Multimedia Computing, B.S.

Major Requirements (55–67 Credits)

A student excused, without credit, from a course may not take the course for credit later, except with permission of the chair.

The department chair, with the approval of the chair of the department’s undergraduate curriculum committee, may allow substitutions for one or more of these requirements consistent with the educational goals of the program.

All of the following: Computer and Information Science 1115 or 1170, 1600, 2210, 2820W, 3115, 3130, 3220, 3620, 3630, and 4900 or 5001. Outstanding students with GPA above 3.0 and completed 90 credits may complete CISC 7200X in lieu of CISC 3220.

All of the following: Mathematics 1006 and one of Mathematics 1011 or 1012. Completion of some or all of these courses may be waived conditional on the outcome of appropriate placement exams. Mathematics 1201, 1711 or 1206, 1716 or 2501. One of the following: Computer and Information Science 3650 or 3660 or 3665 or 3667.

Three additional courses chosen from the following: Computer and Information Science 3140, 3142, 3410, 3415, 3610, 3650, 3660, 3665, 3667, 3810, 4610. Outstanding students with GPA above 3.0 and completed 90 credits may complete CISC 7410X in lieu of CISC 3140; CISC 7120X in lieu of CISC 3142; CISC 7510X in lieu of CISC 3810.

Two courses chosen from among the following: Art 2811, 2812, 3812, 2820, 2821; Music 3260, 3261, 3262, 3264 (or CISC 2600), 3322; Film 1201, 2701; Television, Radio & Emerging Media 2420, 3861, 3871, 3951.

Additional Requirements

Candidates for a B.S. degree with a major in computer science (including computational mathematics and multimedia computing) must complete at least 60 credits in science and mathematics, 24 of which must be completed in advanced courses numbered 2000 and above in the Department of Computer and Information Science. For the B.S. degree in computational mathematics, these 24 credits must be in the Department of Computer and Information Science and/or the Department of Mathematics. These 24 credits must be completed at Brooklyn College with a grade of C or higher in each course. Specific course requirements for B.S. degrees in the department are described above. The following courses may be applied toward the 60 credits in science and mathematics:

• All courses in the departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer and Information Science, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology
• Courses marked with a number sign (#) in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences
• Anthropology 2200, 3199, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260, 3265, 3266, 3425, 3440, 3470, and 4665
• Core Studies [5, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1 and 8.2], Core Curriculum [1300 through 1399], Math 1311, Biology 1010, Chemistry 1007, Physics 1005, Earth and Environmental Sciences 1010. Core Curriculum 3301 through 3399
• Economics 3400, 3410, 4410, 4422
• Philosophy 3203, 3204, 3231, 3232, 3422, 3423, 3601, 3605, and 3610
• Kinesiology 3271, 3275, 3281, 3285, 4229, 4251
• Sociology 2701

Accelerated Master’s

Computer and Information Science courses CISC 7120X, 7200X, CISC 7510X may be taken as part of the B.S. in Multimedia degree, and up to four courses (12 credits) can count for both the student’s undergraduate degree and the subsequent M.S. in Computer Science degree at Brooklyn College.

To qualify for this accelerated track, students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher based on a minimum of 60 credits in computer and information science courses may apply for consideration.

Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 to remain eligible for continued registration of graduate courses.

Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above at the time of graduation for transfer credit of graduate courses to their graduate program.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding different form of media and their digital representations.
2. Students will be able to describe computer methods and tools for processing, recognizing, and creating different media.
3. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of multimedia encoding and compression.
4. Students will be able to identify trade-offs in space and creation time among various forms of multimedia.
5. Students will be able to understand hardware mechanisms for storing and generating multimedia, and hardware-software interfaces.
6. Knowledge of human-multimedia and human-computer interfaces.

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