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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Virtual Reality Design (B.A.)


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Mohammad Obeid, PhD, Assistant Professor of Virtual and Augmented Reality
650 Millwood Ave, Winchester, VA 22601, mobeid@su.edu

The B.A. in Virtual Reality Design will prepare students for careers producing high-quality content for emerging immersive technologies. Students will learn how to write, film, direct and edit immersive content. This degree track will also allow students to specialize in 360 video or AR/VR content production.  In addition to the required concentration courses, both B.A. and B.S. students complete a common set of foundation courses, two lab courses, elective courses, and a two-semester capstone sequence in which they complete a real project working with a client or as part of an internship.

Total credits: 21


Lab courses


Total credits: 6


Total credits: 15


Elective Courses


B.A. students may choose any B.S. in Virtual Reality Design concentration courses as electives in addition to the courses listed below.  

Total credits: 9


Total credits: 6


Course Map


1st Year - Fall

  • FYS 101*
  • ENG 101 (ShenEd Written Literacy)
  • General Elective
  • ARVR 105
  • INT 101

 

1st Year - Spring

  • ShenEd Quantitative Literacy
  • (ShenEd Ethical Reasoning)
  • ARVR 202 (ShenEd Communicative Literacy)
  • ARVR 240
  • ShenEd Elective

 

2nd Year - Fall

  • ARVR 230
  • ARVR 210
  • ARVR 290
  • (ShenEd Natural Science)
  • (ShenEd Social or Behavioral Science)

 

2nd Year - Spring

  • ARVR Elective
  • MCOM 201
  • ARVR 290
  • (ShenEd Creative Expression)
  • General Elective

 

3rd Year - Fall

  • ShenEd Cultural Understanding
  • ARVR 310
  • ARVR 302
  • FILM 301
  • General Upper Division Elective

 

3rd Year - Spring

  • ARVR Elective
  • ARVR Elective
  • ARVR 335 or FILM 371
  • General Upper Division Elective
  • General Elective

4th Year - Fall

  • ARVR 401
  • ARVR 440
  • General Elective
  • General Elective
  • General Upper Division Elective

4th Year - Spring

*Transfer students must take an additional course in the Navigating Differences region instead of FYS 101

  • ARVR 402
  • FILM 401
  • General Elective
  • General Upper Division Elective
  • General Upper Division Elective

Recommended minors:

  • Information Technology
  • Film Studies
  • Business Administation
  • Theatre

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