Digital Media Informatics, Gaming & Artificial Intelligence Concentration, BA

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

Curriculum
Curriculum Sequence

Digital media informatics looks at the interdependent relationships between humans, computers, and media systems. This relationship is deemed interdependent because each helps shape the other. Human agency creates both computers and media systems and humans are, in turn, shaped by those systems as well. Significantly, it is within this interdependent set of relationships that media texts are both consumed and created. The purpose of the digital media informatics major is to ensure graduates attain key competencies, an appreciation of the depth of the field, and an understanding of how they interact with both computers and information systems. The program is also designed to give students maximum flexibility in choosing a specialized focus that can be adapted to the changing job market and social environment. Therefore, in addition to a digital media informatics core, students pursue a specialized concentration or cognate of courses to meet their interests and needs. Finally, digital media informatics students take part in a two-semester digital media informatics capstone experience during the senior year.

Applied Concentrations

Digital media informatics students will:

Choose one concentration and complete four courses from the selected concentration.
Complete four additional courses from any concentration.

Curriculum

(select four courses)

CSCI 175 - Introduction to Game Design 3 Credit(s)
or
CSCI 125 - Animation and Virtual Worlds With Alice 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 355 - Artificial Intelligence I 3 Credit(s) **
CSCI 371 - Computer Graphics 3 Credit(s) *
CSCI 372 - Computer Graphics II 3 Credit(s) *
CSCI 375 - Game Design and Programming 3 Credit(s) *

Note(s)

*Required prerequisites: MATH 151 , CSCI 257 , and CSCI 258 .

**Required prerequisites: MATH 151 , CSCI 257 , CSCI 258 , and PHIL 120 .

Curriculum Sequence

Digital Media Informatics Curriculum Sequence

Pre-Occupational Therapy Pathway

Digital Media Informatics majors who wish to apply for admission to Widener’s graduate occupational therapy program should take the following courses (note the most recent courses are factored into the prerequisite requirements):

BIOL 121 - Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 123 Lab 0 Credit(s)
BIOL 122 - Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 124 Lab 0 Credit(s)
CHEM 105 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 106 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
PHYS 121 - Fundamentals of Physics I 4 Credit(s)
PHYS 143 - College Physics I Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
PSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology 3 Credit(s)
PSY 211 - Infants, Children and Adolescents 3 Credit(s)
PSY 212 - Adulthood and Aging 3 Credit(s)
PSY 225 - Abnormal Psychology 3 Credit(s)
PSY 385 - Statistical Methods with Laboratory for Psychology 4 Credit(s)
Sociology or Anthropology Elective 3 Credit(s)
All of these courses fulfill elective credits within the digital media informatics program.

Pre-Physical Therapy Pathway

Digital Media Informatics majors who wish to apply for admission to Widener’s graduate physical therapy program should take the following courses (note the most recent courses are factored into the prerequisite requirements).

BIOL 121 - Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 123 LAB 0 Credit(s)
BIOL 122 - Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 124 LAB 0 Credit(s)
BIOL 230 - Biology of Cells and Genes 4 Credit(s)
CHEM 101 - Introduction to Chemistry I 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 103 - Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory I 1 Credit(s)
CHEM 102 - Introduction to Chemistry II 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 104 - Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory II 1 Credit(s)
PHYS 121 - Fundamentals of Physics I 4 Credit(s)
PHYS 143 - College Physics I Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
PHYS 122 - Fundamentals of Physics II 4 Credit(s)
PHYS 144 - College Physics II Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
PSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology 3 Credit(s)
PSY 385 - Statistical Methods with Laboratory for Psychology 4 Credit(s)
PSY Elective 3 Credit(s)
Sociology or Anthropology Elective 3 Credit(s)
All of these courses fulfill elective credits within the digital media informatics program.