The EMDA Minor

The minor in Emerging Media and Digital Arts prepares students from any departmental major with the skills to develop, produce, and evaluate original projects in digital media. Students engage in all stages of the production process and conduct critical investigations into people’s roles as participants in and products of technologically mediated culture.

Required Courses for the EMDA Minor (16 credits):

• EMDA 201 (was DMF 201) Digital Media Foundations I 2 credits
• EMDA 201L (was DMF 201L) Digital Media Foundations I Lab 2 credits

Lectures focus on the fundamentals of visual narrative, design, and critical thinking about the creation of visuals in a digital age. EMDA 201 serves as a prerequisite or recommended course for several upper division classes in art, applied multimedia, computer science, photojournalism, and video production.

• EMDA 202 (was DMF 202) Digital Media Foundations II 2 credits
• EMDA 202L (was DMF 202L) Digital Media Foundations II Lab 2 credits

Focuses on the development and applications of time-based media, including digital video and audio production. Serves as a prerequisite or recommended course for several upper division courses in art, applied multimedia, computer science, photojournalism, and video production.

• EMDA 203 (was DMF 203) Digital Media Foundations III 2 credits
• EMDA 203L (was DMF 203L) Digital Media Foundations 2 credits

Focuses on the development and applications of web-based media, including Web site design, Flash animation, as well as the integration of other media such as digital photography, art, video, and audio for the Web. Serves as a prerequisite or recommended course for several upper division courses in art, photojournalism, and video production.

• EMDA 350 Projects in Digital Media (new course in 2011-2012) 4 credits

In a collaborative learning environment, students develop and produce original digital projects while conducting critical investigations into our role as participants in and products of digitally mediated culture.

Elective courses for the EMDA minor (choose 12 credits from the following list of courses):

EMDA 401 | Research in Digital Media
Credit hours: 1-4 credits

Students develop and share research methodologies on digital arts and emerging media, conduct independent and collaborative critical investigations into self-selected topics, and engage in discourse on historical trends and future developments in technology and culture.

EMDA 407 | Seminar in Digital Media
Credit hours: 1-4 credits

Students engage in study of and theoretical discourse on a particular era or theme of digital media, develop independent and/or collaborative critical studies on selected sub-topics, and create digital-media presentations on their findings for the campus and/or online communities.

EMDA 409 | Practicum in Digital Media
Credit hours: 1-8 credits

Students work with a faculty member to identify a community-based opportunity to develop and produce an original digital project. Students, faculty, and community partners together evaluate outcomes to assess best practices for collaborating on the creation of digital media for our communities.

Additional elective course options for the EMDA minor:

• ART 306 Digital Illustration 4 credits
• ART 334 Interface Design 4 credits
• ART 337 Web Design 4 credits
• ART 350 Digital Print Studio 4 credits
• ART 351 Digital Interactive Studio 4 credits
• ART 352 Digital Animation Studio 4 credits
• ART 353 Digital 3D Modeling and Lighting Studio 4 credits
• ART 354 Digital 3D Animation Studio 4 credits
• BA 330 Principles of Marketing 4 credits
• CH 371 Computer Applications in Chemistry 3 credits

 

• CS 315 Computer Imaging 4 credits

or

• CS 316 Computer Graphics I 4 credits

 

• CS 399 Special Topics 4 credits

 

• COMM 470 Gender, Race, and Media 4 credits

or

• COMM 471 History of Mass Media 4 credits

 

• COMM 481 Mass Media Law 4 credits

or

• COMM 491 Mass Media Ethics 4 credits

• CM 322 Online Journalism: New Media Practice & Theory 4 credits
• CM 363 Documentary Film & Photography 4 credits
• MUS 355 Electronic and Computer Music 4 credits
• MUS 358 Digital Tools for Interdisciplinary Synthesis: Music as Metaphor 4 credits
• TA 334 Stage Management 4 credits
• TA 342 Sound Engineering 4 credits
• TA 343 Scene Painting 4 credits
• TA 344 Drafting for Theatre 4 credits

•  TA 346 Costume Crafts 4 credits

or

•  TA 366 Advanced Costume Construction 4 credits

or

•  TA 367 Advanced Costume Construction 4 credits

 

•  TA 348 Acting III: Advanced Acting 4 credits

 

•  TA 350 Auditioning I 4 credits

or

•  TA 351 Auditioning II 4 credits

or

•  TA 358 Auditioning for Musical Theatre 4 credits

 

•  TA 354 Fundamentals of Directing 4 credits

or

•  TA 355 Intermediate Directing 4 credits

 

•  TA 357A Musical Theatre Workshop I 4 credits

or

TA 357B Musical Theatre Workshop II 4 credits

• TA 360 Creative Dramatics 4 credits
• TA 371 Playwriting 4 credits
• TA 399 Special Studies 4 credits
• TA 424 Film Acting 4 credits
• VP 315 Advanced Field Production 4 credits
• VP 375 Applied Editing Techniques for Field and Studio Production 4 credits
• WR 312 Writing Workshop for Teachers 4 credits
• WR 327 Technical Writing 4 credits
• WR 329 Grantwriting and Workplace Literacy 4 credits
• WR 405 Writing and Conference 4 credits
• WR 407 Writing Seminar 4 credits
• WR 420 Beyond the Workshop 4 credits
• WR 455 The History of Publishing: From Alphabet to E-Book 4 credits

•  WR 330 Fiction Writing 4 credits

or

•  WR 430 Advanced Fiction Writing: Short Story 4 credits

 

•  WR 341 Poetry Writing 4 credits

or

•  WR 441 Advanced Poetry Writing 4 credits

 

•  WR 350 Topics in Nonfiction Essay 4 credits

or

•  WR 460 Advanced Topics in Creative Nonfiction 4 credits