The Major Experience:

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A Digital Media Arts major provides opportunities for emerging artists and designers to develop the formal and technical skills that enable them to create works that engage and challenge a changing society. The major focuses on the development of creative, technical, and critical skills while providing students with hands-on learning experiences and regular evaluation. Students pursue one of four areas of specialization: video, audio, web or graphic design.

Digital Media Arts is an interdisciplinary major that also develops the broad critical skills central to the liberal arts, and prepares students for diverse employment opportunities. Some of the skills and qualities that Digital Media Arts majors develop include:

In addition, Digital Media Arts majors build their career readiness through a multitude of courses within and connected to the major. Use the chart below to reflect on where and how the major has bolstered your Career Readiness:

CAREER READY COMPETENCY DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS COURSES

ProfessionalismINTD 3990 - Internship DMA Studio CoursesANTH 3610 - Visual Anthropology ENG 3710 - Critical Digital Media Theory

Critical ThinkingENG 3710 - Critical Digital Media Theory DMA Studio CoursesDMA 5900 - Senior Seminar

Career & Self-Development INTD 3990 - Internship ANTH 3610 - Visual Anthropology

TechnologyAll courses within DMA (Audio, Video, Graphic Design, Animation, Photography, Web Design, Programming, MakerLab)

LeadershipDMA 3420 - Digital Video II DMA 3450 - Graphic Design IIDMA 3460 - Web Design II DMA 3480 - Digital Audio II

Teamwork

DMA 1450 - Graphic Design I DMA 3450 - Graphic Design IIDMA 5450 - Graphic Design IIIDMA 1490 - Fundamentals of Making

Communication

DMA 1450 - Graphic Design I DMA 3450 - Graphic Design IIDMA 5450 - Graphic Design IIIDMA 1490 - Fundamentals of MakingANTH 3610 - Visual AnthropologyENG 1800 - Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric

Equity & Inclusion

ARTH 1210 - Western Traditions: Renaissance to ContemporaryMUS 1030 - Music in World CulturesTHTR 3180 - Film StudiesCOMM 1320 - Introduction to Critical Media Studies

• The ability to work productively on project-oriented teams to produce high quality work that meets professional specifications.

• Leadership skills from seeking or creating opportunities to exhibit work.

• The ability to develop digital media artwork that articulates a clear and compelling central concept through a development process that incorporates research, prototypes, feedback, and iteration.

• An understanding of how digital media artworks can be used to create a dialogue across difference.

• Advanced technical skills in one or more forms of digital media using a range of industry-standard tools.

• Communication skills from conveying ideas through project proposals and critique, and an understanding of the power of art and design to express ideas in manners beyond writing and speaking.

• The ability to apply core formal principles (visual, aural, spatial, temporal, interactive) of a specific digital medium in the design and creation and exhibition of a digital media product.

• Critical thinking skills from analyzing digital media works as art/design using relevant theories and historical concepts.

• The ability to research, adopt and adapt to emerging technologies in creative work.

DMA 3480 - Digital Audio IIDMA 3480 - Digital Audio IIIDMA 3420 - Digital Video IIDMA 5420 - Digital Video III

ENG 3710 - Critical Digital Media TheoryDMA 5900 - Senior SeminarDMA 1420 - Digital Video IDMA 3420 - Digital Video IIART 1130 - DrawingART 1140 - Drawing from Life

CO-CURRICULAR COMPETENCY BUILDERSOutside of the classroom, Digital Media Arts majors can build their Career Readiness through a number of co-curricular opportunities. For example:

• Build your Professionalism and Career & Self-Development Skills through programs with the Career Development Center. Work with a Career Counselor, participate in an Internship, and hone your interviewing skills through the Practice Interview Program.

• Develop Leadership Skills through campus leadership programs like HU-LEAD, Hamline Undergraduate Student Congress (HUSC) or through opportunities like becoming a New Student Mentor or Residential Advisor.

• Hone your Teamwork Skills through Athletics, Campus Rec or through numerous Student Activities such as HU Radio, The Fulcrum Journal, and The Oracle.

• Expand your horizons and build Equity & Inclusion Skills by studying abroad or participating in diversity organizations.

• Build additional Critical Thinking, Technology, and Communication Skills through on-campus employment or volunteer opportunities in the community around campus.

WHERE WILL YOUR DEGREE TAKE YOU?A Digital Media Arts major provides Career Ready Competency and pre-professional training that can lead to a variety of career fields. In particular, Digital Media Arts majors often pursue careers in:

• Video Production• Web Design• Digital Video Editing• Digital Animation or Graphics

• Audio Production• Sound Design• Film Titles or Design• Motion Graphics or Animation

• Advertising and Marketing• Interactive Media Development• Social Media Management• Digital Marketing

CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER Drew Science Center, Room 113, MS-B1802 PHONE: 651-523-2302 | FAX: 651-523-3085

workshop@hamline.edu www.hamline.edu/cdc