Digital Culture and Design
Digital Culture and Design is a cross-disciplinary and multi-modal approach to the production, distribution, management, and critical analysis of digital culture as well as the application of digital solutions to research projects in the humanities disciplines. The program emphasizes a 21st-century liberal arts curriculum. You will gain experience in manipulating virtual objects, codes, and built environments, and with reflexivity about the ethical, aesthetic, and political implications of making as a form of interpreting and analyzing. A pedagogy of making is not just about problem-solving but making active choices about what built environments we cultivate and evolve.
BA Digital Culture and Design
Minor New Media and Digital Culture
Experiential Opportunities
Athenaeum Press
Virtual Heritage
Digital Global Seminar
Facilities
DCD students will learn code, virtual environments, and other digital skills in the Edwards Digital Commons, then work on physical computing in the Fabrication Lab.
Edwards Digital Commons
Fabrication Lab
Courses
Foundation Requirements
(6 Courses)
Theory
DCD 100 - Technology and Humanity
DCD 101 - Humanities in the Digital Age
DCD 102 - Information Design
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MethodsDCD 200 - Introduction to Digital Humanities
DCD 201 - Coding for Humanists
DCD 202 - Introduction to Digital Sources
Major Requirements
(13 Courses)
Digital Humanities
ENGL 231 - Film, New Media and Culture
DCD 309 - Interactivity and Culture
DCD 316 - Digital Resources in the Humanities
DCD 345 - Knowledge Production and Digital Representation
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DCD 312 - Social Media
or
JOUR 350 - Interactive Media and Society
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Methods (Choose 3)
DCD 301 Q - Text Methods
DCD 302 - Visual Methods
DCD 303 Q - Sound and Motion Methods
DCD 304 Q - Interactive Methods
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2 Methods Courses
Practicum & Capstone
(2 Courses)
DCD 495 Q - Internship
or
DCD 496 Q - Practicum
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Capstone
DCD 488 Q - Capstone Course
Minor
Commensurate with the growing integration of digital technologies with humanities and the arts worldwide, and an increasing reliance on digital resources in all walks of life, the interdisciplinary minor encourages coursework from multiple Colleges across the University. The New Media and Digital Culture minor is concentrated on both the practical tools essential to the creation of digital media and the critical thought required of scholars and professionals in an increasingly mediated world.
Program Faculty
Alan Reid
Associate Professor
Composition, Professional and Technical Writing, Instructional Design and Technology
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For International Students
» Proof of English Proficiency (ESL Students)
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Program Contact
Sarah Lozier-Laiola
Program Coordinator, Digital Culture and Design
843-349-6941
achamber@coastal.edu
