Advising Course Plan - Digital Arts Major B.S. - 3 Year Plan

This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in three 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 101A, Digital Art Fundamentals
DIGA 161A, Digital Audio Fundamentals
CSCI 141, Introduction to Computer Science I
CSCI 142, Introduction to Computer Science II
 
One of the following Digital Art sequences:
Two DIGA electives
 
DIGA 398, Advanced Digital Arts Studio
DIGA 498, Senior Project I
DIGA 499, Senior Project II
Three units from any of the following prefixes:  ARTS, ARTH, CREA, MUSC, PHYS, ENCW, or THEA
 

Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan:  None required.

First Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
DIGA 101A or 161A11DIGA 101A or 161A11
One course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA41One course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA41
CSCI 111 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)51General Education Requirement or Elective1
General Education Requirement or Elective1CSCI 111 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)51
 4 4
Second Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
Digital Arts sequence, first course61Digital Arts sequence, second course51
CSCI 14171CSCI 14271
Junior Seminar or One course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA41Junior Seminar or one course in ARTS, ARTH, CREA, ENCW, MUSC, PHYS, or THEA41
Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective81Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective81
 4 4
Third Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
DIGA 49821DIGA 49931
DIGA 398 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)91DIGA 398 (or General Education Requirement or Elective)91
Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective81Digital Arts Elective Requirement or General Education Requirement or Elective81
General Education Requirement or Elective1General Education Requirement or Elective1
 4 4
Total Units 24
1

Required and offered every semester

2

Required and offered in the fall semester

3

Required and offered in the spring semester

4

3 collateral courses, total, are required

5

CSCI 111 may be required prior to taking CSCI 141

6

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

7

Required for the BS in Digital Arts

8

2 DIGA electives are required

9

Required