Digital Media

A bridge between the arts and sciences

Please visit our Portfolio website at ETSUDigitalMedia.com.

ETSU’s Digital Media Department seeks to bridge the arts and sciences by providing students with technical knowledge and an understanding of aesthetics to create digital media professionals capable of working at the highest artistic and technical levels.

The Digital Media Department offers a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media with concentrations in Digital Animation, Digital Game Design, Digital Visualization, and Visual Effects. There is also a Digital Media Minor for students who wish to gain broad exposure in each of the four areas.

Concentrations

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 prepare for careers in 3-D animation, 2-D animation, motion
graphics, character animation, and technical direction.
Game Design

The Digital Game Design concentration teaches students to create games and
interactive environments with strong skills in one of several specialty areas such as
environment design, level design, modeling for games, materials and scripting for
interaction for careers in the game industry.
Visual Effects

Students in the Visual Effects concentration will learn how to produce strong visual
sequences. Students prepare for a career in video and cinematography production,
video editing, visual effects compositing, and 2D and 3D motion graphic design.
Visualization

The Visualization concentration gives students the background to develop conceptual,
technical, and aesthetic design skills important in the creation of digital media art
assets. Students in this concentration prepare concept art and design elements for
careers in entertainment media, game art, electronic publishing, photographic imaging,
advertising design, and 3-D modeling.

Common Career Paths

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media can choose from a wide range of
career paths, but the most common are:

Animator for games, movies, or broadcast
Game developer or level designer
Modeler for entertainment
Cinematographer
Visual Effects Artist

Graduates from the College of Business and Technology’s Digital Media program have
worked on various media and video game productions such as:

• Thor
• Captain America
• The Peanuts Movie
• TMNT II
• World of Warcraft
• Avatar

• Kung Fu Panda III
• Halo 5
• Guitar Hero
• Lord of the Rings
• inFamous 2
• Alice in Wonderland

• The Incredible Hulk
• Rango
• AdventureTime
• Pacific Rim
• The Avengers
• Ice Age: Continental Drift

Student Spotlight

Meet Amanda Kilhenny:

Amanda is heading to the stars, virtually. The Digital Media major completed an internship in the Hybrid Reality Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. She used her 3D modeling skills to create realistic tools in a virtual reality simulation of the International Space Station. Although she originally aspired to work on animated movies, Amanda is realizing that her career goals incorporate both digital media and science.

Accreditation

The Digital Media Department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).