The Digital Media Minor is designed for students with a broad interest in the study of digital culture. Courses within this minor provide students a flexible and rigorous program examining digital technology and everyday life, ethical concerns in digital practices, contemporary games and game culture, digital media production, the persuasive communicative power of global digital media industries, and emergent user practices.

Curriculum

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
COMM 175	Introduction to Communication	3
or COMM 201	Media Theory and Criticism
COMM 200	Digital Communication and Society	3
COMM 275	Web Design and Usability	3
COMM 360	Digital Media Ethics	3
Elective Courses
Select three courses from the following list. A max of one course can be from non-COMM options.		9
COMM 213	Digital Foundations
COMM 227	Social Justice & Communication
COMM 258	Game Studies
COMM 280	Media Technology & Society
COMM 299	Themes in Film and Digital Media
COMM 322	Guerilla Media
COMM 323	Remixing Culture
COMM 357	Programming Film & Media: Festivals, TV & Digital
COMM 361	New Media Criticism 1
COMM 371	Special Topics Communication Studies
COMM 373	Digital Storytelling Abroad 2
COMM 374	Special Topics: Film & Digital Media
COMP 111	History of Computing (WI)
COMP 125	Visual Information Processing (core eligible)
COMP 150	Introduction to Computing (core eligible)
COMP 170	Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
COMP 250	Introduction to Scientific and Technical Communication (WI)
COMP 317	Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing
COMP 388	Topics in Computer Science
SOCL 226	Science, Technology, & Society
Total Hours		21

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Writing Intensive

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Satisfies Engaged Learning requirement.