New York University Tisch School of the Arts 46 courses 128 total credits
ITP has launched an interdisciplinary undergraduate Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Interactive Media Arts (IMA). The IMA program starts from the proposition that computation—the ability to code, learn new software, manipulate data, and create physical + digital interactions—is an essential creative capability, and that students who master those capabilities will invent the future. The IMA program offers a rigorous and exploratory course of study that teaches students fluency in many forms of digital interactivity, alongside an education in both the arts and liberal arts. At the program’s core is the conviction that digital expression is an essential skill for all—artists, writers and designers as well as programmers and engineers. Students learn to think about the relationship between digital tools, physical objects and environments, human interaction and technology’s impact on the world. Students also engage in traditional scholarship, with a rigorous study in the liberal arts. The IMA BFA will prepare students for a career in any creative field––developer, designer, artists, educator, entrepreneur and scholar.
| Texts and Ideas | 4 credits |
| Cultures and Contexts | 4 credits |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 4 credits |
| Physical Science (or Life Science) | 4 credits |
| Expressive Culture | 4 credits |
| Societies and the Social Sciences | 4 credits |
| Select 4 additional Liberal Arts courses | 16 credits |
Major Requirements
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 99 | IMA Cohort: Community is a Practice | 0 |
| IMNY-UT 101 | Creative Computing | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 102 | Communications Lab | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 400 | Capstone | 4 |
Major Requirements
Group A: Programming & Data
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 220 | Topics in Computation and Data | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 221 | Reading and Writing Electronic Text | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 222 | The Code of Music | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 223 | Networked Media | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 224 | Introduction to Machine Learning for the Arts | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 231 | Pixel by Pixel | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 295 | The Nature of Code | 4 |
| Total Major Requirements | 4 credits | |
Major Requirements
Group B: Physical Computing
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 240 | Topics in Physical Computing | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 240 | Topics in Physical Computing | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 240 | Topics in Physical Computing | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 243 | Designing Interfaces for Live Performance | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 245 | Physical Computing | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 253 | Interaction as Art Medium | 4 |
| Total Major Requirements | 4 credits | |
Major Requirements
Group C: Media Arts
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 282 | Immersive Experiences | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 288 | Animation: Methods of Motion | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 291 | Non-Linear Storytelling Structures | 4 |
| Total Major Requirements | 4 credits | |
Major Requirements
Group D: Tech & Society
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 203 | Big Ideas in the History and Future of Technology | 2 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 272 | Useless Machines | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 273 | Communications and Technology | 4 |
| Total Major Requirements | 4 credits | |
Major Requirements
Group E: Design & Fabrication
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 252 | Introduction to Digital Fabrication | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 261 | Design Fundamentals | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 262 | User Experience Design | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 265 | Information Design | 4 |
| Total Major Requirements | 4 credits | |
Major Requirements
Group F: Project Development & Research
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IMNY-UT 205 | Creative Approaches to Emerging Media | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 206 | Critical Experiences | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 260 | Topics in Media Art | 4 |
| IMNY-UT 291 | Non-Linear Storytelling Structures | 4 |
| Total Major Requirements | 4 credits | |
Major Requirements
The remaining IMA Electives can be a combination of any IMA major courses and courses outside the department that we have identified as counting towards IMA. Classes from departments can include IDM, Games, Open Arts, MCC, Computer Science and more. Sample IMA classes below:
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