Digital Media Art Minor
Art and Art History

Digital Media Art Minor

The Digital Media Art Minor is designed for students who wish to pursue digital artmaking alongside another area of study. Students will explore artmaking with digital tools in areas such as digital photography, experimental video, 2D and 3D animation, game development, digital fabrication, and AI. Based on a foundation of critical analysis and historical perspective, the program equips graduates with the skills necessary to pursue careers in digital artmaking, design, and content creation.

 

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Curriculum

Digital Art, Minor

The Digital Art Minor is designed for students who wish to pursue digital artmaking alongside another area of study. Students will explore artmaking with digital tools in areas such as digital photography, experimental video, 2D and 3D animation, game development, digital fabrication, and AI. Based on a foundation of critical analysis and historical perspective, the program equips graduates with the skills necessary to pursue careers in digital artmaking, design, and content creation.

Requirements

Lower Division Required Courses

  • Digital Foundations (4 units)
  • Art Theory (3 units)

Lower Division Elective

Choose 4 units of the following

  • Basic Design (4 units)
  • Digital Photography (4 units)
  • Sequential Art (1 units)
  • Drawing: Life & Figure Drawing (1 units)
  • 2D Animation (4 units)
  • Designing for the Web (4 units)
  • 3D Digital Design and Fabricat (1 units)
  • Media Prod. Tools & Techniques (3 units)
  • Media Ethics and Ecologies (3 units)
  • Multimedia Writing (3 units)

Upper Division Elective

Choose 8 units of the following

  • History of Media Art (4 units)
  • Art Criticism, 1900-Present (4 units)
  • Issues in American Contemp Art (4 units)
  • Issues in Modern Art (4 units)
  • Seminar Theory & Pract of Art (4 units)
  • 3D Animation (4 units)
  • Experimental Photography (4 units)
  • Advanced Design (4 units)
  • Experimental Film/Video (4 units)
  • Media Archaeology (4 units)
  • The Art of Game Design (4 units)

Capstone

Students complete one 1-unit capstone course during their senior year, choosing one of the following:

  • Art Capstone:Form Meaning & C (1 units)
  • Art Capstone: Professional Pra (1 units)

 

 

  • Introduction to Studio Art (4 units)
  • Basic Design (4 units)
  • Digital Photography (4 units)
  • Sequential Art (1 units)
  • Printmaking: Screenprinting (1 units)
  • Painting: Acrylic & Watercolor (1 units)
  • Drawing: Life & Figure Drawing (1 units)
  • Special Topics in Art Practice (1 units)
  • 2D Animation (4 units)
  • Digital Foundations (4 units)
  • Designing for the Web (4 units)
  • Introduction to Printmaking (4 units)
  • 3D Digital Design and Fabricat (1 units)
  • Art + Practice Elective (4 units)
  • Screenprinting for the Communi (3 units)
  • Screenprinting for Communi EL (1 units)
  • ART Elective (1-5 units)
  • 3D Animation (4 units)
  • Advanced Painting (4 units)
  • Experimental Photography (4 units)
  • Advanced Design (4 units)
  • Experimental Film/Video (4 units)
  • Advanced Screenprinting (4 units)
  • Interdisciplinary Arts (4 units)
  • Media Archaeology (4 units)
  • Artist's Bookmaking (4 units)
  • The Art of Game Design (4 units)
  • Special Topics in Art (4 units)
  • Introduction to Curating (4 units)
  • ART UD Elective (1-5 units)
  • Art Capstone:Form Meaning & C (1 units)
  • Art Capstone: Professional Pra (1 units)
  • Introduction to Curating (4 units)
  • Independent Study - Art Prac (1-4 units)

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