Minor in Digital Studies
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US Credits
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UK Credits
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- DGT 4100 Coding, Content and Context I
This is an introductory course that enables students to develop a practical understanding of the syntax of coding languages. It gives hands-on experience of structuring Code to produce and edit games, using mobile applications such as Hopscotch and Swift, progressing to writing full code on platforms such as Processing. Students are introduced to languages such as Python used in software like Open Sesame. This knowledge is then extended and tested across other digital media and objects through an introduction to software for digital audio, image and video editing. Students will be expected to collect and curate a selection of digital tools relevant to their studies. They will produce outcomes across two digital environments, alongside a critically reflective digital note book / blog of their learning. This class is relevant to students of all majors. It is highly recommended that students have access to the use of a laptop and a smartphone for the duration of the course.
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3 |
12 |
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Minimum of 6 |
Minimum of 24 |
- COM 4115 Digital Society
This course introduces students to critical studies of the digital society, and how it effects institutions, media, and audiences socially, culturally, and politically. It explores the history of 鈥榯he information revolution鈥, and how contemporary digital technologies, the internet, and social media are changing identities, relationships, and practices at both micro- and macro-levels. Through engaging with key debates within digital society (e.g. selfhood and social media, participatory culture, sharing economy, surveillance, truth of online information and democracy), students will develop critical understanding of the relationship between digital technologies and society, and reflect on their own use of digital media.
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3 |
12 |
- MGT 3201 Foundations of Computer Applications
This is a foundations course comprised of a broad overview of information systems and technology, as principally used in support of business processes and decision-making activities. An in-depth discussion of the relationship, between organizations and information systems is a fundamental element of the course. Topics include: computer hardware and software, operating systems, the use of excel in management practice, social issues related to information systems. The use of excel provides a common thread in the topics covered throughout the course.
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9 |
36 |
| plus any level 5 or 6 with DGT prefix |
Minimum of 3 |
Minimum of 12 |
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Minimum of 9 |
Minimum of 36 |
- ADM 6102 Web Design
The course provides students with the core foundations and practical skills required to design a fully functional and interactive website. It offers a snapshot of the brief history and current status of the medium, and practitioners working within it. Web Design focuses on two main areas: preparation and design of a website, followed by the design build ready for online publication. It is ideal for students who want to showcase a portfolio of work on the web.
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4 |
16 |
- COM 5230 Creating Digital Images
How do we convey meaning through images? In this practical course using industry-standard design software, students first discuss the process of devising and critiquing creative ideas, and how these can be used to persuade and convince. Visual approaches to narrative and research are analysed before moving on to explore key design principles like colour, layout and composition. Training in Photoshop and Illustrator is provided, allowing students to produce images to a brief. No prior design or software experience is required.
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3 |
12 |
- JRN 6101 Media, Ethics and Law
This course examines the main legal and ethical issues which media practitioners of the digital age encounter in their working lives, whether in the fields of PR, journalism, or advertising. Thus, the course will focus on the concepts of libel and defamation, copyright law, the public sphere, media ownership, objectivity and neutrality, freedom of the press, censorship, codes of conduct for journalists and PR practitioners, advertising regulation, privacy, and public interest, reporting restrictions and national interest, propaganda, gender issues and reporting in a multicultural society.
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4 |
16 |
- MKT 6101 Digital Marketing and Social Media
The course will provide insights into new marketing concepts, tools, technologies and business models to enhance the consumer value creation process. New technologies have created some radical changes in the way companies reach their markets and in particular the emerging phenomenon of social media.This course integrates ideas from the process of gaining traffic or attention the rapidly emerging and influential social networks including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. It will provide an understanding of techniques and tools to understand and harness the opportunities provided by best practice social media marketingStudents will have the opportunity to learn about electronic commerce in action; the interplay between the technology and marketing applications; the changing scope and uses of the Internet, along with current management issues facing businesses attempting to use the World Wide Web.
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3 |
12 |
- PSY 6103 Brain and Cognition
The course aims to explain cognitive processes and behaviour in terms of their underlying brain mechanisms. Cognition is an exciting and rapidly developing field of research that straddles the traditional disciplines of psychology and biology. Cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists take the view that knowledge about the fundamental mechanisms of the nervous system can lead to a deeper understanding of complex mental processes such as vision, attention, language, development, emotion and executive functions. The course will emphasise the importance of combining information from cognitive experimental designs, epidemiologic studies, neuroimaging, and clinical neuropsychological approaches to understand cognitive processes.
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4 |
16 |
| Minor Requirements |
18 |
72 |
