The last decade has seen unprecedented innovation in technologies for communication, computation, interactivity, and delivery of information. Two huge underlying factors –Internet connectivity and computer processing – have transformed the media landscape dramatically. The new media are dynamic, personalized, and connected. They change the way we learn, communicate, affiliate, and play. For the world to benefit from these changes, there is a need for practitioners who can integrate evolving technologies with creative disciplines. The IT department's BS in New Media Interactive Devellopment was developed to meet this need.

In a field that is changing so rapidly, successful practitioners must have a solid foundation in cutting-edge technologies, a well-honed sense of design, and the skills to put creative ideas into practice. The Bachelor of Science in New Media Interactive Development program was carefully formulated to provide students with a balanced background in design and technology, with an emphasis on independent problem solving in a constantly evolving field.

Online games, search engines, dynamic and personalized Web sites – the new media touch nearly all of us daily. Educators, advertising agencies, design studios, and a wide variety of industries use new media to reach targeted audiences for advertising, entertaining, training, transacting business, and expressing creative ideas. Over the last few years, new media products and services have become a staple of many key areas of contemporary society: industry, education, the arts, the sciences, politics, and entertainment, to name a few. Indeed, there is virtually no area of society that does not benefit from the capabilities that new media offers. In light of such high demand, new media specialists can look forward to an employment market with extremely interesting and diverse jobs.