The Digital Age
Facilitator: JoAnne Holliday, Computer Engineering
The Digital Age, also called the Information Age, refers to a new emphasis on electronic manipulation of information influencing the global economy in ways the production and exchange of physical goods influenced economies in the past, in the industrial age. Explosive growth of the Internet over the past decade allows information, goods, and services to be shared between people of all economic levels from around the globe. This instant accessibility to news, entertainment, and information has changed the way we communicate, shop, and learn.
Because society is changed by technology, those who steer the development and course of technology should be knowledgeable about and sensitive to the effects of their work on others. Courses in this Pathway will offer opportunities for learning about digital information technology and the way it pervades our lives. A main Pathway goal will be to deepen knowledge and understanding of the complex interplay between social, moral, political and cultural values and our digital society through integrative, cross-disciplinary learning.
Associated Courses
Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)
ENGL 2A Remixing Little Brother
ENGL 2A Writing with New Media
Accounting
*ACTG 134 Accounting Information Systems
Arts
*ARTS 179 Introduction to 2-D Animation (cross-listed with COEN 167)
Civil Engineering
CENG 15 Computer Appl in Ceng
Computer Engineering
COEN 10 Introduction to Programming
* COEN 11 Advanced Programming
* COEN 12 Abstract Data Types & Structures
COEN 19 Discrete Mathematics (cross-listed as MATH 51)
* COEN 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with ELEN 21)
* COEN 44 Applied Programming in C
* COEN 45 Applied Programming in MATLAB
* COEN 167 Introduction to 2-D Animation (cross-listed with ARTS 179)
* COEN 177 Operating Systems
* COEN 178 Introduction to Database Systems
Communication
COMM 12 Technology and Communication
* COMM 142B Online Journalism
* COMM 161B Communication Media and Technology in Education
* COMM 162A Communication Technology and Policy
COMM 163A Internet Communities & Communication
* COMM 181A Global Media Industries
COMM 185A New Media and Communication
Electrical Engineering
* ELEN 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with COEN 21)
* ELEN 33 Digital System Architectures
* ELEN 153 Digital Integrated Circuit Design
English
ENGL 138 Internet Culture and Information Society
General Engineering
ENGR 19 Ethics in Technology
Liberal Studies
LBST 75 Technology and Education
Mathematics and Computer Science
CSCI 3 Intro to Computing & Applications
* CSCI 10 Introduction to Computer Science
* CSCI 60 Object-oriented Programming
* CSCI 61 Data Structures
MATH 51 Discrete Mathematics (cross-listed as COEN 19)
Mechanical Engineering
MECH 10 Graphical Comm in Design L&L
Marketing
* MKTG 175 Internet Marketing
Music
MUSC 119 Music, Technology & Society
Operations and Management Information Systems
OMIS 30 Structured Programming
OMIS 34 Science, Information Technology, Business and Society
* OMIS 105 Database Management Systems
* OMIS 107 Systems Programming
Philosophy
PHIL 3A Ethics in the Digital Age
PHIL 80 Science, Technology, and Society
Political Science
* POLI 120 Mass Media, Information Technology, and International Politics
* POLI 156 Politics and Mass Media
Religious Studies
* RSOC 119 Media and Religion
Sociology
* SOCI 49 Computers, Internet and Society
SOCI 149 Business, Technology and Society
Studio Art
ARTS 57/157 Digital Photography
ARTS 71 Digital Print Making
ARTS 74 Basic Computer Imaging (cross-listed with ARTS 174)
ARTS 174 Computer Imaging (cross-listed with ARTS 74)
* ARTS 176 Advanced Computer Imaging
* ARTS 177 Constructing Web Sites
* ARTS 179 Multimedia/Interactive Projects
Theatre and Dance
THTR 35 Technology and Theatre
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites
