BA Digital Studies

The Digital Studies program provides a practitioner-based curriculum that produce well-rounded graduates who are prepared to excel in every aspect of media and emerging technology and meet global demands.Digital media and technologies includes graphic images, text, video, audio, computer programming, online game, and websites. With the rapid growth of mobile devices, social networking sites, and other electronic devices, much new digital media content, including apps, is needed and being designed and developed. Today, digital technology is ubiquitous; it has rendered our society multidimensional, media-saturated, and fast-paced; it affects how we study, work, communicate and collaborate.The mission of the Digital Studies program is to provide a learning environment through which students design, develop, and implement digital media informed by relevant theories, combining textual, visual, and audio components with technical skill to produce professional multimedia assets. In order to carry out this mission, the program has four main goals:Prepare students to excel in the field of Digital Studies, such as web and media development.Provide students with critical/creative thinking and collaborative skills needed to work in a multidisciplinary environment.Equip students to solve real-world problems through digital technologies.Enable students to thrive in a fast-changing, diverse, global, digital environment.The Digital Studies degree is generated from the intersection of three disciplines: digital communication studies, digital visual arts and computer information systems. The curriculum is crafted for students with interest in these areas. Stockton University's college-wide curricular requirements ensure that students will have a sound basis in a range of liberal arts disciplines and skills. Therefore, students graduating with a Digital Studies degree, while they may enter certain obvious professions, will be well placed to use their digital skills in a wide range of professions in a rapidly evolving field.