2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Design + Technology + Creative Expression (DTCE) Minor

Required Minor Courses
IDS 1114Play to Make3
MUS 3064Digital Sound Manipulation3
AAD 4234Capstone Collaborations: Cross-Disciplinary Teams3
Subtotal9
Elective Courses
Understand (Empathize/Define)
Select one of the following:3
Introduction to Cinema
Media and Society
Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
Introduction to Data in Social Context
History of Industrial Design
History of Modern Industrial Designers
Design Appreciation
Instrumental Ensemble Music
Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society
Technology and Disability
Explore (Ideate/Prototype)
Select one of the following:3
Design for Consumers Studio
Introduction to Computational Thinking
Introduction to Programming in Python
Create!: Ideation & Innovation
Introduction to Creative Writing
The Creative Process
Creative Dance
Topics in Design Competencies
Materialize (Test/Implement)
Select one of the following:3
Introduction to GUI Programming and Graphics
Social Dimensions of Games, Simulations, and Virtual Environments
Human Factors
Marketing Management
Topics Adv Electroacoustic Res
Quantitative Approaches to Community Research
Introduction to Applied Collaborative Techniques
Subtotal9
Total Credits18

Graduation Requirements

At least 6 credits should be taken at the 3000-level or above. Students should select electives that are in disciplines not associated with student major.

A minimum minor GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken to fulfill the minor is required.