digital cultures and technologies
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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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