The AS in Visual Communications at Ivy Tech is valid at the following locations:
Columbus - Evansville - Fort Wayne - Indianapolis - Kokomo - Sellersburg - South Bend/Elkhart
College-wide curricula of record
Ivy Tech curriculum details
- A maximum of 64 community college credits may be applied toward any BS degree in the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IU Indianapolis.
Symbol Key
^ = Capstone Course
* = Required for Statewide Transfer General Education Core (STGEC) Certificate.
& = Required for Transfer General Education Core Certificate.
** = Suggested to take VISC 105 Video and Sound, VISC 209 3D Rendering & Animation I, VISC 102 Fundamentals of Imaging, VISC 110 Interactive Design, VISC 200 2-D Rendering and Animation, and VISC 204 Mobile App I.
*** = Student will need to present a portfolio to the New Media chair during the first semester of the Media Arts and Science program, or will need to take NEWM-N 299 Career Planning at IU Indianapolis during the second semester and move NEWM-N 399 to third semester.
Your first two years at Ivy Tech
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| * | ENGL 111 | English Composition | 3 |
| IVYT 1XX | Student Success Elective | 1 | |
| PHOT 104 | Basic Photography | 3 | |
| VISC 101 | Fundamentals of Design | 3 | |
| VISC 115 | Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 | |
| *& | MATH 13X | Finite Math or higher (QR) | 3 |
| Semester total: 16 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| * | ARTH 101 | Survey of Art and Culture I | 3 |
| * | COMM 101 | Introduction to Public Speaking (SL) | 3 |
| ** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 200 2-D Rendering & Animation) | 3 |
| ** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 102 Fundamentals of Imaging) | 3 |
| Choose 3 credits from the following: | |||
| ** | VISC 105 | Video and Sound (Recommended) | 3 |
| VISC 113 | Typography | 3 | |
| Semester total: 15 | |||
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| * | ARTH 102 | Survey of Art & Culture II | 3 |
| * | XXXX XXX | Scientific Ways of Knowing Elective | 3-5 |
| * | XXXX XXX | Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing | 3-5 |
| ** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 209 3D Rendering & Animation I) | 3 |
| XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 110 Interactive Design) | 3 | |
| Semester total: 15-17 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| ^ | VISC 207 | Portfolio Preparation | 2 |
| * | XXXX XXX | Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing | 3 |
| * | XXXX XXX | Scientific Ways of Knowing Elective | 3-5 |
| * | XXXX XXX | Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing | 3-4 |
| ** | XXXX XXX | Transfer Cluster Elective (VISC 204 Mobile App I) | 3 |
| Semester total: 14 | |||
| Total hours: 60 |
IU Indianapolis curriculum details
^ = Capstone course
Your last two years at IU Indianapolis
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| NEWM-N 115 | Intro to Multi-Device Web Development | 3 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course | 3 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
| NEWM-N 202 | Digital Storytelling | 3 | |
| NEWM-N 201 | Design Issues in Digital Media | 3 | |
| Semester total: 15 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| INFO-I 210 | Information Infrastructure | 4 | |
| NEWM-N 399 | Portfolio Development | 1 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Elective | 1 | |
| Semester total: 15 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| NEWM-N 420 | Multimedia Project Management | 3 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 300 level | 3 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 400 level | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Selective (or NEWM class-any level) | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Elective | ||
| Semester total: 15 |
| Course number | Course name | Credit hours | |
| ^ | NEWM-N 499 | Capstone | 3 |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 400 level | 3 | |
| #### ### | Major NEWM course - 400 level | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
| XXXX XXX | Elective | 3 | |
| Semester total: 15 | |||
| Total Credit Requirement to earn |