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Interactive Media Design

352 Bothell Discovery Hall Bothell Campus
425-352-3746
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Interactive Media Design (IMD) provides students with an expansive understanding of the processes and methods involved in conceiving, creating, and evaluating technology-mediated experiences. IMD students create media products ranging from video and immersive artworks to web-based and platform-specific apps while working in collaboration with their peers. With its interdisciplinary approach to interaction design and emphasis on studio practice, IMD enables students to develop creative solutions to complex problems. The two-year curriculum, grounded in an intensive cohort-based learning environment, blends academic theory, human-centered design, artistic technique, process management approaches, and methods for gathering and analyzing critical metrics.

 Undergraduate Program


Interactive Media Design

352 Bothell Discovery Hall Bothell Discovery Hall
425-352-3746
stemadv@uw.edu

 Program of Study: Major: Interactive Media Design


Program Overview

Interactive Media Design (IMD) provides students with an expansive understanding of the processes and methods involved in conceiving, creating, and evaluating technology-mediated experiences. IMD students create media products ranging from video and immersive artworks to web-based and platform-specific apps while working in collaboration with their peers. With its interdisciplinary approach to interaction design and emphasis on studio practice, IMD enables students to develop creative solutions to complex problems. The two-year curriculum, grounded in an intensive cohort‐based learning environment, blends academic theory, human-centered design, artistic technique, process management approaches, and methods for gathering and analyzing critical metrics.

This program of study leads to the following credential:
  • Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Interactive Media Design
Admission Requirements

Minimum one course from each of the areas below with a minimum grade of 2.0.(20 credits)


  • English Composition: either B WRIT 134 or ENGL 131 (UW Seattle)
  • Interactive Media/Design Thinking/Visual Arts (choose one):
    BIS 209
    BIS 233
    BIS 236
    B IMD 250
    Design 166 (UW Seattle)
    ART 166 (UW Seattle)
    HCDE 210 (UW Seattle)
    or approved alternative
  • Web Development and Programming (choose one):
    B IMD 233
    CSE 154 (UW Seattle)
    INFO 340 (UW Seattle)
    or approved alternative
  • Statistics/Quantitative Methods/Data Visualization (choose one):
    BIS 232
    BIS 315
    B BUS 215
    B MATH 215/BHS 215
    STMATH 341
    STAT 220 or 221 (UW Seattle)
    STAT 311 (UW Seattle)
    Q METH 201 (UW Seattle)
    or approved alternative

 Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Interactive Media Design


Completion Requirements
  • Core (55 credits):
    B IMD 351
    B IMD 352
    B IMD 353
    B IMD 362
    B IMD 363
    B IMD 481
    B IMD 482
    B IMD 483
    B IMD 491
    B IMD 492
    B IMD 493
  • Minimum 20 credits of 300-400 level electives.
  • Minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in all courses applied to the major.
    TOTAL= 75 credits

Additional Information

Upon completion of the IMD degree students will be able to:
• Understand and engage critically with theories and concepts related to analysis, design, development, and implementation of interactive media experiences and their social context.
• Use an interdisciplinary approach in the design and development of interactive media that applies methodologies and best practices from a variety of design approaches, including engineering, user-centered, inclusive, community-based, and universal.
• Collaborate effectively, creatively, productively, and ethically using team and communication skills imbued with respect and empathy.
• Create interactive media experiences that engage unequal relations of power, knowledge, and difference by learning from communities with multiple intersecting identities.
• Utilize a variety of technologies and tools to explore, develop, and deliver interactive experiences on commonly used platforms and infrastructure as well as on novel and experimental interfaces and systems.
• Write and communicate clearly at all stages of project research, design, and implementation.