Hi there, I am Jenny Kearl, and my email is: jenny.kearl@usu.edu.
My door, whether physical or a bit more virtual via phone or email, is always open. Please don’t be shy about reaching out. One of my favorite aspects of my job as your academic advisor and graduation program coordinator is interacting with students.  
Our undergraduate program gives you a framework to work toward earning your Bachelor’s degree in Human  Experience Design Interaction (HEDI) program.  

A bachelor’s degree requires a minimum of 120 credits.  Of these 120 credits, 40 credits must be upper division (numbered 3000 or above).  These 120 credits are divided into a few different categories:

Let’s talk about your first semester and getting started. You may have some concurrent enrollment or AP courses completed, in progress, or be starting with a blank slate on your college transcript.  Let’s see if we can answer your questions and get your first-semester schedule all settled.
You’ve likely gone over general education in your orientation modules, but now we’re going to dig deeper into it as it pertains to you.

If you have taken Engl 1010 or AP Lang (and passed with a 3+), you can skip this paragraph and/or see if there is an Engl 2010 seat to sign up for. If not, consider adding Engl 1010 to your schedule plan.

Math or Quantitative Literacy, as it’s called in general education. HEDI majors are required to complete any of the QL courses listed in the USU catalog.  If you have already completed a QL class or AP Math/Stat course in high school, you can skip this section. If you haven’t completed your math, you’ll likely need to take the ALEKS math placement exam. You can find out how to do that here: https://www.usu.edu/mathprep/aleks-ppl  

You’ll need to earn a 14+ to enroll in Stat 1045 or 30+ to enroll in Stat 1040 or 1080. You won’t be able to enroll in the Stat class until you have a “passing” score on the ALEKS.

You may have already completed this requirement with AP Drawing, Music Theory, or with concurrent enrollment in Music 1010. If not, consider adding a BCA course to your schedule plan. You can find a list of BCA options by clicking on the BCA hyperlink on your degreeworks.  You can also search for BCA courses in the registration system by doing an advanced search and typing BCA in the attribute box.

You may have already completed this requirement with AP Art History, European History, or World History, or with concurrent enrollment in CMST 2110 or Engl 2200. If not, consider adding a BHU course to your schedule plan. You can find a list of BHU options by clicking on the BHU hyperlink on your degreeworks.

You can also search for BHU courses in the registration system by doing an advanced search and typing BHU in the attribute box.

You may have already completed this requirement with AP Biology, Environmental Science, or with concurrent enrollment in NDFS 1020- Human Nutrition. If not, consider adding a BLS course to your schedule plan. You can find a list of BLS options by clicking on the BLS hyperlink on your degreeworks.

You can also search for BLS courses in the registration system by doing an advanced search and typing BLS in the attribute box.

You may have already completed this requirement with AP Chem, Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics C, or Computer Science Principles, or with concurrent enrollment in Chem 1010. If not, consider adding a BPS course to your schedule plan. You can find a list of BPS options by clicking on the BPS hyperlink on your degreeworks.

You can also search for BPS courses in the registration system by doing an advanced search and typing BPS in the attribute box.

You may have already completed this requirement with AP Comparative Gov & Politics, Human Geography, Microeconomics, or Psychology, or with concurrent enrollment in HDFS 1500 or Psy 1010. AND you may have already completed this requirement with AP Macroeconomics, U.S. Government & Politics, or U.S. History, or with concurrent enrollment Econ 1500 or History 1700. If not, consider adding a BAI course to your schedule plan. You can find a list of BAI options by clicking on the BAI hyperlink on your degreeworks.

You can also search for BAI courses in the registration system by doing an advanced search and typing BAI in the attribute box.

• CI: Communication Intensive course (met by ITLS 5320 Writing by Design)
• CI: Communication Intensive course 
• QI: Quantitative Intensive course
• DHA: Depth Humanities and Arts course
• DSC: Depth Life & Physical Sciences course

ITLS Core Major (3.0 or better average GPA required on all coursework, C or higher in individual HEDI courses)
minimum of 37 credits required | (Courses offered only online)

Minimum of 3 credits required:

• ITLS 4940 Internship (OR) ITLS 4960 Senior Capstone (Fall | Spring | Summer)

• ITLS 3870: Current Issues Seminar (Spring)
• ITLS 4160: Measuring Learning and Performance (Spring)
• ITLS 4208: Integrated Multimedia Productions (Fall | Summer)
• ITLS 5240: Graphic Design and Production II (Spring)
• ITLS 5245: eLearning Authoring Tools (Spring | Summer)
• ITLS 5270: Digital Making and Learning (only F2F) (Spring)
• ITIS 5700: Advanced Client-Side Web Application Development 
• ITLS 5260: Mobile Design and Dev for Learning (Fall)
• ITLS 5225: UX/UI (Fall)
• ITLS 5455: Designing ethical technology web broadcast (taught even years) (Spring)

• ITLS 3500: Introduction to Game Studies (Spring)
• ITLS 3530: Gaming, Technology, and Culture (Fall
• ITLS 3560: Character and Level Design (Spring)
• ITLS 3575: Special Topics in Game Studies 
• CS 5410: Game Development (Spring)
• ITLS 5210: Virtual Environment development (Fall | Summer)
• ITLS 4410: Intro to eSports (Spring)
• ITLS 4420: Developmental eSports (Fall | Summer)

• OPDD 1100: Introduction to Product Creation (Fall)
• TESY 1200: Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (Fall | Spring | Summer)
• OPDD 2430: Digital Technologies for 3-D Design *TESY 1200 Prerequisite (Fall | Spring)
• TESY 1030: Material Processing Systems TEE 2030: Wood-Based Manufacturing (Fall | Spring)
• ITLS 4160: Measuring Learning Performance (Spring)
• TEE 2030: Wood-Based Manufacturing Systems (Fall | spring)

• MSLE 3500: Fundamentals of Marketing (Take 1st) (Fall)
• MSLE 4510: Consumer Behavior (Fall | Summer)
• MSLE 4590: Marketing Strategy (Fall)
• MSLE 3855: Sustainability Marketing (Fall | Spring)
• MSLE 4536: Internet Marketing Analytics 
• MSLE 4560: Strategic Sales (Fall | spring | Summer)
• MSLE 2650: Adobe Graphic Design (Fall | Spring)
• ITLS 4160: Measuring Learning and Performance (Spring)
• MSLE 4532: Data-Driven Decision Making (Fall)

• ACCT 2010: Financial Accounting Principles (Fall | Spring)
• ACCT 2020: Managerial Accounting Principles (Fall | Spring | Summer)
• APEC 2010: Intro to Microeconomics Online and in person, only in the fall) (Fall | Spring)
• MSLE 2550: Entrepreneur Leadership series (Taught online and in person) (Spring)
• MSLE 3800: Leadership (Fall | Spring | Summer)
• MSLE 3510: New Venture Creation (Fall | spring | Summer)
• MSLE 3530: New Venture Marketing (Fall | spring | Summer)
• MSLE 3540: New Venture Finance (Fall | spring | Summer)
• MSLE 3580: New Venture Execution (Fall | spring | Summer)
• ITLS 4160: Measuring Learning and Performance (Spring)

• ANTH 1010: Cultural Anthropology (BSS) (Fall | spring | Summer)
• ANTH 2010: People of the World (BSS) (Spring)
• ANTH 3140 Anthropology of Sex and Gender (Fall)
• ANTH 3200: Perspectives on Race (CI) (Fall | summer)
• PSY 3510: Social Psychology (Fall | summer)
• PSY 4230: Psychology of Gender (Fall | summer)
• PSY 4240: Multicultural Psychology (Fall | summer)
• SW 2400: Social Work with Diverse Populations (Fall | summer)
• ITLS 4255: Designing ethical Technology web broadcast (taught even years) (Spring)

• TCR 2100: Introduction to Technical Communication (Fall | Spring)
• TCR 2110: Digital Writing Technologies TCR 3100 Workplace Research (Spring)
• TCR 3100: Workplace Research (online) (Spring)
• TCR 3210: Usability and Games User Research (Spring)
• TCR 4210: Visual Communication Design. * TCR 2110 Prerequisite (offered once a year, semester TBD) (Spring)
• TRC 4250: Careers in Professional Communications (CI) (Fall)
• JCOM 3110: Feature Writing (CI) (Fall | spring)
• JCOM 3140: Opinion Writing (Fall | spring)

As your Advisor, please contact me (Email) if you have any questions, and let's set up a meeting so we can talk. 

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