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Dec 26, 2024
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Rensselaer Catalog 2013-2014 [Archived Catalog]
Information Technology and Web Science and Communication (ITWS/Comm)
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The B.S. in ITWS/Communication is an information technology and web science degree with a concentration that includes 32 credits taken in Communication and Media. This degree prepares students for leadership roles in careers such as communication specialists and corporate information officers. Beginning courses introduce students to the basics of communication theory, literacy theory, and written and visual communication. Students in ITWS/Comm should consider taking course work in one or more of the following Communication and Media pursuits: communication in new media, visual communication, and human-computer interaction.
All Communication and Media undergraduate programs strive to accommodate students’ differing academic and professional goals, while ensuring that they gain a depth of knowledge in one or more specific areas. Following are some sample programs of study:
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Spring
- Math Elective Credit Hours: 4
Fall
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 4 (CSCI track only)
One of:
(See footnote 1 below) One of:
(See footnote 1 below) Fall
- Communication or Writing Elective Credit Hours: 4
- Life Science Elective (BIOL xxxx) Credit Hours: 4
- Free Elective (ENGR track only)
- CSCI 2300 - Introduction to Algorithms Credit Hours: 4 (CSCI Track only)
Spring
- Communication or Writing Elective Credit Hours: 4
- HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 2 below)
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 4
Fall
- Communication or Writing Elective Credit Hours: 4
- Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 2 below)
- Physical Science Elective (PHYS xxxx) Credit Hours: 4
One of:
Spring
- Thesis Communication Credit Hours: 4
(See list under footnote 4 below)
- Social Sciences Elective Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 2 below)
- HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 2 below)
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 4
Footnotes
- Select either the three-course ECSE sequence or the three-course CSCI sequence. If a student is planning to apply to the co-terminal MS in IT program, they need to take the CSCI sequence.
- See HASS requirements listed in the front of this document.
- Co-terminal students would replace ITWS 4100 Information Technology and Web Science Capstone with ITWS 4980 Special Projects which will be the culminating experience.
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Thesis Communication (one of):
- COMM 4180 Studio Design in HCI
- COMM 4210 Designing Interactive Characters for Digital Games
- COMM 4300 Communication Internship
- COMM 4420 Foundations of HCI Usability
- COMM 4470 Information Design
- COMM 4560 Media and Popular Culture
- COMM 4690 Interface Design: Hypermedia Theory and Application
- COMM 4730 Graphic Design for Corporate Identity
NOTE: Students are expected to notify the instructor at the beginning of the thesis course that they are taking it for thesis credit, and they should confer with the instructor to define the course project.
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