Studying New Media Production equips students with the creative, technical and critical skills need to thrive in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. This interdisciplinary major is designed to bring together faculty and students from across several arenas of creative communication and production. Merging the newest techniques in Art, Communication and Music, students at Saint Xavier University will be challenged to not only look at how to work with new media, but how to combine media, techniques and theories from different disciplines.
Admission to the Program
All students are welcome to declare a New Media Production major. There is no formal admission process, however, students are required to submit portfolios every year. Failure to submit an annual portfolio will lead to removal from the department. By the end of the junior year, students will submit another portfolio showing their creative direction that they will focus on for the New Media capstone.
Requirements (45 credit hours)
Students in the New Media Production Major must earn grades of C or above in all courses required for the major.
Art and Design (9 credits)
The following courses are required to complete this area of study:
- ART 107: Intro to New Media Production (3)
- ART 125: Introduction to Video (3)
- ART 116: Computer Graphics (3)
Music (6 credits)
The following courses are required to complete this area of study:
- MUS 100: Fundamentals of Music Theory (3)
- MUS 133: Music Production Techniques (3)
Communications (9 credits)
The following courses are required to complete this area of study:
- COMM 205: Mediated Message Production (3)
- COMM 220: Digital Audio Production (3)
- COMM 221: Digital Video Production (3)
Capstone Experience (3 credits)
Choose one course from this list:
- ART 327: Multimedia (3)
- ART 365: Internship (3)
- COMM 365: Internship/Practicum (3)
New Media Electives (15 credits)
Choose three elective courses from this list:
- ART 106: Introduction to Game Design (3)
- ART 108: Art in Virtual Reality (3)
- ART 111: Introduction to Film Analysis (3)
- ART 113: Photography (3)
- ART 119: Digital Imagery (3)
- ART 120: Graphic Design I (3)
- ART 128: Digital 3D Modeling (3)
- ART 138: History of Animation (3)
- ART 156: History of the Camera (3)
- MUS 101: Music Theory I (3)
- MUS 102: Music Theory II (3)
- MUS 115: Introduction to Music (3)
Additional Electives (9 credits)
Choose three elective courses from this list:
- COMM 206: Communicating with Social Media (3)
- COMM 211: Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
- COMM 223: Podcasting (3)
- COMM 256: Queer Cinema (3)
- COMM 321: Electronic Journalism (3)
- ART 212: Photo II: Digital Dark Room (3)
- ART 217: History of Film (3)
- ART 224 Contemporary Cinema (3)
- ART 248: Motion Graphics (3)
- MUS 201: Music Theory III (3)
- MUS 221: Music Business (3)