Digital Studies (DGST)

Introduces an interdisciplinary approach to using technology and specifically provides a foundation for the Digital Studies Minor. Coursework may include digital approaches to creavity, historiography, media analysis and thinking critically about and through digital culture.

Students explore how technology has changed the way we publish and disseminate narratives including the roles of digital text, audio, video, and images in narrative. Students use technology including blogs, virtual worlds, and computer games to create and tell their own stories. Cross-listed as CPSC 106.

This course introduces students to the process of making, from initial design to the finished product, and to the emerging maker culture. Students are introduced to a variety of tools and practices for the development and making of objects using innovative software and hardware.

Variable topics in digital culture, digital creativity, or digital methodology. Consult the Schedule of Courses for specific course titles.

Introduces students to programming for creative purposes including computer-generated literature, art and animation.

This course introduces basic elements of video production and streaming. Students apply these techniques to plan, write, and produce a live video show streamed weekly on the open web.

Prerequisite: DGST 101. Apply the skills and methodologies developed in the Digital Studies curriculum toward larger-scale, self-designed digital projects that contribute meaningfully to some cultural field, academic discipline, social issue, or other research question.

Prerequisite: DGST 101. Advanced studies in digital media, digital culture, and/or digital methods.

Individual study under the direction of a member of the staff. By permission of the department.

Individual study under the direction of a member of the staff. By permission of the department.