Digital Media Informatics Curriculum Sequence

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First Year

Fall (16.5 Credits)

ASC 101 - Thinking Through 3 Credit(s)
COMS 150 - Digital Citizenship 3 Credit(s)
DMI 101 - Introduction to Informatics (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 101 - Reading, Thinking and Writing 3 Credit(s)
General Education Elective 3 Credit(s)*
FYS 101 - First Year Seminar 1 Credit(s)
Physical Education Elective 0.5 Credit(s)

Spring (15.5 Credits)

DMI 201 - Social Media Informatics 3 Credit(s)
COMS 213 - Visual Literacy 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 131 - Introduction to Programming in Python 3 Credit(s) **
ENGL 115-127 3 Credit(s)
MATH 117 - Elementary Functions (Q) 3 Credit(s)
Physical Education Elective 0.5 Credit(s)

Sophomore

Fall (16 Credits)

COMS 220 - Media Ethics (W) 3 Credit(s)
DMI 200 - Data Mining 3 Credit(s)
Science Elective 4 Credit(s) *
Free Electives 6 Credit(s)

Spring (15 Credits)

COMS 230 - Communication Theory 3 Credit(s)
COMS 277 - Advertising Creative Strategy and Writing 3 Credit(s)
or
PRWR 215 - Effective Business Communication (W) 3 Credit(s)
Applied Concentration Course 3 Credit(s)
General Education Elective 3 Credit(s)*
Free Elective 3 Credit(s)

Junior

Fall (15 Credits)

PHIL 352 - Business Ethics (W) 3 Credit(s)
or
PHIL 350 - Ethics (W) 3 Credit(s)
Three Applied Concentration Courses 9 Credit(s)
General Education Elective 3 Credit(s)*

Spring (16 Credits)

COMS 382 - Communication Research (Q) (W) 4 Credit(s)
Two Applied Concentration Courses 6 Credit(s)
Two Free Electives 6 Credit(s)

Senior

Fall (15 Credits)

COMS 409 - Senior Capstone I (S) 3 Credit(s)
ASC 401 - Transformations Capstone 3 Credit(s)
Applied Concentration Course 3 Credit(s)
Two Free Electives 6 Credits

Spring (12 Credits)

COMS 410 - Senior Capstone II (S) 3 Credit(s)
Applied Concentration Course 3 Credit(s)
Two Free Electives 6 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 121

*Students must take one non-COMS social science elective (3 credits) and one non-CSCI science elective with lab (4 credits).

**Students may substitute CSCI 151 for CSCI 131 .

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.