Emerging Media & Digital Arts, BA/BS

The major in Emerging Media & Digital Arts combines interdisciplinary research and activity with a range of technical skills for the creation and evaluation of digital media. EMDA majors engage in all stages of the production process while working with university and community partners to develop best practices for digital media in our society.

Requirements for the Major

1.

Fulfill baccalaureate degree requirements.

2.

Complete a minimum of 56 credits in EMDA courses and related approved courses with a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 or better:

a. Foundation courses (16 credits)

Choose four out of five of these course pairs (lecture and recitation are co-requisites); there are no prerequisites for foundational courses, and they may be taken in any sequence.

EMDA 201 - Digital Image Foundations 2 credits
and
EMDA 201R - Digital Image Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 202 - Digital Video Foundations 2 credits
and
EMDA 202R - Digital Video Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
or
VP 215 - Digital Video Foundations 2 credits
and
VP 215R - Digital Video Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 203 - Digital Interactive Foundations 2 credits
and
EMDA 203R - Digital Interactive Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 204 - Digital Audio Foundations 2 credits
and
EMDA 204R - Digital Audio Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 205 - Programming for Artists 2 credits
and
EMDA 205R - Programming for Artists: Recitation 2 credits

b. Core courses (16 credits)

EMDA 320 - Writing Nonlinear 4 credits
or
EMDA 321 - Theory & Practice in Emerging Media & Digital Arts 4 credits
and
ARTH 330 - Art, Culture, and Technology 4 credits
or
EMDA 330 - Introduction to Cybernetics & Cyberculture 4 credits
or
EMDA 331 - The Art of Data: Visualizing Our World 4 credits
or
COMM 302 - Communication and Media Theory 4 credits
and two sections of
EMDA 350 - Projects in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits

c. Capstone courses (8 credits)

EMDA 450 - Capstone 4 credits (must be repeated for 8 credits total; senior standing in the major required)

d. Elective courses (16 credits)

Choose at least four of the following elective courses. Two courses (8 credits) must be EMDA, and at least two courses must be numbered at the 400-level:

ART 306 - Digital Illustration 4 credits
ART 334 - Interface Design 4 credits
ART 337 - Web Design 4 credits
ART 340 - Photography II 4 credits
ART 341 - Photography III 4 credits
ART 343 - Photo Mixed Media 4 credits
ART 344 - Graphic Design 4 credits (maximum 12 credits)
ART 348 - Concept Art and Preproduction 4 credits (repeatable-maximum 12 credits)
ART 349 - Comic Books and Picture Books 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
ART 443 - Special Projects in Photography 1 to 4 credits
ART 444 - Graphic Design II 4 credits
ART 450 - Special Projects in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
ARTH 446 - Contemporary Art: 1945–Present 4 credits
BA 330 - Principles of Marketing 4 credits
BA 488 - Fundamentals of Project Management 4 credits
CM 322 - Online Journalism: New Media Practice and Theory 4 credits
CM 363 - Documentary Film: Theory and Criticism 4 credits
COMM 460D - Technology, Communication, and Culture 4 credits
COMM 470 - Gender, Race, and Media 4 credits
COMM 471 - History of Mass Media 4 credits
COMM 481 - Mass Media Ethics and Law 4 credits
CS 313 - Introduction to Game Programming 4 credits
CS 315 - Computer Imaging 4 credits
CS 316 - Computer Graphics I 4 credits
CS 336 - Networks I 4 credits
CS 360 - Databases 4 credits
CS 399 - Special Studies 1 to 18 credits
EMDA 340 - Building the Web: Sites to Content Management Systems 4 credits
EMDA 341 - Remix Culture 4 credits
EMDA 342 - Motion Graphics I 4 credits
EMDA 362 - Transmedia Storytelling 4 credits
EMDA 363 - Digital Performance 4 credits
or
ART 363 - Digital Performance 4 credits
EMDA 364 - Robotic Art: Interactive and Kinetic Systems 4 credits
or
ART 364 - Robotic Art: Interactive and Kinetic Systems 4 credits
EMDA 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Music 4 credits
or
ART 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Music 4 credits
or
MUS 355 - Electronic and Computer Music 3 credits
EMDA 399 - Special Studies 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 401 - Research in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 407 - Seminar in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 409 - Practicum in Digital Media 1 to 15 credits
EMDA 410 - Cultures of Video Gaming: The Serious Business of Play 4 credits
EMDA 411 - Online Cultures 4 credits
EMDA 420 - Science Fiction Film 4 credits
EMDA 421 - Animation & Anime 4 credits
FLM 407 - Seminar: Topics in Film 1 to 4 credits
JRN 321 - Photojournalism 4 credits
JRN 323 - Advanced Photojournalistic Techniques 4 credits
JRN 377A - Journalism Activities 2 to 4 credits
JRN 377B - Siskiyou Newspaper 2 to 4 credits
JRN 409 - Journalism Internship 1 to 6 credits
MUS 315 - Business of Music 3 credits
MUS 356 - Audio Recording 3 credits
MUS 358 - Digital Tools for Interdisciplinary Synthesis: Music as Metaphor 3 credits
TA 424 - Film Acting 4 credits
TA 442 - Theatre Sound Design 3 credits
TA 443 - Scene Design Studio 3 credits
TA 444 - Advanced Stagecraft 3 credits
TA 445 - Lighting Design: Creating the Aesthetic 3 credits
TA 446 - Lighting Design: Technique and Implementation 3 credits
VP 315 - Advanced Field Production 4 credits
VP 372 - Advanced Production Projects 4 credits
VP 375 - Applied Editing Techniques for Field and Studio Production 4 credits
VP 409 - Practicum 1 to 15 credits
WR 327 - Technical Writing 4 credits
WR 381 - Intermediate Fiction Writing 4 credits
WR 382 - Intermediate Poetry Writing 4 credits
WR 405 - Writing and Conference 1 to 12 credits
WR 407 - Writing Seminar 1 to 15 credits
WR 414 - Advanced Composition 4 credits
WR 455 - The History of Publishing: From Alphabet to E-Book 4 credits
WR 481 - Advanced Fiction Writing 4 credits
WR 482 - Advanced Poetry Writing 4 credits
WR 493 - Topics in Rhetoric 4 credits

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