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.

For additional information, contact Paula Rosinski, MMA Minor Program Coordinator; Professor, Professional Writing and Rhetoric; Director, Writing Across the University

Minor Requirements and Courses

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