School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication with Emerging Media Arts Concentration (BA)
Students who wish to specialize in Emerging Media Arts (EMA) within the Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication major may apply to be admitted into the EMA Concentration after consultation with their Academic Advisor. This Concentration offers students coursework in digital arts areas such as digital fabrication, projection mapping, new media art and performance, sound, time-based media, and video. EMA Concentration students will have the opportunity to engage in studio art practices with emerging media and technology. The EMA Concentration centers on building a portfolio of studio-based artwork as part of the ongoing social role that art plays in reimagining and projecting the human condition. By selecting courses from a variety of School elective headings, students are able to synthesize other areas of interest into their focus on Emerging Media Arts.
Unless otherwise noted, courses in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication are open to all students in the University. However, students majoring in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication may be given preference in certain course enrollments.
Bachelor of Arts in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)1
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Faculty
Professors: Anne Balsamo, Christine (xtine) Burrough, Paul Fishwick, Roger Malina, Mihai Nadin, Marilyn Waligore
Associate Professors: Olivia Banner, Heidi Cooley, Monica Evans, Eric Farrar, Todd Fechter, Kim Knight, Sean McComber, Andrew Scott, Dean Terry
Assistant Professors: Juan Llamas Rodriguez, Josef Nguyen, Wendy Sung, Christine Veras, Hong An Wu
Clinical Professor: Tim Christopher
Professors of Instruction: Elizabeth (Lisa) Bell, Elizabeth Boyd, Paul Lester
Associate Professors of Instruction: Bryon Caldwell, Christopher Camacho, Casey Johnson, Peter McCord, Mark McKinney, Roxanne Minnish, Christina Nielsen, Monika Salter, Harold (Chip) Wood
Assistant Professors of Instruction: Adam Chandler, Sharon Hewitt, Laura Imaoka, Timothy Lewis, Elizabeth (Liz) Trosper
Professor of Practice: Norman Cox
Associate Professors of Practice: Fengjie (Nelson) Lim
Assistant Professors of Practice: Harold Fitzgerald, David Marks, Kara Oropallo
I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours2
Communication: 6 semester credit hours
RHET 1302 Rhetoric
Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses
Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses
Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses
Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses
Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses
American History: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from American History Core courses
Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
GOVT 2305 American National Government
GOVT 2306 State and Local Government
Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses (see advisor)
Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses
Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses
II. Major Requirements, Lower-Division: 24 semester credit hours
Foundations
ATCM 2300 Introduction to TechnoCulture
ATCM 2301 Digital Art and Design Foundations
ATCM 2302 Design I
CS 1335 Computer Science I for Non-majors3
Fundamentals
Choose two courses from the following:
ATCM 2340 Visual Communication
ATCM 2345 Principles of Digital Audio
ATCM 2350 Time-Based Media
ATCM 2355 Survey of Digital Fabrication
Choose one course from the following:
ATCM 2322 Media Histories
ATCM 2343 Emerging Media Art Histories
III. Major Requirements, Upper-Division: 24 semester credit hours
ATCM 3301 Writing for ATEC
ATCM 4384 Ethics in New Media, Technology, and Communication
Choose three courses from the following:
ATCM 3345 Audio Technologies
ATCM 3346 Audio Productions Lab I
ATCM 3350 Digital Video Production I
ATCM 3355 Computer Modeling for Digital Fabrication
ATCM 3356 Projection Mapping Lab
ATCM 3357 Digital Fabrication Lab I
Choose two courses from the following:
ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
ATCM 4346 Audio Productions Lab II
ATCM 4350 Digital Video Production II
ATCM 4351 New Media Performance
ATCM 4357 Digital Fabrication Lab II
Choose one from the following:
ATCM 4397 Senior Seminar
ATCM 4398 Capstone Project
ATCM 4399 Senior Honors in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
IV. Elective Requirements: 30 semester credit hours
Prescribed Electives: 15 semester credit hours
At least two prescribed electives must be at the 4000-level.
ATCM 3303 Project Management for Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication II
ATCM 3305 Computer Animation I4
ATCM 3306 Modeling and Texturing I4
ATCM 3315 Animation Studies
ATCM 3320 Critical Media Theories
ATCM 3331 Critical Making
ATCM 3336 Design Research Methods
ATCM 3338 Motion Graphics I
ATCM 3346 Audio Productions Lab I
ATCM 3350 Digital Video Production I
ATCM 3355 Computer Modeling for Digital Fabrication
ATCM 3356 Projection Mapping Lab
ATCM 3357 Digital Fabrication Lab I
ATCM 3366 Game Studies I
ATCM 3370 Virtual Environments I4
ATCM 3372 Sound Design for Games
ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
ATCM 4338 Motion Graphics II
ATCM 4339 Motion Graphics Lab
ATCM 4345 Digital Audio Processing
ATCM 4350 Digital Video Production II
ATCM 4351 New Media Performance
ATCM 4357 Digital Fabrication Lab II
ATCM 4363 Topics in Emerging Media Art
ATCM 4364 Topics in Design
ARTS 3377 Photography: Altered Image
ARTS 3379 Photography: New Media
ARTS 4372 Advanced Photography
ARTS 4305 The Art of Graphic Design
Free Electives: 15 semester credit hours
Both upper- and lower-division courses may be uses as electives, but students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation.
1. Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.
2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
3. Students who are ATEC/CS double degree or who plan to minor in CS must enroll in CS 1336 and CS 1136 and/or CS 1337 (if placed out of CS 1336 and CS 1136).
4. Course requires additional lower-level prerequisites that will count as free electives.