Innovative Digital Media

The Certificate Program in Innovative Digital Media develops competencies and connectedness to digital culture and technology by encouraging students to shift from the role of consumer to active participant, and from active participant to innovator. The Certificate is a credential that indicates students have gained a high degree of technological awareness, expertise, and creativity in problem-solving. The Certificate program will offer students the opportunity to participate in existing interdisciplinary projects carried out by faculty, staff, and students working in digital technology, and create pathways for students to demonstrate their projects and accomplishments in those areas. Examples of work that may be undertaken in this Certificate include, but are not limited to, the production of:

• media
• videos
• podcasts
• code
• art
• software
• sound installations
• interactive platforms
• public events

Embracing their role as digital innovators, students who gain experience through such projects will emerge with a portfolio of work that will demonstrate a high level of achievement to potential employers. Certificate students will be able to work collaboratively, creatively solve problems with technology, and adapt quickly to the changing nature of real-world situations that involve technological mediation.

Faculty in Innovative Digital Media

Dan Bethune, Instructor of Art
Ryan Buyssens, Associate Professor of Art
Melissa Crow, Instructor of Statistics
Tania Roy, Associate Professor of Human Centered Computing
Ashkan Tabatabaie, Assistant Professor of Music and Digital Media Arts
Jeff Thompson, Assistant Research, Instruction, and Digital Scholarship Librarian
Gerardo Toro-Farmer, Associate Professor of Coastal and Marine Science

Requirements for the Certificate in Innovative Digital Media

A minimum of five (5) academic units across at least two divisions or programs. The courses below have been identified by the steering committee as IDM-eligible. Students will assemble ePortfolios to demonstrate their acquired skills and to share with employers upon certificate completion.