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DIVAS Requirements (66 Inter-Arts credits)
Pre-Divas Core
Divas Core
Theory + Context
Divas Electives
Capstone Courses

 

Pre-DIVAS Core (12 credits) top

 

Course

Title

Credits

 

Art 223

 

Typography I or Equivalent

 

3

 

Art 227

 

Design Workshop:
Web Design

 

3

 

Art 427

 

Design Workshop:
Web Design

 

3

 

Music 220

 

Intro to Computers and Music

 

3

 

Film 222

 

Basic Elements of Video

 

3

 

 

 

12cr. Total

 

Students are admitted to the DIVAS degree program following a portfolio review at the end of the third semester or equivalent. Students submit one video, one web site, one audio composition, one project of student's choosing, a personal statement of application and a copy of academic transcript to DIVAS program faculty on the last day of class of the fall or spring semester. Review Committee will consist of a minimum of one representative faculty member from each discipline and a maximum of six faculty. Faculty who have worked with these students are encouraged to share impressions of student work, maturity, and growth.

 
 

DIVAS Core (24 credits) top
Choose credits from each of the following four competency groups (2D, 3D, 4D, and Programming) or courses from approved list. Students must have course work in all of the four areas.

   
 

2d

 

Course

Title

Credits

 

Art 227

 

Design Workshop: Multimedia

 

3

 

Art 227

 

Design Workshop: Multimedia

 

3

 

Art 293

 

Digital Printmaking

 

3

 

Art 493

 

Digital Printmaking

 

3

 

Art 259

 

Photo Workshop (subtitled)

 

3

 

Art 459

 

Photo Workshop (subtitled)

 

3

 

Art 454

 

Photography:
New Technologies

 

3

 

Film 255

 

Digital Arts Workshop

 

3

 

 

 

 

   
 

3d

 

Course

Title

Credits

 

Art 317

 

3D Imaging

 

3

 

Art 517

 

3D Imaging

 

3

 

Art 211

 

Time/Space

 

3

 

Art 411

 

Time/Space

 

3

 

Art 402

 

Visual Art Workshop: Installation Art

 

3

 

 

 

 

   
 

4d

 

Course

Title

Credits

 

Film 380

 

Film/Video Module:
Animation

 

3

 

Film 380

 

Film/Video Module:
Video Production

 

3

 

Film 420

 

Inter. Film/Video Module:
Adv. Animation

 

3

 

Film 420

 

Inter. Film/Video Mod
Audio Field Recording

 

3

 

Music 327

 

Analog and Digital
Syntheses I

 

3

 

Music 328

 

Digital Synthesis and Systems II

 

3

 

Music 420

 

Adv. Computing and Music

 

3

 

Fine Arts 311

 

Spatial Interactivity

 

3

 

Fine Arts 511

 

Spatial Interactivity

 

3

       
   
 

Programming

 

Course

Title

Credits

 

CompSci 152

 

Computer Programming I

 

3

 

Fine Arts 313

 

Programming for Artists

 

3

 

Fine Arts 315

 

Scripted Interactivity

 

3

 

Fine Arts 513

 

Programming for Artists

 

3

 

Fine Arts 515

 

Spatial Interactivity

 

3

 

Fine Arts 319

 

Gizmology

 

3

 

Fine Arts 519

 

Gizmology

 

3

     

24cr. Total

 
 

Theory+Context (6 credits) top

 

Course

Title

Credits

   

Electives (300 level or above from approved list)

6cr. Total
     

 

 
 

DIVAS Electives (9 Credits) top

 

Course

Title

Credits

   

(from DIVAS core, 300 level or above)

9cr. Total
     

 

 
 

Capstone Courses (15 CREDITS) top

 

Course

Title

Credits

 

Fine Arts 407

 

DIVAS Forum

 

1-6

 

Fine Arts 410

 

DIVAS Junior Project

 

3

 

Fine Arts 510

 

DIVAS Senior Project

 

6

     

15cr. Total

   

 

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