Digital humanities and New Media
Explore cultural theory of emerging media
The New Media Major is a production-based Bachelor of Science Communications degree that requires courses in computer science, digital art, digital writing, entrepreneurship, and theory, and is customized to the student's individual academic path. This major teaches students both critical inquiry skills (writing, speaking, analyzing, critiquing) and multiple digital production skills.
New Media isn't just media that's new, it is a cultural theory of emerging media. Students critique and make digital content as a means of exploring new forms of media. For example, it is not how to use Instagram, but rather why people use Instagram in the first place, how it works, and what its trends are. The program increases cultural knowledge of nearly the entire field of digital media and enhances the technical skills on how to operate the technology from a professional perspective.