Program Overview

School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication

The School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication. This interdisciplinary program allows students to explore the intersection of art, technology, and communication.

Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (BA)

The Bachelor of Arts in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication is a 120-semester credit hour degree program. The program emphasizes the breadth of the School's interdisciplinary programs, allowing students to explore various courses across the curriculum.

Degree Requirements

The degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication include:

• Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours
  • Communication: 6 semester credit hours
    • COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication
    • RHET 1302 Rhetoric
  • Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
    • Choose one course from the following:
      • MATH 1306 College Algebra for the Non-Scientist
      • MATH 1314 College Algebra
      • Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses
  • Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
    • Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses
  • Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
    • Choose one course from the following:
      • HUMA 1301 Exploration of the Humanities
      • LIT 2331 Introduction to World Literature
      • PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy
      • PHIL 2316 History of Philosophy I
      • PHIL 2317 History of Philosophy II
      • Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses
  • Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
    • Choose one course from the following:
      • ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts
      • AHST 1303 Survey of Western Art History: Ancient to Medieval
      • AHST 1304 Survey of Western Art History: Renaissance to Modern
      • AHST 2331 Understanding Art
      • DANC 1310 Understanding Dance
      • THEA 1310 Understanding Theatre
      • FILM 2332 Understanding Film
      • MUSI 1306 Understanding Music
  • American History: 6 semester credit hours
    • Choose two courses from the following:
      • HIST 1301 U.S. History Survey to Civil War
      • HIST 1302 U.S. History Survey from Civil War
      • HIST 2301 History of Texas
      • HIST 2330 Themes and Ideas in American History
  • Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
    • GOVT 2305 American National Government
    • GOVT 2306 State and Local Government
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours
    • Select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses
  • Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
    • Choose two courses from the following or other Component Area Option
      • ARHM 2340 Creativity
      • ARHM 2342 Connections in the Arts and Humanities
      • ARHM 2343 Science and the Humanities
      • ARHM 2344 World Cultures
• Major Requirements, Lower-Division: 24 semester credit hours
  • Foundations
    • ATCM 2300 Introduction to TechnoCulture
    • ATCM 2301 Computer Imaging
    • ATCM 2302 Design I
    • CS 1335 Computer Science I for Non-majors
  • Fundamentals
    • Choose three courses from across both groups:
      • Group A
        • ATCM 2330 Digital Art and Social Practice
        • ATCM 2321 Reading Media Critically
        • ATCM 2350 Time-Based Media
      • Group B
        • ATCM 2303 Project Management for Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication I
        • ATCM 2310 Animation and Game Fundamentals
        • ATCM 2320 Critical Media Research Foundations
        • ATCM 2345 Principles of Digital Audio
        • ATCM 2355 Survey of Digital Fabrication
    • Choose one from the following:
      • ATCM 2315 Animation Origins and Techniques
      • ATCM 2322 Media Histories
      • ATCM 2343 Emerging Media Art Histories
      • ATCM 2360 Design Histories
      • ATCM 2375 History of Games
• Major Requirements, Upper-Division: 24 semester credit hours
  • ATCM 3301 Digital Content Design
  • ATCM 4384 Ethics in New Media, Technology, and Communication
  • Choose five courses from at least two areas:
    • Animation and Games
      • ATCM 3305 Computer Animation I
      • ATCM 3306 Modeling and Texturing I
      • ATCM 3307 Lighting & Composition I
      • ATCM 3308 Rigging I
      • ATCM 3365 Game Design I
      • ATCM 3367 Level Design I
    • Critical Media Studies
      • ATCM 3315 Animation Studies
      • ATCM 3320 Critical Media Theories
      • ATCM 3321 Networked Identities
      • ATCM 3325 Global Media Cultures
      • ATCM 3366 Game Studies I
    • Design
      • ATCM 3336 Design Research Methods
      • ATCM 3337 Interaction Design I
      • ATCM 3338 Motion Graphics I
    • Emerging Media Art
      • ATCM 3346 Audio Production Lab I
      • ATCM 3350 Digital Video Production I
      • ATCM 3355 Computer Modeling for Digital Fabrication
      • ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
      • ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
  • Choose one from the following:
    • ATCM 4397 Senior Seminar
    • ATCM 4398 Capstone Project
    • ATCM 4399 Senior Honors in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
• Elective Requirements: 30 semester credit hours
  • Prescribed Electives: 15 semester credit hours
    • Choose any five courses from the following. At least two courses must be at the 4000-level, and the courses must come from at least two of the categories.
      • Animation and Games
        • ATCM 3303 Project Management for ATEC II
        • ATCM 3305 Computer Animation I
        • ATCM 3306 Modeling and Texturing I
        • ATCM 3307 Lighting and Composition I
        • ATCM 3308 Rigging I
        • ATCM 3310 Procedural Animation
        • ATCM 3312 Surfacing and Shading I
        • ATCM 3315 Animation Studies
        • ATCM 3365 Game Design I
        • ATCM 3366 Game Studies I
        • ATCM 3367 Level Design I
        • ATCM 3368 Scripting for Games I
        • ATCM 3369 Games and Narrative I
        • ATCM 3370 Virtual Environments I
        • ATCM 4310 Motion Capture Animation
        • ATCM 4366 Game Studies II
      • Critical Media Studies
        • ATCM 3320 Critical Media Theories
        • ATCM 3321 Networked Identities
        • ATCM 3325 Global Media Cultures
        • ATCM 3331 Critical Making
        • ATCM 4320 Political Economy of Digital Media
        • ATCM 4322 Disability, Technology, and Media
        • ATCM 4323 Feminism, Technology, and Media
        • ATCM 4325 Race, Technology, and Media
        • ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
        • ATCM 4327 Privacy and Surveillance
        • ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
      • Design
        • ATCM 3336 Design Research Methods
        • ATCM 3337 Interaction Design I
        • ATCM 3338 Motion Graphics I
        • ATCM 4337 Interaction Design II
        • ATCM 4338 Motion Graphics II
        • ATCM 4340 Strategic Design
        • ATCM 4364 Topics in Design and Production
        • CS 4352 Human Computer Interactions I
        • CS 4353 Human Computer Interactions II
      • Emerging Communication
        • ATCM 3338 Motion Graphics I
        • ATCM 3382 Communicating Research
        • ATCM 3388 Attitudes and Behaviors
        • ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
        • ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
        • ATCM 4386 Journalism in the Networked Age
      • Emerging Media Art
        • ATCM 3345 Audio Technologies
        • ATCM 3346 Audio Productions Lab I
        • ATCM 3350 Digital Video Production I
        • ATCM 3355 Computer Modeling for Digital Fabrication
        • ATCM 3356 Projection Mapping Lab
        • ATCM 3357 Digital Fabrication Lab I
        • ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
        • ATCM 4345 Digital Audio Processing
        • ATCM 4346 Audio Productions Lab II
        • ATCM 4350 Digital Video Production II
        • ATCM 4357 Digital Fabrication Lab II
        • ATCM 4364 Topics in Design and Production
        • ARTS 3371 Photography: Black and White
        • ARTS 3372 Photography: Color Concepts
        • ARTS 3377 Photography: Altered Image
        • ARTS 3379 Photography: New Media
        • ARTS 4372 Advanced Photography
  • Free Electives: 15 semester credit hours
    • Both upper-and lower-division courses may be used as electives, but students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation.

Faculty

The faculty members for the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication include:

• Professors:
  • Anne Balsamo
  • Christine (xtine) Burrough
  • Paul Fishwick
  • Roger Malina
  • Mihai Nadin
  • Marilyn Waligore
• Associate Professors:
  • Heidi Cooley
  • Monica Evans
  • Eric Farrar
  • Todd Fechter
  • Midori Kitagawa
  • Kim Knight
  • Maximilian Schich
  • Andrew Scott
  • Dean Terry
• Assistant Professors:
  • Olivia Banner
  • Juan Llamas Rodriguez
  • Sean McComber
  • Josef Nguyen
  • Wendy Sung
  • Hong An Wu
• Clinical Professors:
  • Elizabeth (Lisa) Bell
  • Tim Christopher
  • Paul Lester
• Clinical Associate Professor:
  • Harold (Chip) Wood
• Associate Professors of Practice:
  • Bryon Caldwell
  • Nelson Lim
• Senior Lecturers:
  • Elizabeth Boyd
  • Christopher Camacho
  • Adam Chandler
  • Harold Fitzgerald
  • Sharon Hewitt
  • Laura Imaoka
  • Casey Johnson
  • Timothy Lewis
  • David Marks
  • Peter McCord
  • Roxanne Minnish
  • Christina Nielsen
  • Kara Oropallo
  • Monika Salter
  • Christine Veras