Learning Outcomes
Program Goals and Student Learning Outcomes
Goal #1 Students will develop skills in coding, allowing them to adapt to new languages and techniques during their career.
- Students will learn the syntax and techniques of coding, including an understanding of logic statements, functions, and objects
- Students will be able to apply coding techniques to the creation of a unique project
Goal #2 Students will learn techniques for designing and creating web and mobile sites for a variety of commercial, journalistic, and artistic purposes.
- Students will be able to implement HTML, CSS, and digital imaging techniques to create a functional website.
- Students will implement techniques of information design to create sites appropriate for a particular demographic.
Goal #3 Students will develop skills in one or more areas of interactive media, including, but not limited to video games, digital storytelling, mobile apps, web sites, interactive art installations, and educational applications; and/or in network analysis, data mining and creating data visualizations.
- Students will produce work that will demonstrate competency and professionalism in their chosen medium.
- Students will understand the relevance and meaning of their work and how it fits into the digital environment.
Goal #4 Students will be able to write and speak about issues related to digital cultures and digital technologies, analyzing issues related to the field and demonstrating competence in critically reading academic literature and applying theory and research methodology to discipline-specific problems.
- Students will demonstrate competency in reading and analyzing the research literature.
- Students will apply the methodologies of critical analysis, content analysis, or ethnography to write an academic analysis of an issue related to digital cultures.
Goal #5 Students will develop and complete an independent or client-based project to demonstrate their comprehension and acquisition of the critical and technical skills developed in the major.
- Create a high quality project that uses coding, web development, or other relevant technique in its execution.
- Satisfy the expectations and usability requirements of a client or potential audience.