Program Overview

Digital Media Studies Certificate

Overview

The Digital Media Studies Certificate is an undergraduate program that provides students with effective digital communication techniques for every platform using the latest technologies. This 15-hour interdisciplinary certificate program introduces students to the power of multimedia content — written, audio, and visual — and how it can be used to communicate with and persuade audiences.

Program Details

• Program Type: Certificate
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 1-2 semesters
• Credit Hours: 15

Requirements

To earn a certificate, students need to complete five courses with a grade of B or higher. The program is available in three tracks:

• Digital Media Studies certificate (MRTS)
• Digital Media Studies certificate (COMM)
• Digital Media Studies certificate (TECM)

Courses

• New Media Experience (3 hrs): Provides an overview of the user experience design and development process.
• Digital Media and Society (3 hrs): Analyzes broader concepts related to identity, community, and privacy.
• Social Media Perspectives (3 hrs): Examines how emerging communication tools and technologies change the nature of human communication.
• Communications and Virtual Gaming (3 hrs): Explores the role of gaming technologies in communication.
• Communication and New Technology (3 hrs): Examines communication in technologically mediated environments.
• Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 hrs): Provides an overview of the current and future state of media and what it takes to become an entrepreneur.

Highlights

• Learning by Doing: Media arts students learn about the filmmaking process by creating their own TV pilot.
• "Digital Literacies and Social Activism" course: Students critically consider how they can use media as a tool to advocate for social change and justice.
• The Freedman Town 2.0 app: A University of North Texas Department of Media Arts class project that went on to be exhibited at UNT on the Square.
• Awards and Recognition: Students and faculty have won several awards and honorable mentions at the BEA's Festival of Media Art and the Lone Star Emmy Student Production Awards.
• Media Arts Career Kickstarter: An event held throughout the academic year, giving students the chance to hear from and meet industry leaders.

Related Programs

• Technical Writing Certification
• Communication Studies Minor

Areas of Study

• Communication & Media
• Humanities & Social Sciences

Colleges and Departments

• College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
• Department of Communication Studies
• Department of Media Arts
• Department of Technical Communication