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About iDS
A B. Des. Degree in Interdisciplinary Digital Studio
Career Opportunities
Specific Degree Requirements
Activities & Student Groups
This degree program responds to the distinctive technical, creative, and intellectual needs of professionals working in the collaborative, fluid environments that characterize digital art and design. To prepare students to meet the varying challenges they will face as digitally-based arts and designers, the curriculum incorporates learning experiences that enable students to further their technological literacy as they develop expertise in techniques, processes, and analyses and to do so while learning and working in environments that foster interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.
For the B. Des. Degree in Interdisciplinary Digital Studio, a minimum of 120 credits is required.
Career Opportunities
Graduates pursue careers in the widest array of technology-based directions--some with a fine art focus, others with the application focus of designers. The fields open to iDS graduates include design for Web-based communications, 3-D modeling and animation as art forms, design of digitally-based teaching and marketing, games and virtual worlds, and digital fabrication for architectural and theatre design. There are many emerging areas that rely on people experienced in the use of many digital tools. iDS graduates will not only be responding to this changing scene, but will also be the people inventing new areas where the technologies can be used.
The range of job settings suitable for iDS graduates is broad. It includes working as a solo artist or in private and public design and production studios ranging in size from two or three to several hundred people. The size of the organization usually relates to its breadth; the larger the studio, the broader its project types and geographical area of practice. Large design and production studios are often international in project scope and interdisciplinary in approach, collaborating with artists, scientists, writers, engineers, graphic designers, and others.
Specific Requirements
For the B.Des. Degree in Interdisciplinary Digital Studio, a minimum of 120 credits is required. Click the link below to view the Recommended Academic Plan:
Recommended Academic Plan for Bachelor of Design in Interdisciplinary Digital Studio (IDS)
Activities
Digital Media Group (DMG)
Provides members with a forum to discuss issues and problems that arise in the area of 3D computer modeling and animation; creates an environment where members can discuss, work on, and critique individual projects.
Visual Arts Student Alliance (VASA)
This newly formed student group is a forum for those interested in advocating for the visual arts. In addition to serving as a conduit for communication between students, faculty, and administration, this group coordinates a wide variety of activities for students interested in the visual arts.