Digital Media and Production Certificate
College: College of Arts & Humanities
The Digital Media and Production certificate is designed to prepare students to be adept at creating, producing, and critiquing digital written, oral, aural, and visual communication. This certificate program will introduce and develop skills in students for professional level quality in the production of digital media that is intended to be integrated into a variety of career areas. Students will produce digital media that conforms to professional standards with respect to visual, written, and audio-standards. Critical skills will involve technical fluency, design principles, analytic skills, visual literacy, visual strategic communication, and an understanding of transmedia and the rhetoric of digital and visual communication. This program is open to non-degree seeking students who wish to develop and enhance their digital media and production skills.
- Gain technical fluency in visual digital design.
- Understand principles of visual design/communication.
- Produce/create (transmedia) digital content.
- Critically analyze transmedia digital content.\\n
- Gain social media literacy.
Requirements for the Digital Media and Production Certificate
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ART 104 | Introduction to Digital Art | 3 |
| COMM 168 | Introduction to Visual and Digital Communication | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 1-3 | |
| Communication Internship | ||
400-level internship from any department that has a significant digital media component | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select three of the following: No more than two electives can be taken within the same discipline | 8-9 | |
| Introduction to Graphic Design | ||
| Typography I | ||
| Digital Photography 1 | ||
| Graphic Design I | ||
| Advanced Digital Photography 1 | ||
| Writing for Multimedia 1 | ||
| Podcasting | ||
| Digital Storytelling 1 | ||
| Advanced Media Production | ||
| Digital and Social Media 1 | ||
| Creative Writing: Screenplay 1 | ||
| Introduction to Film | ||
| History of Film to 1950 | ||
| History of Film from 1950 | ||
| Advanced Fiction Writing 1 | ||
| Alternative Narratives 1 | ||
| Film Genres | ||
| Digital Video | ||
| Studies in Film | ||
| Sound Production I | ||
| Sound Production II 1 | ||
| Sound Design | ||
| Queer Representation on Stage and Screen | ||
| Acting for the Camera 1 | ||
| Total Credits | 15-18 | |
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indicates courses with prerequisite requirements.
University Requirements for Undergraduate Certificates
Course work in a certificate must be completed with a minimum 2.00 GPA. Departments or programs may require a higher GPA.
A minimum of 9 credits in a certificate program must be taken at UW-Parkside. Individual departments and programs may require more than 9 credits to be taken at UW-Parkside.