Emerging Media & Digital Arts Minor

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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. Students must meet all applicable requirements listed in the Minors section of this catalog, including the Minor residence requirement. The overall requirement for the minor is 28 credits.

Required Courses (16 credits)

Any 12 credits from Foundations courses:

Any 12 credits from Foundations courses:
EMDA 201 - Digital Image Foundations 2 credits
EMDA 201R - Digital Image Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 202 - Digital Video Foundations 2 credits
EMDA 202R - Digital Video Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
or
COMM 215 - Digital Video Foundations 2 credits
COMM 215R - Digital Video Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 203 - Digital Interactive Foundations 2 credits
EMDA 203R - Digital Interactive Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
EMDA 204 - Digital Audio Foundations 2 credits
EMDA 204R - Digital Audio Foundations - Recitation 2 credits
Plus 4 credits from Projects:
EMDA 350 - Projects in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits

Elective Courses (12 credits)

Any combination from the following:

EMDA 320 - Writing Nonlinear 4 credits
EMDA 321 - Theory & Practice in Emerging Media & Digital Arts 4 credits
EMDA 323 - Strategic Social Media 4 credits
EMDA 330 - Cybernetics & Cyberculture 4 credits
EMDA 331 - The Art of Data 1-4 credits
EMDA 340 - Responsive Web Design 1-4 credits
EMDA 341 - Remix Culture 4 credits
EMDA 342 - Motion Graphics 1-4 credits
EMDA 344 - Multimedia Image Production 4 credits
EMDA 345 - Typography Methods 1-4 credits
EMDA 348 - Concept Art and Preproduction Methods 1-4 credits
EMDA 349 - Comic and Picture Book Methods 1-4 credits
EMDA 352 - Digital Animation Methods 1-4 credits
EMDA 353 - Digital 3D Modeling Methods 1-4 credits
EMDA 461 - Programming for Artists 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 362 - Transmedia Storytelling Genres 4 credits
EMDA 363 - Digital Performance Methods 1-4 credits
EMDA 364 - Robotic Art: Interactive and Kinetic Systems 1-4 credits
EMDA 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Music 1-4 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
EMDA 499 - Special Studies 1 to 15 credits
ART 304 - Typography Methods 1-4 credits
ART 331 - The Art of Data: Visualizing Our World 1-4 credits
ART 332 - Representational Drawing Methods 1-4 credits
ART 337 - Web Design Methods 1-4 credits
ART 340 - Photography Methods 1-4 credits
ART 344 - Graphic Design Methods 1-4 credits
ART 348 - Concept Art and Preproduction Methods 1-4 credits
ART 349 - Comic and Picture Book Methods 1-4 credits
ART 352 - Digital Animation Methods 1-4 credits
ART 353 - Digital 3D Modeling Methods 1-4 credits
ART 461 - Programming for Artists 1 to 4 credits
ART 363 - Digital Performance Methods 1-4 credits
ART 364 - Robotic Art Methods 1-4 credits
ART 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Music Methods 1-4 credits
ARTH 446 - Contemporary Art: 1945-Present 4 credits
BA 330 - Principles of Marketing 4 credits
BA 488 - Fundamentals of Project Management 4 credits
CH 371 - Computer Applications in Chemistry 3 credits
COMM 315 - Location Shooting for Film and Video 4 credits
COMM 320 - Topics in Hispanic Film 4 credits
COMM 322 - Online Journalism 4 credits
COMM 323 - Strategic Social Media 4 credits
COMM 341 - Remix Culture 4 credits
COMM 344 - Media Photography 4 credits
COMM 345 - Introduction to Cybernetics & Cyberculture 4 credits
COMM 350 - Topics in French Film 3 to 4 credits
COMM 362 - Transmedia Storytelling 4 credits
COMM 363 - Documentary Film: Theory and Criticism 4 credits
COMM 375 - Editing for Film and Video 4 credits
COMM 378 - Siskiyou Newspaper 2 to 4 credits
COMM 420 - Science Fiction Film 4 credits
COMM 421 - Animation & Anime 4 credits
COMM 460D - Technology, Communication, and Culture 4 credits
COMM 472A - Advanced Documentary Production 4 credits
COMM 472C - Advanced Informational and Promotional Video Production 4 credits
COMM 472D - Advanced Fictional Film Production 4 credits
COMM 472E - Advanced Broadcast Journalism Production 4 credits
COMM 482 - Mass Media Ethics and Law 4 credits
CS 220 - 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
CW 381 - Intermediate Fiction Writing 4 credits
CW 382 - Intermediate Poetry Writing 4 credits
CW 481 - Advanced Fiction Writing: Short Story 4 credits
CW 482 - Advanced Poetry Writing 4 credits
MUS 315 - Business of Music 3 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
TA 354 - Fundamentals of Directing 4 credits
TA 355 - Intermediate Directing 4 credits
TA 357A - Musical Theatre Workshop I 4 credits
TA 357B - Musical Theatre Workshop II 4 credits
TA 358 - Auditioning for Musical Theatre 4 credits
TA 360 - Creative Dramatics 4 credits
TA 366 - Costume Construction IV 4 credits
TA 367 - Costume Construction V 4 credits
TA 371 - Playwriting 4 credits
TA 382 - Acting V: Shakespeare 4 credits
TA 399 - Special Studies 1 to 18 credits
TA 421 - Auditioning I 4 credits
TA 422 - Auditioning II 4 credits
TA 424 - Film Acting 4 credits
TA 442 - Theatre Sound Design 4 credits
TA 443 - Scene Design Studio 4 credits
TA 444 - Advanced Stagecraft 4 credits
TA 445 - Lighting Design: Creating the Aesthetic 4 credits
TA 446 - Lighting Design: Technique and Implementation 4 credits
ENG 312 - Writing Workshop for Teachers 4 credits
ENG 327 - Technical Writing 4 credits
ENG 329 - Grantwriting and Workplace Literacy 4 credits
ENG 456 - The History of Publishing: From Alphabet to E-Book 4 credits