Program: Emerging Media & Digital Arts Minor - Southern Oregon University

Apr 29, 2025

2011-12 Catalog

CS 101

Robert Arellano, Director

ArellanoR@sou.edu

541-552-8911

The minor in Emerging Media & 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

(16 credits)

EMDA 201 - Emerging Media and Digital Arts I 2 credits
EMDA 201L - Emerging Media and Digital Arts I Lab 2 credits
EMDA 202 - Emerging Media and Digital Arts II 2 credits
EMDA 202L - Emerging Media and Digital Arts II Lab 2 credits
EMDA 203 - Emerging Media and Digital Arts III 2 credits
EMDA 203L - Emerging Media and Digital Arts Lab III 2 credits
EMDA 350 - Projects in Digital Media 4 credits (repeatable-maximum 12 credits)

Electives

Choose 12 credits from the following list of courses:

EMDA 401 - Research in Digital Media 1-4 credits (repeatable-maximum 8 credits) (4 credits required)
EMDA 407 - Seminar in Digital Media 1-4 credits (repeatable-maximum 8 credits) (4 credits required)
EMDA 409 - Practicum in Digital Media 1-8 credits (repeatable-maximum 12 credits) (4 credits required)
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 (repeatable-maximum 12 credits)
ART 352 - Digital Animation Studio 4 credits (repeatable-maximum 12 credits)
ART 353 - Digital 3D Modeling and Lighting Studio 4 credits (repeatable-maximum 12 credits)
ART 354 - Digital 3D Animation Studio 4 credits (repeatable-maximum 12 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 Studies Credits to be arranged (4 credits required)
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 and Theory 4 credits
CM 363 - Documentary Film and Photography: History and Theory 4 credits
MUS 355 - Electronic and Computer Music 3 credits
MUS 358 - Digital Tools for Interdisciplinary Synthesis: Music as Metaphor 3 credits
TA 334 - Stage Management 3 credits
TA 342 - Sound Engineering 3 credits
TA 343 - Scene Painting 4 credits
TA 344 - Drafting for Theatre 3 credits
TA 346 - Costume Crafts 3 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 3 credits
TA 399 - Special Studies Credits to be arranged (4 credits required)
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* Credits to be arranged (4 credits required)
WR 407 - Writing Seminar* Credits to be arranged (4 credits required)
WR 420 - Beyond the Workshop 2 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