Answers to common questions.
For specific information regarding academics, please read more about specializations and course sequence. For more information about technology resources available to MWD² students, please read more about. facilities.

Wasn't this major called Interactive Information Technology (IIT)?
Yes. The name has changed from Interactive Information Technology to Multimedia Web Design and Development. Students who are incoming freshman, graduating in the spring of 2011 will receive degrees in MWD². The reason the name has changed is because Multimedia Web Design and Development better encapsulates the content and direction of the major. After considerable departmental discussion, market evaluation and analysis, the name Multimedia Web Design and Development was chosen.

How many students are in the program?
Approximately 60.

When did the program begin?
Fall 2000; the first students graduated in Spring 2004.

How many MWD² faculty members are there?
Currently, five professors teach MWD² courses. Each faculty member has a unique background and set of skills. Three adjunct faculty also teach more specialized courses. Read more about MWD² faculty.

Which school in the University is it associated with?
As a cross-discipline major, it is in a division called University Studies.

How are the MIS and Computer Science programs at the University of Hartford different from MWD²?
In a broad sense, computer science encompasses computer design / architecture, computer programming, information processing, and problem solving using an algorithmic approach. The focus of management information systems (MIS) is the development of systems to support specific management decision-making.

The pragmatic, web-oriented nature of MWD² clearly delineates it from the more theory-based computer science and the more business-oriented MIS program. While MWD² incorporates aspects of both, the emphasis is different. The MWD² major focuses on the application of available software for use in information technology using the Internet and other interactive media as its vehicles. The authoring of web-aware multimedia material serves as a common thread to unite the major. The primary goal of MWD² is to prepare its graduates to competitively enter the quickly changing Internet and multimedia job market.