Information Technology and Advanced Communications Minors

The minors offered in this division are designed to provide all Wilmington University students with the opportunity to develop theoretical and practical skills in the informational technologies involving design and communications, and to both enhance their major studies and support their pursuit of employment. Each program is made up of five courses, some of which may require pre-requisites. iTAC students wishing to pursue a minor should contact Academic Advisement.

Drama Minor

Students choosing this minor will be exposed to drama as it relates to theater, specifically, and to the media, in general. Individuals interested in this minor will learn the basics of acting, directing, set design, and playwriting. The culminating feature of this group of courses will be a student drama production. Skills learned may be transferred over to the industrial and broadcasting mediums.

Media Design – Multimedia Production Minor

The rapid development of this medium of integrated electronic design has led to the creation of many employment opportunities. Students studying any of the various majors with elements of training, public relations, or marketing would benefit from this experience.

Media Design – Photography Minor

Photography is everywhere you look: magazines, web pages, billboards, birthday cards, textbooks, etc. Images are used to transmit ideas and emotions, to persuade consumers, to influence voters, to make you hungry. Photographs inspire nostalgia, capture history, and they allow people to experience worlds they would otherwise never know. In this minor, students will improve their photographic skills in a course of study that could ultimately lead to employment as working photographers.

The Photography minor is open to all Wilmington University students. In this minor, students will create a path of study suited to their desires by selecting any five courses from the following list, preferably starting with TEC 215. iTAC students who are normally required to include TEC 215 and TEC 405 for their major will, when electing a Photography minor, take an additional five classes from those listed below.

Media Design– Print Minor

Most companies have some form of newsletter, public relations or publication needs; this minor allows the students to develop their creative skills in the print design and computer interface fields.

Studio Production–Broadcast and Electronic Journalism Minor

This minor allows students to develop their journalistic skills by exposure to the various types of journalistic settings they might encounter.

Studio Production–Digital Film Minor

This minor enables students interested in film to obtain the necessary background in digital production and film-making. Students will also learn the terminology, the process and the theory of the film-making business using current digital technology. Students seeking a minor in Digital Film-making, but who are not Studio Production or Media Design majors, or those students who have not yet taken the listed courses, must complete five courses and recommended pre-requisites. By completing these pre-requisite courses, students will be better prepared for the successful completion of the Digital Film-making minor.

Studio Production–Television and Video Minor

Students interested in Television and Video may select the Studio Production - Television and Video Minor. This minor will encompass coursework within both the television studio and video production domains, with additional coursework in non-linear editing. These skills may be used to expand the scope of a major in Media Design or Studio Production, or, by meeting the prerequisites, students from unrelated majors may select the Studio Production - Television and Video minor to expand their education into a new domain. This minor enables students interested in TV and Video to obtain the necessary background to produce works for applications in business, education, and industry, as well as for marketing and advertising purposes.