PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The certificate program is open to all students seeking a bachelor's degree from UWM and to students who previously have received a bachelor's degree from UWM or any other accredited college or university. Students who complete the certificate as part of their undergraduate work are awarded the certificate at the time of graduation. Students already possessing a bachelor's degree receive the certificate upon completion of the program requirements.

To obtain the certificate, students must complete a minimum of 24 credits from the following list of courses, with a GPA of 2.75 or above; at least 9 of these credits must be at the 300 level or above, and the following requirements must be met. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

Independent study available with any DAC faculty member in either the conceptual or practicum areas.

Credits earned at other institutions equivalent to courses in the certificate program may be accepted in partial fulfillment of the program requirements, subject to review by the Certificate Program Committee.

Choose 4 courses from Required, 2 more from Conceptual, and 2 more from Practicum

Required Courses- (Choose four) 12 credits minimum

Art 118 Digital Arts: Culture, Theory, and Practice
Commun 313 Human Communication and Technology *
English 111 Entertainment Arts: Film, Television and the Internet *
English 439 Document Design
JMC 101 Introduction to Mass Media *
JMC 336 Media Graphics

Conceptual Courses - (Choose two) 6 credits minimum

Elective courses available to meet the conceptual course requirement:

Anthro 641 Seminar in Anthropology TOPIC: Games and Culture
Art 309 Issues in Contemporary Art (Topics vary, subject to approval)
Commun 410 Organizational Communication Technology *
Commun 413 Rhetoric and the Internet
Commun 440 Contemporary Problems in Freedom of Speech *
English 253 Science Fiction
English 290 - Intro to Film Studies
English 291 - Intro to Television Studies
English 312 TOPIC: Science Fiction - Utopia and Dystopia
English 380 Media and Society
English 394 Theories of Mass Culture
Global 202 Globalization and Technology
Global 500 Capstone Seminar: Global Communications
History 449 Popular Culture in America, 1800-Present
JMC 111 Gender and the Media
JMC 113 Internet Culture
JMC 214 Advertising in American Society
JMC 262 Principles of Media Studies
JMC 361 Media Ethics *
JMC 450 Race and Ethnicity in the Media *
JMC 559 Law of Mass Communication *
JMC 560 History of Mass Media
JMC 562 Media Studies and Culture
L&I SCI 675 Organizational Informatics
L&I SCI 691 TOPIC: Economics of Information *

If you have completed four courses from the required courses grouping, you may also choose from these for the two required conceptual courses:

English 111 Entertainment Arts: Film, Television and the Internet *
Commun 313 Human Communication and Technology *
JMC 101 Introduction to Mass Media *

Practicum Courses - (Choose two) 6 credits minimum

Elective courses available to meet the practicum course requirement:

Art 227 Design Workshop TOPIC: Web Design, others subject to approval
Art 293 Digital Printmaking I
Art 317 Three Dimensional Imaging I
Art 324 Web Design
Art 325 Multimedia Design
Art 327 Digital Media Workshop
English 431 TOPIC: Blogs and Blogging
English 436 Writing for Information Technology
Film 203 Media Workshop (Topics vary, subject to approval)
Film 222 Basic Elements of Video
Film 255 Introduction to Digital Arts
Film 302 Video in the Classroom
Fine Art 319/519 Gizmology I & II
Fine Art 351 Digital Media Workshop
Geography 215 Introduction to Geographic Information Science
Geography 525 Geographic Information Science
JMC 232 Photojournalism *
JMC 332 Introduction to Digital Video for Documentary
JMC 660 TOPIC:  Documentary Production
L&I SCI 240 Information Architecture
L&I SCI 310 Human Factors in Information Seeking and Use
L&I SCI 340 Information Architecture II
L&I SCI 430 Multimedia Application Development
Music 327 Digital Synthesis and Systems I
Music 328 Digital Synthesis and Systems II
Music 680 TOPIC: Interactivity and Improvisation

If you have completed four courses from the required courses grouping, you may also choose from these for the two required practicum courses:

Art 118 Digital Arts: Culture, Theory, and Practice
English 439 Document Design
JMC 336 Media Graphics

* Asterisk indicates that online sections of particular course may be offered. *

UWM Schedule of Classes

see previous DAC requirements

Please check the DAC website for announcements of events, additional information about the program, course updates and special topics courses or contact the program coordinator, Marc Tasman,mtasman[at]uwm[dot]edu.