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Design, Media, and Technology Studies (B.A.)

Students must complete 15 credits in each of four clusters:  Art and Design, Technology, Literacy and Writing, and Production.

Major requirements for a Bachelor of Arts:

1. Required DMTS Courses (7 hours)

DMTS 1100Orientation to Design, Media, and Technology Studies
DMTS 4301Capstone Project
DMTS 4305Senior Portfolio
Students may substitute ANGD 1101, COMM 1100, GDSN 1100,or FMGT 1111 for DMTS 1100, Orientation to DMTS.

2. DMTS Cluster (60 hours total, 30 hours must be upper-division) from the following:

Any relevant course may count toward the UIW Core requirement.

A. Art and Technology Cluster (15 hours)

ANGD 1302Digital Imaging and Texture Painting
ANGD 1311Set and Level Design and Modeling
ANGD 1321Character Modeling
 
FADS 1305Introduction to Fashion Design
FMGT 2350Promotional Strategies in Fashion I
 
GDSN 1100Orientation to Graphic Design
GDSN 1210Drawing for Designers
GDSN 1380Foundations of Design
GDSN 1390Typography I
 
INTD 1355Architectural Design I
INTD 1358Architectural Drawing and Illustration
INTD 1361Architectural Drawing I
INTD 1362Architectural Drawing II
INTD 2363Architectural Graphics
INTD 2370Lighting and Design

ARTS 1301Drawing I
ARTS 1311Two-Dimensional Design
ARTS 2301Drawing II
ARTS 2311Three-Dimensional Design
ARTS 2320Painting I
ARTS 2361Sculpture I
Upper Division DMTS Cluster Options
ANGD 3325Figure Drawing for Animators
ARTS 3361Sculpture II
BMKT 3365Product Design and Brand Management
COMM 3325Writing the Script
FADS 3333Fashion Illustration
FADS 3312Patternmaking Methods
FADS 3325Draping
FADS 4310Knitwear
FADS 4324Surface Design
FADS 4382Portfolio, Fashion Design
FMGT 4392Fashion Study Tour
GDSN 3305Lay-Out for Non-Majors

B. Technology Cluster (15 hours):

ANGD 1301Introduction to Animation and Game Design
ANGD 2321Rigging
ANGD 2222Advanced Character Creation and Rigging
 
CIS 1301Computer Information Systems
CIS 2328Hardware and Systems Software
CIS 2330Programming Languages I
CIS 2335Network +
CIS 2340Windows Operating Systems
CIS 2350UNIX/Linux Operating Systems
 
FMGT 1301Computer Applications in Fashion Management
 
GDSN 1301Graphic Design Software
GDSN 1215Digital Imaging

INTD 1301Computer Applications for Interior Design
INTD 2320Construction, Architectural Components, Systems, and Codes
 
ACCT 2301Accounting for Non-Business Majors
ACCT 2311Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2312Principles of Accounting II
ECON 2301Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302Principles of Microeconomics
 
MUST 1301Introduction to Music Technology
 
Upper Division DMTS Cluster Options
BMKT 3355Internet Marketing
CIS 3362Systems Analysis and Design
CIS 3367Networks and Telecommunications
CIS 4190Seminar in Computer Information Systems
CIS 4310Management of Technology
CIS 4340Windows Systems Security
COMM 3340New Media Narratives
FADS 4340Computer Illustration
MIS 4310iOS Application Development and Management
MIS 4320Android Application Development and Management
MUST 3320Web Design for Music Applications

C. Literacy and Writing Cluster (15 hours):

ANGD 1380Anatomy for the Animator
ANGD 2330History of Animation
 
ARTH 1310Masterworks of World Art
ARTH 2361Art History: Ancient Through Medieval
ARTH 2362Art History: Renaissance to Modern
 
COMM 2315Writing for the Media
COMM 2354Journalism I
 
FMGT 2323Fashion History I

CLST 2315Introduction to Cultural Studies
Upper Division DMTS Cluster Options
ANGD 4100Animation Industry Seminar
 
ARTH 3350Latin American Art: 20th Century
ARTH 3357History of Photography
ARTH 3360Survey in Contemporary Art
ARTS 3300Color Theory for Artists
ARTS 3358Digital Photography
 
BLAW 3317Business Law
BLAW 4340Employment Law
BMKT 3331Principles of Marketing
BMKT 3333Integrated Marketing Communications
BMKT 3335Sales Management
 
CIS 3310Database Management Systems
CIS 3365Website Development II
CIS 3380Emerging Web Technologies
CIS 4375Web Development III
CIS 4380Virtual Environments
 
CLST 3325Cultural Studies Theory
 
COMM 3317Diversity in the Media
COMM 3371Persuasion
COMM 4305Communications, Technology, and Society
COMM 4315Media Ethics
COMM 4322Seminar in Selected Film Topics
COMM 4349Electronic and Digital Writing
 
ENGL 3307Imagination and Knowledge
ENGL 3357Visual Rhetoric
 
GDSN 4330History of Communication Design
 
FMGT 3323Fashion History II
FMGT 3340Textile Product Analysis
FMGT 3355Fashion Operations Management I
FMGT 4307Cultural Studies in Fashion
FMGT 4331Promotional Strategies in Fashion II
FMGT 4350Global Fashion Economics
 
RELS 3330Religion, Values, and Film
 
INTD 3350Interior Materials
INTD 3362History of Architecture and Furniture I
INTD 3363History of Architecture and Furniture II

D. Production Cluster (15 hours):

ANGD 2331Principles of Animation
 
CIS 2368Website Development I
 
INTD 2364Color Theory
 
FADS 1305Introduction to Fashion Design
FADS 1320Apparel Construction II
FADS 2331Flat Pattern
FMGT 1310Apparel Construction I
FMGT 2341Textiles

COMM 1301Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 1311Public Speaking
COMM 2321Voice and Diction
COMM 2360Video Production I
 
THAR 2242Basic Stage Make-up
THAR 2360Introduction to Technical Production
 
Upper Division DMTS Cluster Options
ANGD 4100Animation Industry Seminar
 
ARTS 3358Digital Photography
 
BLAW 3317Business Law
BMKT 3335Sales Management
BLAW 4340Employment Law
BMKT 3331Principles of Marketing
BMKT 3333Integrated Marketing Communications
 
CIS 3310Database Management Systems
CIS 3365Website Development II
CIS 4375Web Development III
 
COMM 3371Persuasion
COMM 4305Communications, Technology, and Society
COMM 4315Media Ethics
 
FMGT 3355Fashion Operations Management I
FMGT 3340Textile Product Analysis
FMGT 4331Promotional Strategies in Fashion II
 
GDSN 3330Concepting Workshop
 
INTD 3350Interior Materials

3. Electives to equal 120 hours