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Course Overview

From social media and mobile phones to the algorithms in self-driving cars, digital and information technologies are part of our everyday lives.

Who is this for?

Regardless of your academic or professional focus, completing this certificate can broaden your skillset and awareness. Social sciences and humanities majors can develop their technical skills, while science and engineering students can build expertise in understanding the social and cultural aspects of new technologies. Students from any CU Denver school or college may build a portfolio to demonstrate their technical skills and abilities to critically analyze new media to potential employers or graduate schools.

Students who complete the Digital Studies Certificate will be able to:

  • Critically assess the relationships between digital media and society, as well as analyze online platforms and content using a range of disciplinary perspectives associated with the humanities and/or the social sciences
  • Build hands-on skills in the use of digital communication technologies with a variety of tools, such as digital video and photography, mapping, and social media management.

Digital Studies Certificate Course Clusters

Students select a 3-credit course from each cluster, plus one more course from any cluster. At least 6 credits must be upper-division.

  • Theory and Analysis: Courses focus on theorizing, explaining, and describing the relationships between digital, communication, and media technologies and society. They enable students to critically assess and analyze digital media and information, such as understanding the biases in seemingly neutral Google search results or examining how people use Twitter to build social movements.
  • Digital Media Production: Courses focus on developing hands-on skills in the use of digital, communication, and media technologies. They provide opportunities for students to develop their skills with a variety of digital tools, such as photography, mapping, and social media management.
  • Integration: Courses combine both understanding and practice in digital, communication, and media technologies.

Entry Requirement 

  1. minimum of 12 hours of approved credits with at least 6 upper-division credits. Note: Students are encouraged to take courses from at least two departments -- all 12 credits should not be earned in just one department.
  2. Career-focus requirement: Students must attend at least 3 Career Center activities, which can include events, workshops, or 1-on-1 appointments (offered remotely). See the CLAS Director of Digital Initiatives for the signature sheet.
  3. Students must achieve a 3.0 GPA average in all approved Digital Studies courses.
  4. Credits applied to the certificate must be earned at CU Denver.

Fees

(Bachelor) Tuition & Fees: $27342 per year (Fall and Spring)


This information was accurate on : 07/04/2021
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