Bachelor’s degree requirements (120 credit hours)

(62 hours associate degree + 58 additional hours)

Major Requirements (67 credit hours)

• CMST 103 - Computing Principles Credits: 3
• CMST 135 - Web Fundamentals Credits: 3
• CMST 180 - Introduction to Database Systems Credits: 3
• CMST 183 - Computer Systems Studio I Credits: 1
• CMST 185 - Computer Systems Studio II Credits: 1
• CMST 247 - Programming I Credits: 3
• CMST 250 - Hardware and Network Fundamentals Credits: 3
• CMST 283 - Computer Systems Studio III Credits: 1
• CMST 332 - Web Development Project Credits: 3
• CMST 335 - Programming II Credits: 3
• DIGME 137 - Fundamentals of Visual Communication Credits: 3
• DIGME 163 - Fundamentals of Design Thinking Credits: 3
• DIGME 365 - User Experience (UX) Design in Digital Media Credits: 3
• DIGME 366 - Visual Communication Studio Credits: 3-6 **
• DIGME 376 - Digital Rhetoric Credits: 3
• DIGME 386 - Digital Media Production Studio Credits: 3-6 **
• DIGME 406 - Social Media Credits: 3
• CMST 483 - Emerging Technologies Studio Credits: 3-6 **
• DIGME 456 - Digital Media Senior Capstone Project Credits: 3-6 **

• Other courses may be used if approved by the BETB-DM program coordinator.

Math requirements (9 credit hours)

Choose from:

• MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
• MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
• MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra Credits: 3
• MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: 4
• STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3

Other requirements (43 credit hours)

• BUS 366 - Management with Information Technology Credits: 3
• BUS 400 - Marketing Techniques and Applications Credits: 3
• COMM 106 - Public Speaking I Credits: 3
• COT 480 - Professional Conduct, Ethics, and Analysis Credits: 3
• ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
• ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
• ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3
• ENGL 302 - Technical Writing Credits: 3
• PHILO 105 - Introduction to Critical Thinking Credits: 3
• PSYCH 110 - General Psychology Credits: 3

• *COMM Elective 300+ Credits: 3

  *Humanities/Social Science/Business Elective Credits: 3

  *Science Elective Credits: 4

  *Science Elective Credits: 4

   

  *Electives to be chosen in consultation with advisor as appropriate to project topic. 

  **Students may substitute up to 12 credits of these courses with other appropriate courses as approved by the BETB-DM program coordinator.

  Upon successful completion of freshman and sophomore year courses, students will have enough credit hours for:
  • Front-end Web Development Certificate (Undergraduate)
  • Digital Media UX Design Certificate (Undergraduate)
  • Web Development Technology Associates Degree