Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (BA)
This general degree plan emphasizes the breadth of the major's interdisciplinary programs, which allows students to explore early courses across the curriculum. This offers students an opportunity to explore the foundation courses in which they will develop the experience and materials needed before choosing whether to apply to specialize in a concentration with greater depth in Critical Media Studies or Emerging Media Art.
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)
View an Example of Degree Requirements by Semester
Faculty
Professors: Anne Balsamo, Christine (xtine) Burrough, Roger Malina, Dean Terry
Associate Professors: Heidi Cooley, Josef Nguyen, Andrew Scott, Hong An Wu
Assistant Professors: Kevin Sweet
Associate Professors of Instruction: Laura Imaoka, Mark McKinney, Christina Nielsen, Harold (Chip) Wood
Assistant Professors of Instruction: James Fraley, Audra Heaslip, Sharon Hewitt, Elizabeth (Liz) Trosper
Professor of Practice: Norman Cox
Assistant Professors of Practice: Harold Fitzgerald, David Marks
I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours1
Communication: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses
Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
Choose one course from the following:
MATH 1306 College Algebra for the Non-Scientist
MATH 1314 College Algebra
Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses (see advisor)
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
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-majors2
Fundamentals
Choose three courses from across both groups:
Group A
ATCM 2330 Digital Art and Social Practice
ATCM 2321 Reading Media Critically
ATCM 2340 Visual Communication
ATCM 2350 Time-Based Media
Group B
ANGM 2303 Project Management for Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication I
ANGM 2310 Animation and Game Fundamentals
ATCM 2320 Critical Media Research Foundations
ANGM 2345 Introduction to Audio Production
ATCM 2355 Survey of Digital Fabrication
ATEC Histories Course: 3 semester credit hours
Choose one course from the following:
ANGM 2315 Animation Origins and Techniques
ATCM 2322 Media Histories
ATCM 2343 Emerging Media Art Histories
ATCM 2360 Design Histories
ANGM 2375 History of Games
III. Major Requirements, Upper-Division: 24 semester credit hours
ATCM 3301 Writing for ATEC
ATCM 4384 Ethics in New Media, Technology, and Communication
Choose five courses from at least two areas:
Animation and Games
ANGM 3305 Computer Animation I
ANGM 3306 Modeling and Texturing I
ANGM 3307 Lighting and Composition I
ANGM 3308 Rigging I
ANGM 3365 Game Design I
ANGM 3367 Level Design I
Critical Media Studies
ANGM 3315 Animation Studies
ATCM 3320 Critical Media Theories
ATCM 3321 Networked Identities
ATCM 3325 Global Media Cultures
ANGM 3366 Game Studies I
Design
ATCM 3336 Design Research Methods
ATCM 3337 Interaction Design I
ANGM 3338 Motion Design I
Emerging Media Art
ANGM 3346 Audio Productions Lab I
ATCM 3350 Digital Video Production I
ATCM 3355 Computer Modeling for Digital Fabrication
ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
Choose one course 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
Choose any five courses from the following. At least two courses must be at the 4000-level, and the courses must come from at least two of the categories.
Animation and Games
ANGM 3305 Computer Animation I
ANGM 3306 Modeling and Texturing I
ANGM 3307 Lighting and Composition I
ANGM 3308 Rigging I
ANGM 3310 Introduction to Proceduralism
ANGM 3312 Surfacing and Shading
ANGM 3315 Animation Studies
ANGM 3365 Game Design I
ANGM 3366 Game Studies I
ANGM 3367 Level Design I
ANGM 3368 Scripting for Games I
ANGM 3369 Games and Narrative I
ANGM 3370 Virtual Environments I
ANGM 4310 Motion Capture Animation
ANGM 4316 Animation Lab I
ANGM 4317 Animation Lab II
ANGM 4366 Game Studies II
ANGM 4376 Game Production Lab I
ANGM 4377 Game Production Lab II
Critical Media Studies
ATCM 3320 Critical Media Theories
ATCM 3321 Networked Identities
ATCM 3325 Global Media Cultures
ATCM 3331 Critical Making
ATCM 4320 Political Economy of Digital Media
ATCM 4322 Disability, Technology, and Media
ATCM 4323 Feminism, Technology, and Media
ATCM 4325 Race, Technology, and Media
ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
ATCM 4327 Privacy and Surveillance
ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
Design
ATCM 3336 Design Research Methods
ATCM 3337 Interaction Design I
ANGM 3338 Motion Design I
ATCM 3340 Design II
ATCM 4337 Interaction Design II
ANGM 4338 Motion Design II
ATCM 4340 Strategic Design
ATCM 4364 Topics in Design
CS 4352 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
Emerging Communication
ANGM 3338 Motion Design I
ATCM 3382 Communicating Research
ATCM 3388 Social Influence and Persuasive Design
ATCM 4326 Mediated Textuality
ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
ATCM 4386 Journalism in the Networked Age
Emerging Media Art
ATCM 3345 Audio Technologies
ANGM 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
ANGM 3372 Sound Design for Games
ATCM 4330 Culture Jamming
ATCM 4345 Digital Audio Processing
ANGM 4346 Audio Productions Lab II
ATCM 4350 Digital Video Production II
ATCM 4357 Digital Fabrication Lab II
ATCM 4364 Topics in Design
ARTS 3371 Photography: Black/White
ARTS 3372 Photography: Color Concepts
ARTS 3377 Photography: Altered Image
ARTS 3379 Photography: New Media
ARTS 4372 Advanced Photography
Free Electives: 15 semester credit hours
Both upper-and lower-division courses may be used as electives.
The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.
Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of AHTC 1100.
Minors
Students must take a minimum of 18 semester credit hours for the minor. Students who take a minor will be expected to meet the normal prerequisites in courses making up the minor, and should maintain a minimum GPA of 2.000 on a 4.00 scale (C average). Semester credit hours may not be used to satisfy both the major and minor requirements; however, free elective semester credit hours or major preparatory classes may be used to satisfy the minor. Core courses offered by the school may count as lower-division semester credit hours toward the minor. Topics courses must be approved by the school. The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology will substitute courses as necessary. At least one-third of the semester credit hours for a minor must be taken at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Minor in Audio Production
18 semester credit hours
Required Lower-division Courses: (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following audio production course:
ANGM 2345 Introduction to Audio Production
And one of the following music courses:3
MUSI 2328 Music Theory I
MUSI 2329 Music Theory II
MUSI 2330 Music Theory III
MUSI 2319 Digital Music I
Required Upper-division Courses: (12 semester credit hours)
Choose one course from the following: (3 semester credit hours)
MUSI 3322 Music in Historical Context
MUSI 3327 Music in Modern Culture
MUSI 3330 Music Literature: Romantic to Modern
Choose three courses from the following: (9 semester credit hours)
ANGM 3372 Sound for Games
ANGM 3373 Field Audio Recording Techniques
ANGM 3347 Sound Techniques I
ANGM 4347 Sound Techniques II
ATCM 3345 Audio Technologies
ATCM 4345 Digital Audio Processing
ANGM 3346 Audio Productions Lab I
ANGM 4346 Audio Productions Lab II
MUSI 3328 Advanced Theory and Keyboard Skills
MUSI 3389 Digital Music II
MUSI 4348 Creating Music
Minor in Ethnic Studies
18 semester credit hours
Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary field that studies the histories, cultures, and intellectual and artistic traditions of people of color. It is concerned with ethnicity, race, indigeneity, racism, and resistance within the United States. It applies a critical lens to all academic knowledge domains, and, by centering previously marginalized perspectives, generates new approaches, knowledge, and methods in the study of the United States and beyond.
Required Course: 3 semester credit hours
ATCM 2325 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Prescribed Electives: 15 semester credit hours
Students will need to take fifteen (15) additional semester credit hours from at least two of the distribution areas below.
A student may petition to count selected courses with significant ethnicity/race-related content that are not listed below. In such cases, students will have to commit to writing papers or completing final projects about ethnicity/race-related topics. Only one such course can be petitioned toward the minor.
Note: Because of pre-requisite requirements for some of the classes listed below, certain classes might not be available to all students depending on their major. Students should work with their advisors to complete their degrees and minors in as few hours as possible without going beyond their 120-degree semester credit hours.
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture:
AMS 2341 American Studies for the Twenty-First Century
AMS 3302 American Cultures
AMS 3322 American Ethnic Experience: Immigrants after 1945
AMS 4379 Special Topics in American Studies
ATCM 2321 Reading Media Critically
ATCM 2322 Media Histories
ATCM 3321 Networked Identities
ATCM 3325 Global Media Cultures
ATCM 4320 Political Economy of Digital Media
ATCM 4322 Disability, Technology, and Media
ATCM 4323 Feminism, Technology, and Media
ATCM 4325 Race, Technology, and Media
ATCM 4327 Privacy and Surveillance
LIT 2322 Survey of African-American and African Diaspora Literatures
LIT 2329 Introduction to Ethnic American Literature
The following classes may count toward the Race, Ethnicity, and Culture distribution area.4
ATCM 4334 Topics in Critical Media Studies
ATCM 4395 Advanced Topics in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Media
FILM 3325 Film Authorship
FILM 3342 Topics in Film
LIT 3316 The Literature of Science Fiction
LIT 3317 The Literature of Fantasy
LIT 3319 Contexts
LIT 3337 Comparisons
LIT 4329 Single Author
MUSI 3327 Music in Modern Culture
MUSI 3324 Jazz History: Roots to Swing
MUSI 3325 Jazz History: Modern Jazz Since BeBop
Race, Ethnicity, and Historical Perspectives:
HIST 2381 African-American History
HIST 3390 Twentieth Century African-American History
HIST 3392 U.S.- Mexico Borderlands
HIST 3394 Native American History from the Pre-Columbian Period through 1795
HIST 3395 Native American History in the Nineteenth Century
HIST 3396 Native Americans in the Twentieth Century
HIST 3342 Origins of the Jim Crow South
HIST 4357 Topics in African and African-American History
HIST 4369 Topics in Borderlands History
HIST 4386 Topics in the History of Race or Ethnicity
PHIL 4332 Philosophy of Race
The following classes may count toward the Race, Ethnicity, and Historical distribution area.4
ARHM 3342 Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts and Humanities
FILM 3321 Film in Historical Context
HIST 3306 History of Racism
HIST 3366 Themes in the Social History of the United States
HIST 4376 Advanced Topics in History
HIST 4378 Topics in American History
HIST 4380 Topics in Intellectual History
Race, Ethnicity, Society, Politics:
CRIM 4315 Race, Ethnicity, and Justice
ECON 3337 Economics of Poverty and Inequality
GEOG 3384 Sustainable Food and Place
or PA 3384 Sustainable Food and Place
PSCI 3303 Civil Liberties
PSCI 4364 Civil Rights Law and Society
SOC 4302 Class, Status, and Power
The following classes may count toward the Race, Ethnicity, Society, Politics distribution area.4
PHIL 4324 Social and Political Philosophy
1. 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.
2. Students who are ATEC/CS double degree or who plan to minor in CS must enroll in CS 1436 and/or CS 1337 (if placed out of CS 1436).
3. students may use only one lower-division music theory course for the minor
4. These are reviewed each semester by the Ethnic Studies Minor Committee.