Majors, Minors and Concentrations Details
B.S. degree program in multimedia computing
HEGIS code 0799
NYS SED program code 31604
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Program/Department Advisers
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THURM, JOSEPH | Deputy Chairperson, Evening | 718-951-5657 | 2109 Ingersoll Hall |
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Call the CIS office @ 718.951.5657 |
This program trains specialists in developing and maintaining multimedia software. The program includes basic computing background, mathematical training especially geared to multimedia design and production, specific courses in multimedia computing, and courses in digital arts.
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Program requirements (57-67 credits)
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A student excused, without credit, from a course may not take the course for credit later, except with permission of the chairperson.
The department chair, with the approval of the chair of the department's undergraduate curriculum committee, may allow substitutions for one or more of these requirements consistent with the educational goals of the program.
All of the following: Computer and Information Science 1115 or 1170, 1600, 2210, 2820W, 3115, 3130, 3220, 3620, 3630, and 4900 or 5001.
All of the following: Mathematics 1006 and one of Mathematics 1011 or Mathematics 1012. Completion of some or all of these courses may be waived conditional on the outcome of appropriate placement exams. Mathematics 1201, 1711 or 1206, 1716 or 2501. One of the following: Computer and Information Science 3650 or 3660 or 3665 or 3667.
Three additional courses chosen from the following: Computer and Information Science 3140, 3142, 3410, 3415, 3610, 3650, 3660, 3665, 3667, 3810, 4610.
Two courses chosen from among the following: Art 2811, 2812, 3812, 2820, 2821; Music 3260, 3261, 3262, 3264 (or CISC 2600), 3322; Film 1201, 2701; Television, Radio & Emerging Media 2420, 3861, 3871, 3951.
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Additional requirements for a B.S. degree
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Candidates for a B.S. degree with a major in computer science (including computational mathematics and multimedia computing) must complete at least 60 credits in science and mathematics; 24 of these 60 credits must be completed in advanced courses numbered 2000 and above in the Department of Computer and Information Science. For the B.S. degree in computational mathematics, these 24 credits must be in the Department of Computer and Information Science and/or the Department of Mathematics. These 24 credits must be completed at Brooklyn College with a grade of C or higher in each course. Specific course requirements for B.S. degrees in the department are described above. The following courses may be applied toward the 60 credits in science and mathematics:
A) All courses in the departments of biology, chemistry, computer and information science, earth and environmental sciences, mathematics, physics, and psychology.
B) Courses marked with a number sign (#) in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences.
C) Anthropology 2200, 3199, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260, 3265, 3266, 3425, 3440, 3470 and 4665.
Core Studies [5, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1 and 8.2], Core Curriculum [1300 through 1399], Math 1311, Biology 1010, Chemistry 1007, Physics 1005, Earth and Environmental Sciences 1010. Core Curriculum 3301 through 3399.
Economics 3400, 3410, 4410, 4422.
Philosophy 3203, 3204, 3231, 3232, 3422, 3423, 3601, 3605, and 3610.
Kinesiology 3271, 3275, 3281, 3285, 4229, 4251.
Sociology 2701.