IMDM at University of Maryland, College Park

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate IMDM coursework.

• IMDM 227Introduction to Computational Mediaopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• IMDM 290Collaborative Studio I: Image + Timeopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CMSC 132Object-Oriented Programming IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• IMDM 490Senior Capstone Iopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate IMDM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 14 IMDM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 5 more IMDM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in IMDM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at IMDM 491

  1. CMSC 122Introduction to Computer Programming via the Web
  2. IMDM 227Introduction to Computational Media
  3. IMDM 290Collaborative Studio I: Image + Time
  4. IMDM 490Senior Capstone I
  5. IMDM 491Senior Capstone II

• 3 courses deep, ending at IMDM 327

  1. CMSC 131Object-Oriented Programming I
  2. CMSC 132Object-Oriented Programming II
  3. IMDM 327Computational Virtual Reality

• 2 courses deep, ending at IMDM 350

  1. IMDM 150Digital Media Theory and Culture
  2. IMDM 350Advanced Digital Media Theory

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for IMDM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under IMDM yet.

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Department events

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