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Twin Cities Campus
Digital Media Studies MinorCLA Dean's Office
College of Liberal Arts
This interdisciplinary minor explores multiple perspectives of how information or content is created and shaped in digital media, as well as the role and impact of those media on human communication. Students will have an understanding of how digital media change the ways in which various types of content can be created, managed, and distributed and, in doing so, potentially change the content itself.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Complete a minimum of 15 credits; one course (up to four credits) may be at the 1xxx level. No more than 8 credits may be earned from a single department. Other electives may be chosen only if they represent new courses offered that are similar to those on the approved list. Approval of alternative electives for the minor is done by submitting a petition to 110 Murphy Hall.
Please note that students completing a Journalism major may only count one JOUR course (3.0 cr) towards the digital media studies minor. As a result, journalism majors must complete four elective courses (12.0 cr) to complete the required minimum of 15 credits for the minor.
Minor Courses
Take 15 or more credit(s) from the following:
Media Studies/Journalism Core
Journalism majors may only count one JOUR course (3.0 cr) towards the minor.
Take 1 - 2 course(s) totaling 3 - 6 credit(s) from the following:
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JOUR 1501 - Digital Games and Society
[AH, TS]
(3.0 cr)
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JOUR 3551 - The Business of Digital Media: Innovation, Disruption, and Adaptation
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
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JOUR 3552 - Technology, Communication & Global Society
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
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JOUR 4272 - Digital Advertising: Theory and Practice
(3.0 cr)
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JOUR 3751 - Digital Media and Culture
[AH, TS]
(3.0 cr)
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JOUR 5501 - Communication, Public Opinion, and Social Media
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Journalism majors must complete four elective courses (12.0 cr) to complete the required minimum of 15 credits for the minor.
Take 3 - 4 course(s) totaling 9 - 12 credit(s) from the following:
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ARTS 3240 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
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COMM 3211 - Introduction to Media Studies
(3.0 cr)
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COMM 4291 - New Telecommunication Media
(3.0 cr)
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COMM 5231 - Media Outlaws
(3.0 cr)
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CSCI 3921W - Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
CSCL 3221 - On Television
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
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CSCL 3334 - Monsters, Robots, Cyborgs
[LITR]
(3.0 cr)
·
DES 3131 - User Experience in Design
(4.0 cr)
·
DES 3141 - Technology, Design, and Society
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4722 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3521 {Inactive}
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3523 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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GLOS 3143 - Place, Community, Culture
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 4221 - Globalize This! Understanding Globalization Through Sociology
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
HECU 3555W {Inactive}
[AH, CIV, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 1842 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
HSCI 3331 - Technology and American Culture
[HIS, TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
HSCI 3715 - History of Modern Technology: Waterwheels to the Web
[HIS, TS]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
·
PHIL 4615 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
SCMC 3001W - History of Cinema and Media Culture
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
SCMC 3201 - Fundamentals of Digital Filmmaking
(4.0 cr)
·
SCMC 3202 - Intermediate Digital Filmmaking
(4.0 cr)
·
TH 4555 - Audio Technology
(3.0 cr)
·
TH 4556 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 3371W - Technology, Self, and Society
[TS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 3381W - Writing and Modern Cultural Movements
[AH, WI]
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet
[TS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 4501 - Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 4662W - Writing With Digital Technologies
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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Course Equivalencies: | CSCL 3221/SCMC 3221 |
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Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4221/Soc 4321 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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Course Equivalencies: | HSci 3331/5331 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
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Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Course Equivalencies: | Writ 4501/Writ 5501 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Course Equivalencies: | Writ 4662W/Writ 5662 |
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Course Equivalencies: | ArtS 3760/ArtS 5760 |
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Course Equivalencies: | ArtS 3770/ArtS 5770 |
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