BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DIGITAL AND MEDIA STUDIES

Total credit hours: 120

REQUIRED CURRICULUM

Core and General Education for Bachelor of Arts degree (56-57 credit hours)

Choose an area you’re interested in

• Art (24 credits)
• Art History (18 credits)
• Computer Science (18 credits)
• English (18 credits)
• History (21 credits)
• Marketing (21 credits)
• Philosophy (21 credits)
• Psychology (18 credits)
• Theological Studies (18 credits)

Take the intro class (3 credits)
DMS 300 Introduction to Digital & Media Studies

Choose 3 methods courses (9 credits)
ENG 351 Media Writing
ENG 352 Professional Writing
ENG 354 Technology and Culture
ENG 356 Critical Discourse Analysis

Choose your coding path (6-9 credits)
DMS 380 Beginning Markup
DMS 381 Intermediate Markup
DMS 382 Advanced Markup
DMS 383 Beginning Programming
DMS 384 Intermediate Programming
DMS 385 Advanced Programming

Sample Options of Specific Tagged & Programming Languages
Markup Languages

HTML + CSS (web coding and design)
TEI (semantic text coding for archiving and corpus analysis)
XML (dynamic web coding)

Programming Language
• JavaScript (web interactivity/app development)
• Objective C (app development)
• PHP (app development, database integration)
• Python (app development)

Choose your internship (3 credits)
ENG 360 Writing Internship
DMS 360 Media Internship / Production Internship

Capstone & Professional Portfolio (3 credits)
DMS 490 Digital and Media Studies Capstone and Professional Portfolio (3 credits)
Create a project using your skills and generate a portfolio for employers/graduate admissions to showcase your work in your chosen profession.

Self-Paced Online Modules
Students can choose which languages and the level of depth of their study and must achieve at least intermediate competency in a markup language and beginning competency in a programming language. There is no pre-requisite before beginning the coding modules but students must meet a proficiency benchmark before their internship and must complete the modules before registering for their capstone.

DIGITAL AND MEDIA STUDIES MINOR

Total credit hours: 17-18

REQUIRED CURRICULUM SEMESTER HOURS

Introduction Course:
DMS 300 – Introduction to Digital and Media Studies 3

Methods Courses: Two of the following: 6
ENG 351 – Media Writing
ENG 354 – Technology and Culture
DMS 350 – Critical Discourse Analysis

Code Path: 5-6
DMS 380 Beginning Markup
DMS 381 Intermediate Markup
DMS 382 Advanced Markup
DMS 383 Beginning Programming
DMS 384 Intermediate Programming
DMS 385 Advanced Programming

Internships* 3
ENG 360 – Writing Internship
DMS 360 – Media Production Internship

*Internships from other academic departments may apply on recommendation of English Department chair.

In addition to achieving the designated outcomes of the core minor field the following outcomes are also met.

1. Demonstrate proficiency in multiple coding languages.
2. Employ design techniques and digital technologies to create verbal and visual arguments.
3. Analyze and evaluate interactions between technology and culture.
4. Produce digital texts that demonstrate technology skills for collecting, organizing, presenting, and analyzing information.
5. Synthesize core minor field knowledge and technical skills to create an original digital project.

Gain essential real-world experience through the required internship. As a Digital and Media Studies major, you can choose from several options, including a Digital Media Production Internship with Buckeye Broadband and a Digitation Internship with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. Work with your advisor to identify the internship position that best meets your career aspirations.

For students interested in further study in Digital Humanities, Library and Information Science, Instruction Design, or Master’s level programs in a humanities content area, a core humanities minor is recommended.

For students looking to join the workforce after graduation in such areas as web content developer/SEO, social media marketing, technical writing, editing, a core marketing minor is recommended.

Because of the reasonable credit hour threshold for the major, students can easily complete a minor in addition to this program which would allow for both humanities study and marketing or some combination of humanities minors, further increasing students’ skill set.

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