Multimedia Arts Concentration fosters students in a future of authoring and designing in a world of new media and emerging technologies. Courses are designed as dynamic portals into the areas of digital imaging and photography, interaction design and online experiences, motion graphics design, 3D scenarios, as well as audio-video production. The career outlook for multimedia arts students at Loyola Marymount University is very encouraging. The Multimedia Internship that students are required to take provides real-world experience with galleries, agencies, and production studios.
Major Requirements
A total of 84-88 semester hours: 42-44 semester hours of lower division courses and 42-44 semesters hours of upper division courses. ARTS Focus Lower Division and Upper Division courses must be decided in consultation with an academic advisor.
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42-44 semester hours of lower division courses: 28 semester hours of Studio Arts, 8 semester hours of Art History, and 6-8 semester hours of ARTS Focus elective.
Studio Arts Foundations
- ART 1001 Foundation I 4 semester hours
- ART 1002 Foundation II 4 semester hours
- ART 1003 Foundation III 4 semester hours
- ART 1010 Freshman Workshop in Studio Arts 2 semester hours
Multimedia Arts Lower Division Requirements
- ART 1020 Portfolio Workshop in Studio Art 2 semester hours
- ART 1782 Programming /Creative application 4 semester hours
- ART 2668 Typography I 4 semester hours
- ART 2764 Intro to User Experience Design 4 semester hours
- ARHS 2004 Modernism 4 semester hours
- ARHS 2540 Multimedia Arts Survey 4 semester hours
- ARTS Focus Lower Division elective 3 or 4 semester hours
- ARTS Focus Lower Division elective 3 or 4 semester hours
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42-44 semester hours of upper division courses: 32 semester hours of Studio Arts, 4 semester hours of Art History, and 6-8 semester hours of ARTS Focus Upper Division electives.
- ART 3763 3D Digital Toolbox 4 semester hours
- ART 3766 Multimedia Narratives 4 semester hours
- ART 3767 Online Computer Arts 4 semester hours
- ART 3774 Motion Graphics 4 semester hours
- ART 3782 Digital Photography 4 semester hours
- ART 4970 Senior Thesis in Multimedia Arts 4 semester hours
- ART 4994 Multimedia Internship 4 semester hours
- ART 3xxx or 4xxx Upper Division elective 4 semester hours
- ARHS 4630 Contemporary Art 4 semester hours
- ARTS Focus Upper Division elective 3 or 4 semester hours
- ARTS Focus Upper Division elective 3 or 4 semester hours