The Media Arts Center provides a space and process for interdisciplinary creative work. The center has the potential for significant internal and external future developments. Internally , students and faculty learn from each other, enriching their creative projects, knowledge and skills as they work together and have opportunities to observe and discuss the various approaches in these related disciplines. Students have natural as well as curriculum-based opportunities to collaborate. The new program for student learning calls for multidisciplinary senior projects encourages the students to work together beyond their disciplinary approach.
Faculty are also enriched as they learn from each other and from their students.
This internal exchange and development of interdisciplinary learning projects may evolve into a interdisciplinary minor, such as a media arts minor or a multimedia minor. The Media Arts Center will provide a means of exploring team teaching, collaborative projects and the mix of learning experiences often necessary for complex hypermedia or multimedia publications. This work would help us carefully consider and plan the introduction of a full-fledged program in media arts. Internally, the integration of technology in the Media Arts Center simplifies issues of support necessary for a first rate program in publishing, video development and commercial art. Both artistic projects and service projects to clients have attracted attention and received praises of the highest order.