Digital Cultures and Technologies

Digital Cultures & Technologies

at Saint John Fisher College

OverviewTechnologists who understand how to create and the reasons behind their design decisions.

Artists/programmers who can work in all mediums.

Students interested in ‘modern jobs’: social media analytics, mobile app building, online corporate trainers.

A MultidisciplinaryApproach to Education

Double-major required!Media and Communication (Communication/Journalism),American Studies, Math, Economics, English: Writing

Digital Media.Social Media

social media & service learning

video and digital storytelling

android app building

Howard Rheingold’s “Net Smart”

Programming (1 class)

Foundations of Computer Science I

Introduction to Media Computing (Data Visualization)

http://nytlabs.com/projects/cascade.html

Video Game Design

Principles and practices (3 classes)

Web Design

Advanced Web Design

Visual Rhetoric

Writing with New Media (interactive storytelling)

Special Topics: Cyberactivism; Networks, Crowds, and Markets; Video Game Theory; 3-D Modeling

Theory (1 class)

Emergent Media and Web Culture

Digital Literacies

online economics, privacy and surveillance, online identity,fan culture

Track: Computer Science

Discrete Mathematics

Foundations of Computer Science II

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Graphics

Databases

Programming the World Wide Web

Track: Content Creation

Introduction to Video Production

Documentary Film, Writing as Social Practice, Picturing the Past (photo history)

writing/blogging; photography; advanced video production

Track: Information Technology

Introduction to Databases and Applications

Networks

Media Technologies

Data Mining

Track: Social Media Analytics

Statistics

Web and Social Media Analytics

Internet Marketing

Data Mining

Other Tracks

Learning Technologies

Special Topics

Senior Project

Consisting of the creation of a significant portfolio piece of a student’s choosing.

Facilities

20 Macintosh computers, with Macs also located in Lavery Library and the 24-hour computer lab

Multiple PC labs

Software/LanguagesInDesign

Photoshop/Lightroom

Final Cut Pro/After Effects

Coda for HTML & CSS

App InventorJQuery/JQuery Mobile/Java/PHP/Processing

Graduate School

Information Technology

Video Game Production

Interactive Media

Information Science

Law & Business

CareersWeb Designer

App Developer

SEO (social media optimizer)

Social Media Manager

Video Producer/Photographer

Educational Technologist/Trainer

Programmer

New Jobs/New Opportunities

Digital Museum Curator (American Studies/Museum Studies certificate)

Online Trainer (with Psychology)

Social Media Manager (with Media and Communication)

Mathematician with speciality in Social Media/Data Mining (with Math)

Financial analyst with focus on technology investments (with Economics)

Internships

Situated in second major.

Benefits

small classes (typically 20)

highly personalized advising

liberal arts college environment

Digital Cultures Website

http://dct.sjfc.edu

contact info on sheet

Thank you.

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