Undergraduate Courses

This following represents the current set of TISM undergraduate courses, with links to official course descriptions.  Please note that not all courses are available each semester, and there can be several different special topics courses offered covering quite different subjects. To see what courses are offered in a particular semester, including special topics courses, visit the MSU Course Schedule site.

Title
TC 101: Understanding Media in the Information Age
TC 201: Introduction to Media and Communication Technology
TC 233: Documentary Technique and Problems of Reality-Based Arts
TC 239: Science Fiction, Communication, and Technology
TC 242: The Digital Image
TC 243: Story, Sound, and Motion
TC 247: Three-Dimensional Modeling and Design
TC 291: Special Topics
TC 300: Economics of Media
TC 301: Bringing Media to Market
TC 331: Introduction to Interactive Media Design
TC 335: Film Directing
TC 337: Compositing & Spec Effects
TC 341: Film Style Production for Cinema and Television
TC 342: Multi-Camera Production
TC 343: Basic Audio Production
TC 346: Web and Mobile Game Design
TC 347: Three-Dimensional Computer Animation
TC 348: Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques
TC 349: Client-Side Web Development
TC 351: Producing for Cinema and Television
TC 355: Media Research
TC 359: Server-Side Web Development
TC 361: Information and Communication Technology Management
TC 362: Web Server Administration
TC 401: Topics in Media Impacts on Society
TC 411: Collaborative Documentary Design and Production
TC 435A: Creating the Fiction Film I
TC 435B: Creating the Fiction Film II
TC 442: Design of Cinema and Television Projects
TC 443: Audio Industry Design and Management (W)
TC 444: Information Technology Project Management
TC 445: Digital Game Design (W)
TC 447: Advanced Three Dimensional Animation Workshop
TC 450: Human Computer Interaction and Experience Design (W)
TC 452: Media Strategy (W)
TC 455: 3D Game and Simulation Design
TC 458: Project Management
TC 462: Social Computing
TC 472: Electronic Commerce (W)
TC 480: Information and Communication Technology for Development
TC 488: Information and Communication Technology Global Corps Field Study
TC 490: Independent Study
TC 491: Special Topics
TC 493: Telecommunication Internship
TC 497: Game Design Studio
TC 498: Collaborative Game Design
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