Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Media and Design - Web and Interactive Media Design

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree program in Web Interactive Media Design engages students in critical thinking and creative exploration of internet-based and emerging interactive technologies. This interdisciplinary concentration draws from art and design, computer science, and the social sciences. The program encourages experimentation using interrelated practices of new media including web design and development, UIUX design, creative coding for interactive animation and narrative, and physical computing. Students in this concentration learn the theoretical and historical foundations of interactive and non-linear media and their applications in a studio-based environment.

International applicants should have college preparatory coursework in the core subjects of English (if offered), mathematics, physical science, and social science reflected throughout their high school academic careers. Students applying to the School of Engineering must have taken secondary school level physics and chemistry. International applicants who have completed one year or more of full-time coursework at a post-secondary institution in the United States. The total amount of academic work completed must be officially graded by the registrar of that institution and have a cumulative GPA value of 3.0 or higher, excluding ESL curriculum. International applicants who have received a degree from an international post-secondary institution whose language of instruction is English. Official documentation will be required from the institution\u2019s Registrar\u2019s office stating that the medium of instruction for the degree received was English. International applicants who have achieved 510 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section of the SAT or 24 or higher on the English, Reading, and Composite on the ACT. International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or Duolingo are required for International applicants whose primary language is not English. The minimum score requirement for the TOEFL is 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based), or 79 (internet-based); minimum score requirement for the IELTS exam is 6.5; minimum Duolingo score requirement is 100. Test scores must be sent directly to the University of Connecticut from the respective test provider.