Minor in Digital Arts
The waiting list for the Minor in Digital Arts is currently OPEN(http://digital.arts.uci.edu/). If you have any questions, please contact the Arts Student Affairs Office at 949-824-6646.
The Digital Arts Minor provides opportunities to explore creativity through digital media arts. This program is open to students from all areas of UCI who want to acquire a working knowledge of how digital media content is conceived, constructed and performed.
In the studio, students receive hands-on experience with current software tools, creating and sharing digital media art projects, developing an appreciation of digital media aesthetics and conceptual design, and learning the fundamentals of desktop video, audio and web authoring software applications. Lectures and discussions examine how today’s pervasive digital culture evolves through interdisciplinary collaborations between artists, engineers, scientists and scholars. Coursework considers relationships between digital media practices, touching on such areas as social networking, video/audio podcasting, interface design, digital music, telematic performance, intelligent agents, virtual realities, artificial life and ubiquitous computing. The program investigates critical issues related to emerging technologies and the arts, and surveys recent works by leading digital media artists.
Admission
Admission to the Digital Arts Minor is on a competitive basis and students must submit an application including a statement of purpose. There are a limited number of students admitted to the Minor each year. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply.
Apply for Admission to the Digital Arts Minor
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of the Digital Arts Minor requires eight courses, consisting of six required courses plus two electives:
Required (six courses):
- Arts 1A (Arts Core)
- Arts 11 (Digital Media: History and Foundations) - replaces Arts 1D
- Arts 12 (Digital Media: Current Directions) - replaces Arts 1E
- Arts 50 (Digital Media: Experience & Content)
- Arts 60 (Digital Media: Video/Audio for the Web)
- Arts 70 (Digital Media: Interaction Design)
Electives (choose two courses):
- Dance 163 (Choreography and Digital Technology)
- Music 51 (Music Technology and Computers)
- Music 147 (Studies in Music Technology)
- Music 151 (Computer Music Composition)
- Music 152 (Interactive Arts Programming)
- Studio Art 65A (Introduction to Digital Imaging)
- Studio Art 65B (Introduction to Digital Multimedia)
- Studio Art 65C (Introduction to the Internet)
- Studio Art 81 (Basic Video)
- Studio Art 100 (when topic is related to digital arts)
- Studio Art 106 (Interactive Digital Media: Sound and Video)
- Studio Art 110 (Interdisciplinary Digital Arts)
- Studio Art 130 (Projects in New Technologies)
- Studio Art 143 (Projects in Computer Painting)
- Studio Art 166 (Advanced Collaborative Project)
- Studio Art 175 (Digital Arts Aesthetics)
Each of these courses may be taken one time only for credit toward the Digital Arts Minor (with the exception of topic-varies courses, e.g. Studio Art 100). None of the required six courses may be taken Pass/Not Pass.
We strongly recommend that all students complete Arts 1A, 11 and 12 during their first year enrolled in the Digital Arts Minor. Note that these courses are prerequisites for Arts 50, 60 and 70.
Arts 1D and 1E (offered 2007 and prior) may be substituted for Arts 11 and 12.
See the Courses page for details on current course offerings.