Arizona State University

Course Details

Digital Culture (Arts and Design Studies)

Course Description

The BA in digital culture is a broad-based liberal arts degree program designed for students who are interested in new media-based cultural practice. The digital culture initiative is recognizing the transformative role of digital technology in cultural practice and our day-to-day lives. The degree emphasizes the strongest emerging trend in cultural media: systems and processes that integrate digital technology with the everyday physical human experience. We refer to these systems as new media. Through a collaboration with more than 15 partnering ASU units, the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts has created a dynamic, cross-campus, student-customizable curricula that not only prepares students with tangible skills in new media, but also with skills to continuously adapt and maintain a leadership role in cultural practice over the next 40 years. Students complement their knowledge of new media with broad-based cross-disciplinary studies in design and the arts. Digital Culture – The Arts and Design Studies Concentration The program is for students wishing to integrate cross-disciplinary studies in design and the arts into new media applications. Students complement their knowledge of new media with broad-based cross-disciplinary studies in design and the arts. For more information about the arts and design studies concentration, visit: https://digitalculture.asu.edu/education/arts_and_design_concentration. Additional Program Fee: No Second Language Requirement: No First Required Math Course: MAT 210 - Brief Calculus. Program Math Intensity:program math intensity moderate Moderate

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

Upon graduation, digital culture students have a wide array of career opportunities in new media involving the fields of: communications (CISCO, Google, Facebook) computing (Apple, Microsoft) gaming and entertainment (Industrial Light and Magic, Electronic Arts, Pixar) media arts (engineering multi-media shows, video and sound production) The digital culture curriculum also prepares students for roles in the development of modern media systems that address complex socio-technical problems, such as: diagnostic, monitoring assistive cyber-physical tools and systems that can be used by health care providers new systems for collaborative, participatory content creation and sharing social networking and reflection tools for promoting sustainability systems for interactive, adaptive learning and computational assessment in educational organizations Graduates of the digital culture program who are interested in continuing their higher education will be well prepared to apply for admission to the top interdisciplinary new media programs in the nation, including the graduate programs through the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at ASU. Example Careers: Students who complete this degree program may be prepared for the following careers. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions. Career examples include but are not limited to the following: *growth *median salary Architectural and Engineering Managers Green OccupationGreen 6.16% $122,190 Art Directors 11.67% $81,260 Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 15.12% $62,330 Artists and Related Workers, All Other 7.86% $58,040 Broadcast Technicians 1.78% $36,570 Commercial and Industrial Designers Green Occupation 8.97% $60,760 Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 15.12% $61,330 Compliance Managers Green Occupation Bright OutlookBright Outlook 7.32% $99,540 Computer Network Architects not available Computer Network Support Specialists Bright Outlook not available Computer Programmers Bright Outlook $72,630 Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 15.12% $73,090 Computer Systems Analysts Bright Outlook $78,770 Computer and Information Research Scientists $101,080 Craft Artists 7.2% $26,650 Designers, All Other 9.65% $45,590 Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 15.12% $90,680 Film and Video Editors 11.86% $52,940 Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 8.98% $44,600 Graphic Designers Bright Outlook 12.91% $44,010 Information Technology Project Managers Bright Outlook not available Investment Fund Managers Bright Outlook 7.32% $99,540 Media and Communication Workers, All Other 10.41% $43,580 Multimedia Artists and Animators 14.15% $60,830 Music Composers and Arrangers 9.96% $47,410 Music Directors 9.96% $47,410 Photographers 11.54% $28,860 Postsecondary Teachers, All Other $64,310 Regulatory Affairs Managers Green Occupation Bright Outlook 7.32% $99,540 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Bright Outlook 8.85% $54,270 Set and Exhibit Designers 16.56% $48,480 Software Developers, Applications Bright Outlook $89,280 Software Developers, Systems Software Green Occupation Bright Outlook $96,600 Sound Engineering Technicians 6.29% $46,750 Video Game Designers Bright Outlook not available Web Administrators Bright Outlook not available Web Developers not available




Digital Culture (Arts and Design Studies) Arizona State University