The Digital Futures: Technology/Innovation/Design/Art (DF: TIDA) undergraduate program is an interdisciplinary program that integrates digital technology and business innovation with Design and Art studio practice. The program links multiple studio-based digital media concentrations in the Faculty of Art and Faculty of Design, and includes courses that reflect the expertise and skills of faculty engaged in leading-edge research and digital practice. Students graduate with either a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) or a Bachelor of Design (BDes), with a specialization in digital media and related technologies.
Prior to identifying an area of focus in their third year, all DF: TIDA students share a common core curriculum designed to foster collaboration, develop skills in computation and screen-based media, and develop a broad understanding of the following areas:
1. Physical Computing
2. Games
3. Data Visualization
4. Inclusive design
5. Business and Innovation
| COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
CREDIT |
| 100 Level Fall Semester |
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| DIGF 1B01 |
Sketching Ideas |
0.5 |
| DIGF 1B04 |
Accio |
0.5 |
| GART 1B06 |
Time-based Media |
0.5 |
| LBST 1B04 |
Global Visual and Material Culture: Prehistory to 1800 | 0.5 |
| Choose "The Essay and the Argument" or one Studio Elective Both are program requirements One of: LBST 1B11: The Essay and the Argument: Mechanics LBST 1B12: The Essay and the Argument: ESL (full year course) LBST 1B13: The Essay and the Argument: Rhetoric or 100 Level Studio Elective* |
0.5 | |
| 100 Level Winter Semester |
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| DIGF 1B03 |
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration |
0.5 |
| GART 1B70 |
Creative Process: Art and Code |
0.5 |
| GDES 1B30 |
Game Design 1 |
0.5 |
| LBST 1B05 |
Global Visual and Material Culture: 1800 to the Present |
0.5 |
| Choose "The Essay and the Argument" or one Studio Elective Whichever you did not take in fall semester One of: LBST 1B11: The Essay and the Argument: Mechanics LBST 1B12: The Essay and the Argument: ESL (full year course) LBST 1B13: The Essay and the Argument: Rhetoric or 100 Level Studio Elective* |
0.5 | |
| 200 Level Fall Semester |
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| DIGF 2B03 |
Physical Computing |
0.5 |
| SCTM 2B06 |
Introduction to Computer Science: Logic & Coding |
0.5 |
| VISM 2B15 |
Introduction to Game Studies |
0.5 |
| Choice of one 200 Level Studio or Studio/Seminar Elective* |
0.5 |
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| Choice of one 200 Level Open Elective** |
0.5 | |
| 200 Level Winter Semester |
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| GDES 2B04 |
Information Visualization I |
0.5 |
| INTM 2B34 |
Hybrid Media Lab |
0.5 |
| SCTM 2B07 |
Introduction to Inclusive Design |
0.5 |
| VISM 2B09 |
History of New Media Art |
0.5 |
| Choice of one 200 Level Studio or Studio/Seminar Elective* |
0.5 |
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| 300 Level Fall Semester |
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| BUSI 3B03 | IP: The Value of Intangibles |
0.5 |
| SCTM 3B03 | Human Factors for Designers |
0.5 |
| Choice of one 200 or 300 Level Studio or Studio/Seminar Elective* | 0.5 |
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| Choice of one 200 or 300 Level Studio or Studio/Seminar Elective* |
0.5 |
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| Choice of one 200 or 300 Level Open Elective** |
0.5 |
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| 300 Level Winter Semester | ||
| DIGF 3B02 | Synthesis (Thesis Proposal) |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B86 | Interaction Design | 0.5 |
| Field Study Placement |
0.5 |
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| SCTM 3B02 |
Thinking Statistics: Data, Meaning & Analysis |
0.5 |
| VISM 3B01 | Critical Play | 0.5 |
| 400 Level Fall Semester |
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| Thesis Project I - course code pending |
1.0 | |
| BUSI 4B02 | Understanding Trends | 0.5 |
| Choice of one 300 or 400 Level Studio or Studio Seminar Elective* | 0.5 |
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| Choice of one 200, 300, or 400 Level Open Elective** |
0.5 |
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| 400 Level Winter Semester |
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| Thesis Project II - course code pending | 1.0 |
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| DIGF 4B01 | Leadership in the Digital Economy | 0.5 |
| Choice of one 300 or 400 Level Studio or Studio Seminar Elective* | 0.5 |
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| Choice of one 200, 300, or 400 Level Open Elective** |
0.5 |
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Students are urged to plan their electives well in advance. Many upper level courses have prerequisites.
*A studio or studio/seminar elective may be any studio or studio/seminar course in Art or Design for which any necessary prerequisites are completed.
** An open elective may be any course selected from Art, Design, or Liberal Arts & Sciences for which any necessary prerequisites are completed.
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