Dec 30, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

CMIS 2110 - Principles of Story Design


3 Credit Hours


Description
Students will be introduced to the principles of narrative form and structure, with particular focus on the mechanics of modifying story content for varying modes of circulation and distribution (e.g., film, game, graphic novel, podcast). The course will examine the scholarly research traditions relevant to narratology, and the assignment structure will focus on the conceptualization of a cross media project. Course content is appropriate to either game design or media entrepreneurship students.