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.
Admissions
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Program Requirements
The program requires the completion of 128 credits, comprised of the following:
Topics in Media Art (Storytelling for Project Development)
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:
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:
Develop a fluency in working with emerging technologies for creative purposes including but not limited to computation, rapid prototyping, design, and interactive media.
Develop the ability to conceptualize and execute ideas via project based creative work.
Develop the intellectual tools for critically examining the effects of interactive media and emerging technologies on individuals and society including those in the social, cultural, and political realms.
Develop the ability to express ideas effectively in writing, presentations, and orally.