social/Behavioral Sciences requirement
EMC 3060 - Writing for Interactive Experiences 3 credit hours
PHOT 4190 - Ethics and Law for Visual Communicators 3 credit hours OR
RIM 3700 - Copyright Law 3 credit hours OR
EMC 4250 - Mass Media Law 3 credit hours OR
JOUR 4250 - Mass Media Law 3 credit hours

Interactive Media Requirements (24 hours)

EMC 2030 - Visual Journalism Production 3 credit hours OR
VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours
EMC 2500 - Survey of New Media Communication 3 credit hours
EMC 2130 - Single Cam I 3 credit hours OR
EMC 3210 - New Media Video Applications 3 credit hours
EMC 3070 - Introduction to Social Media Practice 3 credit hours
EMC 3460 - Media and Messages 3 credit hours
EMC 4000 - Media Internship 1 to 3 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
EMC 4460 - New Media Capstone 3 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
EMC 4800 - Seminar in Media Issues 3 credit hours OR
EMC 4950 - Advanced Seminar-New Media 3 credit hours

Management/Marketing/Entrepreneurship Requirement (3 hours)

Choose one:

ENTR 2900 - Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (25-28 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Interactive Media

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
EMC 2500 - Survey of New Media Communication 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Minor 3 credit hours
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
EMC 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours OR
JOUR 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours OR
RIM 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours
(May count as Social/Behavioral Sciences requirement)

Subtotal: 30 credit hours

Sophomore

EMC 2030 - Visual Journalism Production 3 credit hours OR
VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours
EMC 2130 - Single Cam I 3 credit hours OR
EMC 3210 - New Media Video Applications 3 credit hours
EMC 3060 - Writing for Interactive Experiences 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences (2 rubrics) 8 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Minor or elective courses 9 credit hours
ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

Subtotal: 32 credit hours

Junior

EMC 3070 - Introduction to Social Media Practice 3 credit hours
EMC 3460 - Media and Messages 3 credit hours
Elective or minor courses 15 credit hours
Soc/Beh Sci or elective 3 credit hours
PHOT 4190 - Ethics and Law for Visual Communicators 3 credit hours OR
EMC 4250 - Mass Media Law 3 credit hours OR
JOUR 4250 - Mass Media Law 3 credit hours OR
RIM 3700 - Copyright Law 3 credit hours
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

EMC 4000 - Media Internship 1 to 3 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
EMC 4460 - New Media Capstone 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours OR
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours OR
ENTR 2900 - Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
Elective or minor courses 16 credit hours
EMC 4800 - Seminar in Media Issues 3 credit hours OR
EMC 4950 - Advanced Seminar-New Media 3 credit hours

Interactive Media, B.S.