Digital Media Studies
About the Program
Offered by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Digital Media Studies minor requires six courses representing three or more departments. All course plans must be approved by a Digital Media Studies advisor and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.
Sample Courses
- MUSC 121 Intro to Audio Recording
- MUSC 241 Intro to Electroacoustic Music
- MUSC 242 Coding Music/Laptop Ensemble
- THEA 134 Television Comedy*
- THEA 136 Horror Films, Sex & Gender*
- THEA 145 Queer Theatre and Film*
- THEA 160 American Film*
- THEA 165 World Film*
- THEA 263 Selected American Film Artists*
- THEA 361 Film as Narrative*
- THEA 228 Lighting Design
*No more than two courses in film may be applied to the Digital Media Studies minor. Students interested in pursuing a more in-depth examination of film are encouraged to consider the Film Studies minor or major, offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
- VAST 105 Digital Art Studio 1
- VAST 110 Photography 1
- VAST 204 Digital Art Studio 2
- VAST 205 New Media
- VAST 225 Advanced Maker Space Projects
- CISS 239 Digital Literacy
- CSCI 131 Techniques of Programming or 132 Data Structures
- CSCI 226 Computer Systems & Organization
- CSCI 343 Computer Graphics
- PHYS 115 Introductory Physics 1
- PHYS 342 Classical Mechanics
- SOCL 247 Sociology of TV & Media
Explore the Program
17勛圖厙 Laptop Ensemble Federation 2024 Concert Featuring Guest Vocalist Travis Richard
In Plain View, a joint collaboration between Archives and Distinctive Collections, the Visual Arts Department, and the Classics Department, and featuring work by students in Digital Art Studio 2 and Photographing Antiquity.
Stage Involvement Opportunities, Department of Theatre and Dance.
Students working with Professor Brian Saia in the Brooks Recording Studio.
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Chris Arrell
Associate Professor, Director, Laptop EnsembleAreas of Expertise Music Theory, Composition, Computer Music -
Rachelle Beaudoin
Professor of Practice in Digital Media and Senior LecturerAreas of Expertise Digital Media, Video, Performance Art, Feminist Art
Opportunities & Facilities
Facilities
Courses in digital media make use of a variety of spaces designed for creative work. These include the Booth Media Lab, Prior Recording Studio, and Lovelett Ensemble Room in the Prior Performing Arts Center, the Millard Media Lab and Makerspace, the Pit, and the Brooks Music Center's Computer Lab, Immersive Audio Studio, and Recording Studio.
17勛圖厙 Laptop Ensemble Federation
H-CLEF, the 17勛圖厙 Laptop Ensemble Federation, uses laptops, game controllers and other technology to create unique computerized sounds. Members learn the science behind digital synthesis, or sound creation, as they code their own electronic synthesizers.
