Academic Advising for AY 2009-2010 February 2009

(Note: PE courses anytime) Year 1 2 IMGD core courses (IMGD 1000, IMGD 1001 or IMGD 1002) Art course (AR 1100) Computer Science course (CS 1101 or CS 1102) English or Writing course If IMGD-Tech: CS courses (CS 2102, CS 2303, and CS 2223) HUA courses (for HUA requirement) If IMGD-Art: AR courses (AR 1101 and AR 3000) CS, Math or Science course Music? Consider taking MU 1611 (Note: PE courses anytime)

Year 2 Rest of IMGD core (IMGD 1000, IMGD 1001 or IMGD 1002) Social and/or Philo Issues course (IMGD 2000 or IMGD 2001) If IMGD-Tech: CS courses (including CS 3733) Final HUA courses plus Practicum If IMGD-Art: HUA courses CS, Math or Science course (for Technical requirement) Math or Science course Music course (possibly MU 3613) Social Science course D-Term: arrange IQP for Year 3 Major question … are you going to a project center? Apply in time!

Year 3 IQP (if on-campus, preferably in A, B and C terms) Social and/or Philo Issues course (IMGD 2000 or IMGD 2001) If IMGD-Tech: IMGD 3000 and IMGD 4000 Additional IMGD (need 5 total ‘14) Finish most CS courses If IMGD-Art: IMGD 3500 and IMGD 4500 Finish most HUA courses Electives: IMGD, Science/Engineering, Math, Management, etc. Social Science course Math or Science course B/C/D-Term: arrange MQP for Year 4 Look for Project Pitch day! Come to Project Presentation Day! (April 23)

Year 4 MQP (if on-campus, preferably in A, B and C terms) If IMGD-Tech: Finish remaining CS courses Finish any remaining IMGD If IMGD-Art: Finish remaining HUA courses Electives: IMGD, Science/Engineering, Math, Management, etc. Social Science course (if needed) Job hunting or grad school applications !

A Word about your Courses The IMGD program has carefully designed your curricula IMGD Core + Track Core + IMGD Depth You need to treat all of these courses as IMGD courses You will need them to be successful The advanced courses, your MQP, and your future CAREER assume you are well versed in them!

Additional Courses, 2009-2010 Not in the catalog, but likely to be offered IMGD 2yyy New course in Art (C) IMGD 200x New Course in Game Design Course (D) IMGD 2xxx Tabletop Game Design (A) IMGD/AR 2100 New course in 3D Modeling (A, C) IMGD/AR 2200 Re-numbered course, AR 3000 (B, D) IMGD 3xxx New Course in HCI for Real, Virtual, and Tele-Env (A) IMGD 400x AI in Games (B) A-Term B-Term C-Term D-Term 2100 2200 2100 200x 3xxx 400x 2xxx 2200 2yyy

Portfolios Everyone should have one (not just IMGD Art)! By next year, space on server plus template But don’t wait for next year! Samples: http://alpheus.wpi.edu/imgd/portfolios/

Useful Links Advising aids: Course matrices: Tracking sheets: http://imgd.wpi.edu/advising.html Course matrices: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Registrar/2009-1386.html Tracking sheets: Tech: http://imgd.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IMGD/IMGD-Technical.xls Art: http://imgd.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IMGD/IMGD-Artistic.xls Tech+CS: http://imgd.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IMGD/IMGD-Technical-CS.xls Four-Year Plan: http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~gogo/imgd/IMGD-FourYearPlan.xls