Spring Courses of Interest from the Institute for Multimedia Literacy

To:                        Academic Advisors 

From:                    Institute for Multimedia Literacy 

Date:                     October 18, 2010 

Subject:                Spring Courses of Interest from the IML - for ALL USC students!

Hello advisors,

For those new advisors, I am the Academic Program Coordinator for the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy. The IML, as part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, administers two programs for all USC undergraduate students: the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship, a 16-unit honors program with a thesis, and the Minor in Digital Studies, a 20-unit university minor. 

To all of the advisors, I would like to thank you for your efforts in helping us to promote our programs. We are excited to have so many fantastic new students - our faculty are having a blast! The freshman have been particularly impressive thus far - I think we can expect to see great things from them.

In preparation for the upcoming spring semester, I want to detail some of our more popular course offerings. If you have any students who might be interested in learning about digital media, feel free to forward them this information and/or links. The syllabi for the courses have also been posted on the Schedule of Classes.

IML 140 - The IML will offer 8 sections of IML 140, which is our two-unit introductory workshop. This is great for students who want to get their feet wet with digital media - we are offering sections on Business, Social Sciences, The Web and Creative Culture, Pop Culture, Social Media and Remix, and Digital Storytelling and Media Production. (Click title for course flyer)

IML 340 - This course focuses on web-based documentary production using archival film footage. In the Spring 2011 semester, students will work with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive, using testimonial footage from genocide survivors to create compelling visual narratives and arguments. Course flyer here.

IML 466 - This is our symposium course, where we bring guests speakers from around Los Angeles to lecture about creating large-scale multimedia projects. Our guests will be a mix of artists, engineers, designers, theorists, and other media innovators who will present their work to the class. For reference, this semester speakers are listed here. Course flyer here.

IML 501: The IML will also be offering an introductory graduate course this spring called Digital Media Workshop. In addition to graduate students, I encourage any interested staff members to join us! Course flyer here.

Please pass along this information to any interested students. And, if there are any questions regarding the courses or our programs, please don't hesitate to contact me at sseetharaman@cinema.usc.edu. I am happy to work individually with advisors to choose specific courses of interest for their students.