Electronic Arts

Chair:  Liz Obert
Miller Fine Arts Center, 105
503-883-2230, lobert@linfield.edu

GUIDELINES FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENT

FALL SEMESTER:

• COMP 121 Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web (4 credits)
• AAVC 100  Intro to Studio (4 credits)
• MSCM 150 Intro to Mass Communications (3 credits)        

SPRING SEMESTER:

• COMP 131  Computers in Modern society (3 credits)
• AAVC 110  Intro to Visual Culture (4 credits)
• MSCM 329  Visual Communications: Digital (4 credits)

NOTE: It is advisable to take COMP 160 no later than the fall semester of sophomore year. It may be taken by freshmen, however this is a challenging course.

ADDITIONAL ADVISING INFORMATION:

Requirements for a major in Electronic Arts

AAVC100: Intro to Studio (4 credits)
AAVC 110: Intro to Visual Culture (4 credits)
AAVC 242: Electronic Media (4 credits)
COMP 121: Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web (4 credits)
COMP 160: Discrete Structures I (3 credits)      
COMP 260: Database Management Systems (3 credits)
MSCM 150: Intro to Mass Communication (3 credits)
MSCM 337: Mass Media and the Law (4 credits)
EART 485: Electronic Arts Seminar (3 credits)
(offered every other spring)
   
Electives
COMP                              6 credits
MSCM                             8 credits
AAVC                              8 credits
MUSC 225 and up to 6 other credits in music may be substituted for the above electives.
(12 elective credits must be a 300 level or above)