Interactive Media & Worldwide Web

Interactive Media & Worldwide Web
Overview

As technology continues to rapidly expand and be integrated into our daily lives, critical thinkers and creative makers play a vital role now and in the future. When you major in Interactive Multimedia, you will learn a spectrum of digital design in the interdisciplinary environment. You will be ready to excel not only in creative fields but also in business and other non-arts and design-related territories. Our resources including state-of-the-art facilities, performance studios, extensive equipment, gallery, College library and Media Center will foster and showcase your imagination.

Please review the recommended sequence of courses.

As technology continues to rapidly expand and be integrated into our daily lives, critical thinkers and creative makers play a vital role now and in the future. When you major in Interactive Multimedia, you will learn a spectrum of digital design in the interdisciplinary environment. You will be ready to excel not only in creative fields but also in business and other non-arts and design-related territories. Our resources including state-of-the-art facilities, performance studios, extensive equipment, gallery, College library and Media Center will foster and showcase your imagination.

Please review the recommended sequence of courses.

You could be …

An interaction designer: Median pay $79,767 per year. Interaction designers develop web-based platforms, including smartphone apps that companies use to interact with and engage consumers.

An interactive media specialist: Median pay $79,767 per year. Interaction designers develop web-based platforms, including smartphone apps that companies use to interact with and engage consumers.

An interactive media specialist: Median pay $44,386 per year. Using digital technologies, interactive media specialists plan, execute and measure the results of a company's digital marketing initiatives.

A visual effects artist: Median pay $78,471 per year. Visual effects artists create in-game effects or post-production effects for movies, games, TV shows and commercials.

A web developer: Median pay $66,130 per year. Web developers design and create websites and are also responsible for the site’s technical aspects, such as its performance and capacity.

A user experience (UX) designer: Median pay $72,338 per year. UX designers create designs for end users that are attractive and functional. It’s all about solving problems and creating efficiency.

(Source: bls.gov and payscale.com)

Interactive Multimedia & Worldwide Web

Division

Creative Arts and Technology

Program Type

Major
General Education Requirements
FYS
100
MTH
130
General Education Electives Requirements

Complete one course from each of the following 8 categories:

Core Requirements
CAT
121
CAT
107
CAT
108
CAT
134
CAT
241
CAT
257
CAT
270
CAT
286
CAT
361
CAT
368
CAT
370

Additional Information

Many courses have prerequisites which are listed in the course description. Please be sure that necessary prerequisites have been taken before enrolling in any course.

Related Majors
Animation 2D
Animation 3D
Expanded Media
Game Design
Game Programming
Graphic Design
Music Technology

Interactive Multimedia & Worldwide Web Recommended Series of Courses

First Year
Fall
FYS
100
CAT
121
MTH
130
Spring
MTH
140
CAT
108
CAT
117
Sophomore Year
Fall
CAT
107
CAT
134
Spring
CAT
241
CAT
257
Junior Year
Fall
CAT
286
CAT
380
Spring
CAT
270
CAT
368
Senior Year
Fall
CAT
361
Spring
CAT
370
CAT
420

NOTE: AT BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE EACH COURSE UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 4 CREDITS, .5 COURSE UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 2 CREDITS.

*TWO OF THE ELECTIVES ABOVE MUST BE CAT COURSE UNITS AT THE 100 LEVEL OR HIGHER

TWO (2) WRITING INTENSIVE COURSES REQUIRED

FOUR (4) GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE UNITS MUST BE NUMBERED 200 OR HIGHER.

REMINDER: WRT 102 = 2CUS, WRT 105 = 1.5 CUS, WRT 108 = 1.5 CUS. STUDENTS COMPLETING ANY OF THESE COURSES WILL COMPLETE FEWER ELECTIVES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF STUDENTS COMPLETE WRT 102 AND WRT 108 ONLY 1.5 CUS WORTH OF ELECTIVES ARE REQUIRED INSTEAD OF 3CUS
CAT 101 Creative Arts Workshop
CAT 105 Frida Kahlo And The Mexican Folk Tradition
CAT 106 Experiments In Digital/Analog Media
CAT 107 Introduction To Music Technology
CAT 108 Introduction To Game Design
CAT 113 African-American Tradition Workshop
CAT 115 Media Tools
CAT 116 Movement For Animators And Filmmakers
CAT 117 Process and Interaction: An Introduction
CAT 118 Tap Dance
CAT 120 Drawing I
CAT 121 Foundation Studio
CAT 124 Dance Jam I
CAT 125 Dance Jam II
CAT 126 Digital Photography
CAT 134 Drawing for 2D Animation
CAT 189 Bloomfield College Concert Choir
CAT 190 Movement Theater Project
CAT 191 Beginning Piano I
CAT 192 Beginning Piano II
CAT 193 Introduction To Acting
CAT 194 3D Design
CAT 195 Circus Arts
CAT 198 Design I
CAT 199 Design II
CAT 200 Music Theory I
CAT 201 Music Theory II
CAT 202 World Theatre
CAT 203 World Art I
CAT 204 World Music
CAT 205 Basic Sequencing
CAT 206 Screenwriting
CAT 207 Art Appreciation
CAT 210 Digital Audio Engineering I (Recording)
CAT 211 Artists of the 20th Century
CAT 213 Musical Improvisation
CAT 214 Modern Art Of Latin America: 1900-1950
CAT 215 Level Design I
CAT 216 The History Of African-American Art
CAT 217 Drawing II
CAT 218 Painting
CAT 222 Global Art History
CAT 224 Music Of The United States: The African-American Influence
CAT 227 Silkscreen
CAT 228 3D Stop-Motion Animation
CAT 230 History Of Animation
CAT 231 Chinese Culture and Language
CAT 232 Japanese Culture And Language
CAT 233 Korean Culture And Language
CAT 235 World Art II
CAT 236 Visual Design for Games
CAT 237 Group Game Project I
CAT 238 Introduction To Game Programming
CAT 241 Pre-Production And 2D Animation
CAT 243 Music And The Moving Image
CAT 244 Visual Communications
CAT 247 Design Thinking and Practice
CAT 249 Special Topics in Cinema
CAT 250 Selected Topics In Technology
CAT 251 Hip Hop Theory
CAT 253 Digital Game Design
CAT 256 Digital Media Writing
CAT 257 Video I
CAT 258 Video II
CAT 259 Media Histories
CAT 261 Interaction And Interface: Introduction To Physical Computing
CAT 263 2D & 3D Digital Drawing for Graphics Production
CAT 264 Computer Imaging
CAT 265 Tabletop Game Design
CAT 266 African-American Performance History
CAT 270 Web Design I
CAT 276 Advanced Photography
CAT 278 Digital Publishing
CAT 279 Studio Sculpture
CAT 286 Sound Design I: Audio For Video I
CAT 288 Improvisational Ensemble Acting
CAT 289 Boomfield College Chamber Choir
CAT 292 Printmaking
CAT 293 Studio Music I
CAT 294 Studio Music II
CAT 299 Performing Arts Production I
CAT 300 MIDI Composition And Production I
CAT 301 Composition and MIDI Programming II
CAT 302 Patchwork: A Quilter's Look At The World
CAT 303 Television And Film Acting
CAT 304 Motion Graphics
CAT 305 Sound Design II: Audio For Video II
CAT 308 Group Game Project II
CAT 310 Digital Audio Engineering II (Mixing)
CAT 311 Business of Graphics
CAT 314 Level Design II
CAT 315 Art Methods Pre K-12
CAT 317 Studio Drawing
CAT 323 Music Industry Essentials
CAT 327 Game Programming Studio
CAT 328 Artificial Intelligence for Games
CAT 329 Character Design
CAT 330 Advanced Painting Workshop
CAT 331 Life Drawing/Painting
CAT 332 Life Drawing For Motion
CAT 333 Global Arts: Up-Close And In Person
CAT 336 Designing Environments for Story
CAT 343 Select Ensemble
CAT 350 Selected Topics In The Fine And Performing Arts
CAT 352 Selected Topics In Technology
CAT 360 Selected Topics In Technology
CAT 361 3D Modeling
CAT 362 Typography
CAT 363 Advertising Concepts and Design
CAT 364 Motion Capture With Motionbuilder
CAT 365 Art in an Interdisciplinary Space
CAT 366 Motion Design
CAT 368 Immersive Design
CAT 369 Game Theory and Analysis
CAT 370 Advanced Web Design
CAT 371 Acting II: Scene Study
CAT 372 3D Animation
CAT 380 Internship I
CAT 392 Studio Media Workshop
CAT 399 Performing Arts Production II
CAT 400 Pre-Capstone-Graphics
CAT 401 Advanced Synthesizer Programming & Electronic Music
CAT 402 Precapstone-Developing a Recording Project
CAT 403 Preproduction Capstone-Animation
CAT 404 Advanced Project Seminar
CAT 406 Preparing The Demo Reel
CAT 407 Advanced Life Drawing for Motion
CAT 408 Pre-Capstone: Game Development
CAT 409 Pre-Capstone: Expanded Media
CAT 410 Digital Audio Engineering III (Practicum)
CAT 420 Capstone Project I
CAT 421 Capstone Project II
CAT 430 Internship II
CAT 471 Advanced 3D Animation
yuichiro nishizawa
yuichiro nishizawa
Coordinator of Interactive Multimedia, Division Chair, Interim Coordinator of Expanded Media, Interim Coordinator of Graphic Design, Professor
Year Joined: 2006
  • M.F.A.
    School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • B.F.A.
    Rhode Island School of Design
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1555
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room 102
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yuichiro nishizawa

yuichiro nishizawa is an associate professor and the chair of the Division of Creative Arts & Technology.

Professor nishizawa attended Rhode Island School of Design (BFA in Film/Animation/Video) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and MFA in Art and Technology). He has completed a Certificate in Design Leadership for Business at Parson School of Design - The New School, and a Certificate in Effective College Instruction: Promoting Active Learning Online, and a Certificate in Effective Instruction from ACUE (Association of College and University Educators).

Working with the diverse population of students and like-minded peers at Bloomfield College fuels nishizawa. He regards his position as a privilege. He is “committed to the practice of knowledge as trans-disciplinary, teaching/learning as non-hierarchical, experiential and collaborative, and education as critical reflection, liberation, and social action.”

He has enjoyed teaching regularly the following classes:

  • Design Thinking & Practice
  • Interaction & Interface: Introduction to Physical Computing
  • Process && Interaction: An Introduction
  • Japanese Culture & Language
  • CAT Foundation Studio

nishizawa, born in Tokyo, is interested in the complexity of the technological influences on and beyond everyday experience. He employs a wide array of media and methods in his work and inquiry. His hope is to provide an experience that brings the viewer to questions, furthers their own spirit of inquiry, engages their curiosity, and prompts them to imagine. His innate interest in function and form, conjoined with his investigation, has also led him to pursue furniture design and fabrication.

Subject(s): Expanded Media, Graphic Design, Interactive Multimedia & Worldwide Web
Academic Committee(s): Tenure & Advancement
  • Demonstrate literacy in their creative discipline, including current technologies, analog techniques, concepts and practices, as well as the historical and cultural contexts.
  • Examine and assess work based on critique, and receive, with openness, critiques of their own work.
  • Organize and contribute to an interdisciplinary team.
  • Assemble a portfolio that demonstrates technical and intellectual competence in their creative discipline and the ability to develop a work from initial design to completion.
  • Exhibit professional skills and protocols required of creatives and entrepreneurs, in the field and in a rapidly changing professional environment.
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