Advising Course Plan - Digital Arts Major B.S.
This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in four years. It is appropriate for students who are starting the major in their first semester. The student’s individual academic plan will be developed in consultation with an adviser and reviewed each semester prior to registering for the next semester. This plan assumes that the student has not taken any courses for the major prior to the first semester shown in the plan.
The DIGA (BS) major requires:
- DIGA 231 + DIGA 331, Interactivity and Art
- DIGA 301 + DIGA 302, 3D Modeling and Animation
- DIGA 365 + DIGA 366, Electronic Music and Sound Design
Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan: None required.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| FSEM 100 | 1 | DIGA 101A or 161A1 | 1 |
| DIGA 101A or 161A1 | 1 | CSCI 111 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)4 | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| CSCI 141 (or Digital Ars sequence, first course)5 | 1 | CSCI 142 (or Digital Arts sequence, second course)5 | 1 |
| Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective6 | 1 | Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective6 | 1 |
| One course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA or General Education Requirement or Elecitive7 | 1 | One course is ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA or General Education Requirement or Elective7 | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| CSCI 141 (or Digital Arts sequence, first Course)5 | 1 | CSCI 142 (or Digital Arts sequence, second course)5 | 1 |
| Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective6 | 1 | DIGA 398 (or Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective)8 | 1 |
| Junior Seminar or one course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA or General Education Requirement or Elective7 | 1 | Junior Seminar or one course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA or General Education Requirement or Elective7 | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| DIGA 498 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)2 | 1 | DIGA 4993 | 1 |
| DIGA 398 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)8 | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| Total Units 32 | |||
- 1
Required and offered every semester
- 2
Required and offered in the fall semester
- 3
Required and offered in the spring semester
- 4
CSCI 111 may be required prior to taking CSCI 141; see Math/CS Department for placement
- 5
see options listed above; most sequence first courses are offered in the fall semester with the second course in the sequence offered in the spring
- 6
2 DIGA electives are required
- 7
3 collateral courses, total, are required
- 8
DIGA 398 is required and should not be taken until more than just DIGA 101A and DIGA 161A have been taken (and preferably it is taken after the DIGA sequence is complete)