Multimedia Authoring Minor
Coordinator: Paula Rosinski, Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the University
The Multimedia Authoring minor at Elon is an interdisciplinary minor in the School of Arts and Sciences. Its core courses are in Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Computer Science, and students can select their electives from a range of disciplines to gear the minor to their own interests (including classes from Art, Journalism, Marketing, Communication Design, as well Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Computer Science). The MMA minor provides an interdisciplinary approach to the development of successful and persuasive digital content for all disciplines/professions. Students will have the opportunity to develop communication, design, and technology skills in the context of disciplinary content. These skills are beneficial for graduates in all fields, given that the predominant mode of communication in the 21st century is online, digital, and multimedia.
The multimedia minor will allow students to integrate the study of digital design and writing with a solid technical foundation through core courses in Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Information Science. Students will learn document design and content from the Professional Writing & Rhetoric classes where they will address the theory and challenge of developing multimedia with rich technical writing. These design skills will be complemented with courses in Computer Science, and students can gear the minor to their own interests by selecting electives from a list of pre-approved courses.
In the final Multimedia Authoring Studio course, students will address a variety of multimedia challenges as well as become production writers and designers for a client with real written, multimedia, and website needs.
Minor Requirements
Required courses: 12 sh
| PWR 2120 | MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I | 4 sh |
| CSC 1100 | Data Science and Visualization | 4 sh |
| MMA 4600 | MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING STUDIO | 4 sh |
Select eight hours of MMA electives from the following: 8 sh
| ART 2600 | Introduction to Intermedia and Photography | 4 sh |
| ART 3600 | The Altered Image in Digital Art | 4 sh |
| ART 3610 | Interactive Art | 4 sh |
| ART 3620 | Video Art and Expanded Cinema | 4 sh |
| JOU 3150 | DIGITAL NEWS PRODUCTION | 4 sh |
| CDE 3220 | Corporate Publishing | 4 sh |
| CTA 3240 | Studio, Variety, and Reality Television Production | 4 sh |
| CTA 3260 | Cinema Production | 4 sh |
| CDE 3500 | Web & Mobile Design | 4 sh |
| MEA 3590 | STRATEGIES FOR EMERGING MEDIA | 4 sh |
| CSC 3340 | Mobile App Development | 4 sh |
| CSC 4530 | Game Programming | 4 sh |
| PWR 2110 | PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC | 4 sh |
| PWR 3130 | PUBLISHING AND EDITING II | 4 sh |
| PWR 3120 | MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS II | 4 sh |
| CSC 3233 | Human-Computer Interaction | 4 sh |
| CSC 3123 | Web Development | 4 sh |
| MKT 3110 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 4 sh |
| | OR OTHER APPROVED ELECTIVES | |
Total Credit Hours: 20