This minor provides students with opportunities to learn and apply advanced strategies for website design, content development, and user interaction and accessibility in website creation. Students interested in pursuing a career in digital media and web content design and management will develop a portfolio that demonstrates their skills, competencies and products produced throughout the minor.
Policies
Eight credits of coursework must be unique to the minor and students must earn a minimum grade of 2.00 in all courses applied to the minor. For policies governing all minors, see AP.5.3.4 Minors.
Minor Requirements
Total credits: 18
Students should be aware of the specific policies associated with this program, located on the Admissions & Policies tab.
Coursework
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Web Design | ||
| Web Authoring and Design | ||
| Multimedia and Web Design | ||
| Design | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| New Media in the Creative Arts (Mason Core) | ||
| Typography (Mason Core) | ||
| Graphic Design Methods and Principles | ||
| Information Visualization | ||
| User Experience Design or Accessibility | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Web Design and Usability | ||
| Web Accessibility and Design | ||
| Software Usability Analysis and Design | ||
| Content Development | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Media Production | ||
| Digital Communication | ||
| Rhetoric and New Media | ||
| Digital Creative Writing | ||
| Elective | ||
| Select one course not already taken as a required course above from the following: | 3 | |
| New Media in the Creative Arts (Mason Core) | ||
| Typography (Mason Core) | ||
| Graphic Design Methods and Principles | ||
| Mobile App Design | ||
| Motion Design | ||
| Web Design and Usability | ||
| Advanced Web Design | ||
| Introduction to Media Production | ||
| Digital Postproduction | ||
| Digital Communication | ||
| Web Accessibility and Design | ||
| Rhetoric and New Media | ||
| Digital Creative Writing | ||
| Mobile Development | ||
| Front-End Web Development | ||
| Web Server Administration | ||
| Web Development using Content Management Systems | ||
| Information Visualization | ||
| Software Usability Analysis and Design | ||
| Capstone | ||
| IT/AVT/COMM 479 | Digital Media and Web Design Capstone | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 | |