The AS in Visual Communications curriculum at Ivy Tech is valid in the following locations:
Columbus - Evansville - Fort Wayne - Indianapolis - Kokomo - Sellersburg - South Bend/Elkhart - Terre Haute
The AS in Visual Communications curriculum at Ivy Tech is valid in the following locations:
Columbus - Evansville - Fort Wayne - Indianapolis - Kokomo - Sellersburg - South Bend/Elkhart - Terre Haute
Symbol Key
^ = Capstone Course
& = Required for Transfer General Education Core Certificate; MATH 123 Quantitative Reasoning does not satisfy the Mathematics requirement. MATH 135 is recommended.
* = Required for Statewide Transfer General Education Core (STGEC) Certificate
** = Suggested to take VISC 105 Video and Sound, VISC 209 3D Rendering & Animation I, VISC 102 Fundamentals of Imaging, VISC 110 Interactive Design, VISC 200 2-D Rendering and Animation, and VISC 204 Mobile App I.
*** = Will need to present a portfolio to the New Media chair during the first semester of the Media Arts and Science program, or will need to take NEWM-N 299 Career Planning at IUPUI during the second semester and move NEWM-N 399 to third semester.
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
* | ENGL 111 | English Composition | 3 |
IVYT 1XX | Student Success Elective | 1 | |
PHOT 104 | Basic Photography | 3 | |
VISC 101 | Fundamentals of Design | 3 | |
VISC 115 | Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 | |
*& | MATH 13X | Finite Math or higher (QR) | 3 |
Semester |
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
* | ARTH 101 | Survey of Art and Culture I | 3 |
* | COMM 101 | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3-5 |
** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 200 2-D Rendering & Animation) | 3-4 |
** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 102 Fundamentals of Imaging) | 3 |
Choose 3 credits from the following: | |||
** | VISC 105 | Video and Sound (Recommended) | 3 |
** | VISC 113 | Typography | 3 |
Semester |
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
* | ARTH 102 | Survey of Art & Culture II | 3 |
* | XXXX XXX | Scientific Ways of Knowing Elective | 3-5 |
* | XXXX XXX | Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing | 3-4 |
** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 209 3D Rendering & Animation I) | 3 |
XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 110 Interactive Design) | 3 | |
Semester |
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
^ *** | VISC 207 | Portfolio Preparation | 2 |
* | XXXX XXX | Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing | 3 |
* | XXXX XXX | Scientific Ways of Knowing Elective | 3-5 |
* | XXXX XXX | Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing | 3-4 |
** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 204 Mobile App I) | 3 |
Semester total: 14 | |||
Total hours: 60 |
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^ = Capstone Course
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
NEWM-N 115 | Intro to Multi-Device Web Development | 3 | |
#### ### | Major NEWM course | 3 | |
#### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
NEWM-N 202 | Digital Storytelling | 3 | |
NEWM-N 201 | Design Issues in Digital Media | 3 | |
Semester |
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
INFO-I 210 | Information Infrastructure | 4 | |
NEWM-N 399 | Portfolio Development | 1 | |
##### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
##### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
XXXX XXX | Elective | 1 | |
Semester |
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
NEWM-N 420 | Multimedia Project Development | 3 | |
#### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
#### ### | Major NEWM course - 400 level | 3 | |
XXXX XXX | Selective (or NEWM class-any level) | 3 | |
XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
Semester |
Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
^ | NEWM-N 499 | Capstone | 3 |
#### ### | Major NEWM course - 400 level | 3 | |
#### ### | Major NEWM course - 400 level | 3 | |
XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
Semester total: 15 | |||
Total credits: 120 |