Week 6 In-Class Assignment
Considering what you know so far about making websites usable and effective, I want you to design a web page (not a site, just a page--and it can be the entryway into more information or it can include all the information itself).
Purpose: Inform current or potential DTC students of the requirements for the major.
Include:Here is a BUNCH of text. Do with it as you see fit:
Digital technology and culture is an interdisciplinary degree program that combines studies in language and culture, rhetoric, fine arts, cognition and learning, language and society, design and visual communication, and information science to prepare students for careers in a wide range of fields.
In completing this degree, students
Acquire a historically grounded understanding of the role of digital technology as media for cultural transmission.
Learn to develop persuasive, culturally appropriate content for digital environments.
Develop a sophisticated understanding of hypermedia and multimedia rhetorics.
Work individually and in teams to design, compose, and complete digital products.
Gain insight into how digital environments transform the exchange of ideas and how information is used.
Master the tools of electronic research and the skills of invention, analysis, synthesis, organization, and delivery.The DTC major requires 39 credits composed of a 24-credit core, a concentration of 12 additional credits, and an internship of at least 3 credits. The DTC core includes five courses that introduce multimedia rhetorics, research and information technology, the relationship between language and technology, art and technology, and digital diversity. The core also includes interdisciplinary choices in Anthropology, Computer Science, English, Fine Arts, and Sociology. The 12-credit DTC concentration is designed to meet individual interests and strengths. Concentrations are available in Technology and Culture, Media Authoring, and Informatics.
BA in Digital Technology & Culture (39 credits)
CORE (24 credits)
- All of the following (15 credits):
DTC/Engl 355 [C,M] Multimedia Authoring: Exploring New Rhetorics (3 cr)
DTC/Engl 356 Electronic Research and the Rhetoric of Information (3 cr)
DTC 375 [H,M] Language, Texts & Technology (3 cr)
AMST/Engl/
DTC 475 [T,D,M] Digital Diversity (3 cr)
FA 331 Art, Science, and Technology (3 cr)
- Three of the following (9 credits):
Anth 350 [S] Speech, Thought & Culture (3 cr)
Cpt S 401 [T] Computers & Society (3 cr)
Engl 301 [W] Writing & Rhetorical Conventions (3 cr)
Engl 402 [WM] Technical & Professional Writing (3 cr)
FA 332 Introduction to Digital Media (3 cr)
Soc 373 Media, Culture & Society (3 cr)
CONCENTRATION (12 credits)
- Culture and Technology
Anth 330 [S] Origins of Culture and Civilization (3 cr)
Anth 350 [S] Speech, Thought & Culture (3 cr)
Anth 355 Language in History (3 cr)
Cpt S 401 [T] Computers & Society (3 cr)
DTC 476 Digital Literacies (3 cr)
Engl 401 History of Rhetoric (3 cr)
Engl 458 Topics in Sociolinguistics and Psycho-linguistics (3 cr)
Hist 400 History in Media (3 cr)
Hum 304 [H] Humanities in the Modern World (3 cr)
Pol S 317 Media and Politics (3 cr)
Psych 492 [T] Psychology of Language (3 cr)
Soc 373 Media, Culture & Society (3 cr)
Soc 430 [T] Society and Technology (3 cr)
- Media Authoring
DTC 477 Advanced Multimedia Authoring (3cr)
DTC 478 Usability and Interface Design (3 cr)
Engl 300 Computers in English (1 cr)
Engl 301 [W] Writing and Rhetorical Conventions (3 cr)
DTC/Engl 336 [H] Composition and Design (3 cr)
Engl 402 {WM} Technical & Professional Writing (3 cr)
Engl 405 Advanced Professional Writing & Editing (3 cr)
DTC 335 Digital Animation (3 cr)
FA 332 Introduction to Digital Media (Print and Web-based Projects) (3 cr)
FA 333 Introduction to Digital Media (Video and Sound Projects) (3 cr)
FA 363 Special Topics—Digital Media (3 cr)
ENGL/FA 337 Experimental Animation (3 cr)
FA 380 History of Photography (3 cr)
FA 433 Print Based Media (3 cr)
FA 434 Time Based Media (3 cr)
FA 435 Interactive Media (3 cr)
FA 485 Course name to be announced
- Informatics (on the Pullman campus, DTC majors who complete this Concentration must complete a MIS minor)
Cpt S 443 d Computer-Human Interaction (3 cr)
MIS 350 Managing Information Systems (3 cr)
MIS 372 [M] Data Management Systems (3 cr)
MIS 375 Electronic Commerce & the Internet (Prereq MIS 250) (3 cr)
MIS 322d [M] Systems Analysis & Design (3 cr)
d Students with sufficient lower division Computer Science preparation can take Cpt S 322, 355, 442, 443, 445 or 446; other MIS courses may be included, as approved by the advisor.
SENIOR INTERNSHIP/SEMINAR (3-6 credits)
- One approved seminar internship or senior thesis sponsored by one of the program faculty:
Engl 498 Internship (3 cr)
Engl 499 Independent Study (3 cr)