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MIME ....features areas of emphasis such as: business and communication, visual/graphics, storytelling, music and programming. In addition, MIME focuses on context, featuring courses which address the interrelationship of content, mood and environment.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The MIME program has established the following requirements for students in the program:
• Student-designed program, approved by the student's committee.
• Minimum 36 credit hours, 18 in the department
• a project-based comprehensive exam
• T505 Media Work
• Choose one: T522 Management or T580 Game Design
   

PROGRAM OF STUDY
MIME couples traditional classes with a project-based approach to large scale media design from documentatires, to the internet to game design. All told, the degree will require 36 graduate credits, spread across many academic units at IU such as: Telecommunications, Business, Music, Fine Arts, Theater, Education, Journalism, and Computer Science.

AREAS OF STUDY
Beyond the required courses and the possible internship experience, students can select major and minor areas of emphasis. MIME makes use of many existing courses available across Indiana university. MIME students may enroll in the courses such as the following, this list is just a suggestion. Ultimately the list depends upon the interests of the Mimesters:

 Business
  • Creativity for Small Business Development
  • Business Planning
  • New Venture Creation
   
 Communication and Culture
  • Research Methods in Media and Culture
  • Mass Media and Culture
  • Media Institutions and the Production of Culture
  • Technology and Culture
  • The Screenplay
  • Media Theory and Aesthetics
  • Cultural Dimensions of International Communication
   
 Computer Science
  • Mastering the World-Wide Web
  • Introduction to Computer Science
  • Introduction to Software Systems
  • Data Structures
  • Introduction to Programming I: Java
  • Introduction to Programming II: Online Game Desig
  • Networks & Distributed Computing
   
 Fine Arts
  • Computer Art: Survey and Practice
  • Video Art
  • Anatomy For The Artist
  • Advanced Seminar in Graphic Design
  • Advanced Studio Projects: Drawing, Figurative Sculpture, Photography, etc
   
 Instructional Systems Technology
  • Instructional Design and Development I
  • Instructional Design and Development II
  • Designing Instructional Systems
  • Message Design for Multimedia
  • Visual Skills
  • Human-Computer Interface Design
  • Design Issues of Next-Generation Interfaces
   
 Journalism
  • Media and Society
  • Seminar in Visual Communication
  • Issues in New Communication Technology
  • Informational Graphics
  • Literary Journalism
  • Computerized Publication Design I
  • Computerized Publication Design II
  • The Media in the Twentieth Century
   
 Library and Information Science
  • User Needs and Behavior in Theory and Practice
  • Principles and Technologies of Storytelling
  • Introduction to Human Computer Interaction
  • Development and Use of Networked Digital Libraries
  • Information Usage and the Cognitive Artifact
   
 Music
  • Introduction to MIDI and Computer Music
   
 Telecommunications
  • T570: Art, Entertainment and Information
  • T571: Applied Cognitive and Emotional Psychology
  • T551: Mass Media and Culture
  • T641: Children and the Media
  • T602: Interactivity & Communication Theory
  • T597: Interactive Storytelling and Computer Game Design Media Design Internship
   
 Theater
  • Research Methods and Materials
  • Advanced Scene Design
  • Studies in Scene Design
  • Studies in Stage Lighting
  • Structure of Drama
  • Studies in Playwriting
  • Studies in Theatre Technology

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