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Digital Media at ETSU
Established during Fall 2002, the Digital Media Program at ETSU seeks to bridge technology, sciences, and the arts by providing students with technical knowledge, an understanding of aesthetics, and practical experience in digital media with core emphasis on learning how to develop and express ideas, solve problems, and create digital media content. The Digital Media program is housed in the Scott M. Niswonger Digital Media Center across State of Franklin Road from ETSU's main campus next to the Centre at Millineum Park and the Carnegie Hotel. The Digital Media programs of study—undergraduate, undergraduate minor, and graduate—lead students through problem, project, and process-based learning experiences that teach them how to define, design, and develop digital media content, computer graphics, and interactive media. The program endeavors to bring together students, faculty, and industry professionals to realize interdisciplinary initiatives and prepare student for the professional challenges of the 21st century in careers in 3-D visualization, animation, interactive design, web media, product design, communication design, and digital video. For more detailed information about the ETSU Digital Media program, please visit the Digital Media Website. B.S. in Digital Media—Program Information In the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree program with a major in Digital Media, there are three areas of concentration: Digital Animation The Digital Animation concentration gives students the background necessary to animate in any media/software with strong skills in one of several specialty areas of animation, such as character animation and special effects animation. Students in the animation concentration would typically be aiming for careers in 3-D animation, 2-D animation, motion graphics, character animation, and technical direction. Digital Interaction The Digital Interaction concentration gives students the background necessary to design and develop in any media/software with an emphasis on usability, interactive design, problem-solving, production processes, animation and interactive programming. Students in the Interaction Design concentration would typically be aiming for careers in the Internet and interactive multimedia entertainment, gaming, education, corporate training, and marketing industries. Digital Visualization The Digital Visualization concentration gives students the background necessary to create dimensional digital models that solve visual problems and provide solutions for both the physical and virtual worlds. Students in this concentration would typically be preparing for careers in product design, architecture, interior design, entertainment, gaming, and data visualization. Digital Media Fee Effective with the 2005 Spring term, a Digital Media Enhancement Fee of $100 per semester hour will be applied to all DIGM courses for all students. This fee will be used to offset the costs associated with the Digital Media program; all proceeds collected from this fee will be used to continue and enhance the Digital Media program at ETSU.

Digital Media at ETSU

Established during Fall 2002, the Digital Media Program at ETSU seeks to bridge technology, sciences, and the arts by providing students with technical knowledge, an understanding of aesthetics, and practical experience in digital media with core emphasis on learning how to develop and express ideas, solve problems, and create digital media content. The Digital Media program is housed in the Scott M. Niswonger Digital Media Center across State of Franklin Road from ETSU's main campus next to the Centre at Millineum Park and the Carnegie Hotel.

The Digital Media programs of study—undergraduate, undergraduate minor, and graduate—lead students through problem, project, and process-based learning experiences that teach them how to define, design, and develop digital media content, computer graphics, and interactive media. The program endeavors to bring together students, faculty, and industry professionals to realize interdisciplinary initiatives and prepare student for the professional challenges of the 21st century in careers in 3-D visualization, animation, interactive design, web media, product design, communication design, and digital video.

For more detailed information about the ETSU Digital Media program, please visit the Digital Media Website.

B.S. in Digital Media—Program Information

In the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree program with a major in Digital Media, there are three areas of concentration:

Digital Animation

The Digital Animation concentration gives students the background necessary to animate in any media/software with strong skills in one of several specialty areas of animation, such as character animation and special effects animation. Students in the animation concentration would typically be aiming for careers in 3-D animation, 2-D animation, motion graphics, character animation, and technical direction.

Digital Interaction

The Digital Interaction concentration gives students the background necessary to design and develop in any media/software with an emphasis on usability, interactive design, problem-solving, production processes, animation and interactive programming. Students in the Interaction Design concentration would typically be aiming for careers in the Internet and interactive multimedia entertainment, gaming, education, corporate training, and marketing industries.

Digital Visualization

The Digital Visualization concentration gives students the background necessary to create dimensional digital models that solve visual problems and provide solutions for both the physical and virtual worlds. Students in this concentration would typically be preparing for careers in product design, architecture, interior design, entertainment, gaming, and data visualization.

Digital Media Fee

Effective with the 2005 Spring term, a Digital Media Enhancement Fee of $100 per semester hour will be applied to all DIGM courses for all students. This fee will be used to offset the costs associated with the Digital Media program; all proceeds collected from this fee will be used to continue and enhance the Digital Media program at ETSU.

Transferring into Digital Media

ETSU has established undergraduate transfer agreement programs with many colleges inside and outside Tennessee. Many community colleges in the TBR system have technical (A.A.S.) degree programs that articuate into one or more of the Digital Media concentrations.

Digital Media Graduate Studies

In addition to the B.S. in Digital Media major, the Department of Technology & Geomatics, in conjunction with the ETSU School of Graduate Studies, offers a Masters (M.S.) degree program in Technology with a concentration in Digital Media.

For more detailed information about studying digital media at the graduate level, please visit the Digital Media Website.

For More Information
Thank you for your interest in ETSU's Digital Media program. If you have any questions or need additional information regarding digital media, please visit the Digital Media Website or E-mail Dr. Keith Johnson or Ms. Cher Cornett (Director of the Niswonger Digital Media Center).



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