Digital Media Minor
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
Code | Title | Hours |
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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 | |
Digital Foundations | ||
Social Justice & Communication | ||
Game Studies | ||
Media Technology & Society | ||
Themes in Film and Digital Media | ||
Guerilla Media | ||
Remixing Culture | ||
Programming Film & Media: Festivals, TV & Digital | ||
New Media Criticism 1 | ||
Special Topics Communication Studies | ||
Digital Storytelling Abroad 2 | ||
Special Topics: Film & Digital Media | ||
History of Computing (WI) | ||
Visual Information Processing (core eligible) | ||
Introduction to Computing (core eligible) | ||
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming | ||
Introduction to Scientific and Technical Communication (WI) | ||
Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing | ||
Topics in Computer Science | ||
Science, Technology, & Society | ||
Total Hours | 21 |
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- 2
Satisfies Engaged Learning requirement.
Suggested Sequence of Courses
The below sequence of courses is meant to be used as a suggested path for completing coursework. An individual student’s completion of requirements depends on course offerings in a given term as well as the start term for a major or graduate study. Students should consult their advisor for assistance with course selection.
Sophomore | ||
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Fall | Hours | |
COMM 201 | Media Theory and Criticism (OR COMM 175 Introduction to Communication) | 3 |
COMM 200 | Digital Communication and Society | 3 |
Hours | 6 | |
Spring | ||
COMM 275 | Web Design and Usability | 3 |
Hours | 3 | |
Junior | ||
Fall | ||
COMM 360 | Digital Media Ethics | 3 |
Hours | 3 | |
Spring | ||
Minor Elective #1 | 3 | |
Hours | 3 | |
Senior | ||
Fall | ||
Minor Elective #2 | 3 | |
Hours | 3 | |
Spring | ||
Minor Elective #3 | 3 | |
Hours | 3 | |
Total Hours | 21 |
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Similar to learning grammar to create sentences or speaking the sounds of a foreign language, students who minor in digital media will learn the "language" of film and how shot composition/framing aid in storytelling just as well as dialogue.
- You will be exploring non-fiction, narrative, and experimental genres and will be asked to demonstrate competency in visual storytelling, camera, editing, sound, lighting, scripting and design work.
- You will be asked to integrate theoretical and ethical ideas about the media into the creative context of visual/aural expression.
- In this minor, we will provide students with the basic terminology, observational and critical skills and theoretical background for the study of film aesthetics and language, history, cultural and formal analysis.
- Lastly, you will approach each assigned screening by performing a close analysis of each film that will explore its cinematic elements and properties such as mise-en-scene, cinematography, camera angles, editing, sound and image relation, narrative and other structures of organization, etc. and, furthermore, explore how different modes of composition and style develop over time.