Digital Media and Production Minor
College: College of Arts & Humanities
The Digital Media and Production minor is designed to prepare students to be adept at creating, producing, and critiquing digital written, oral, aural, and visual communication. 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.
Requirements for the Digital Media and Production Minor
| 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 | |
| Media Literacy Project 1 | ||
| Communication Internship 1 | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select five of the following: | 14-15 | |
| Digital Photography 1 | ||
| Advanced Digital Photography 1 | ||
| Writing for Multimedia 1 | ||
| Podcasting | ||
| Digital Storytelling 1 | ||
| Digital and Social Media 1 | ||
| Creative Writing: Screenplay 1 | ||
| Introduction to Film | ||
| History of Film from 1950 | ||
| Advanced Fiction Writing 1 | ||
| Alternative Narratives 1 | ||
| Digital Video | ||
| Studies in Film | ||
| Sound Production I 1 | ||
| Sound Production II | ||
| Acting for the Camera 1 | ||
| Total Credits | 21-24 | |
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Indicates courses with prerequisite requirements.
University Requirements for Minors
Course work in the minor must be completed with the minimum GPA as specified by the department or program under which the minor falls, usually a 2.00 on a 4.00 scale, but higher in some programs. Transfer students must attain the minimum specified GPA on a combination of transfer credits accepted toward the minor and credits attempted at UW-Parkside.
At least half of the course work required for a minor must be completed at UW-Parkside.