The Digital Age
Facilitator: Yi Fang, Computer Engineering
The Digital Age, also called the Information Age, refers to a new emphasis on electronic manipulation of information influencing the global economy in ways the production and exchange of physical goods influenced economies in the past, in the industrial age. Explosive growth of the Internet over the past decade allows information, goods, and services to be shared between people of all economic levels from around the globe. This instant accessibility to news, entertainment, and information has changed the way we communicate, shop, and learn.
Because society is changed by technology, those who steer the development and course of technology should be knowledgeable about and sensitive to the effects of their work on others. Courses in this Pathway will offer opportunities for learning about digital information technology and the way it pervades our lives. A main Pathway goal will be to deepen knowledge and understanding of the complex interplay between social, moral, political and cultural values and our digital society through integrative, cross-disciplinary learning.
Associated Courses
| Accounting (ACTG) |
| 120 Accounting Data Analysis and Visualization |
| 134 Accounting Information Systems |
| Arts (ARTS) |
| 36 Ditto! The Technology of Print |
| 57 Digital Photography |
| 74 Basic Digital Imaging |
| 157 Intermediate Digital Photography |
| 158 Advanced Digital Photography |
| 159 Digital Storytelling Through the Visual Arts |
| 174 Intermediate Digital Imaging |
| 176 Advanced Digital Imaging |
| 177 Website Graphic Design |
| 179 Introduction to Two-Dimensional Animation |
| Civil Engineering (CENG) |
| 7/7L Graphic Communication |
| 15 Computer Appl in Ceng |
| 15L Computer Appl in Ceng Lab (CENG 15 is a co-requisite) |
| 160 GIS in Water Resources |
| 182 Introduction to Building Information Modeling |
| Child Studies (CHST) |
| 75 Science, Technology, and Educational Innovation |
| Communication (COMM) |
| 3 Digital Storytelling |
| 12 Technology and Communication |
| 50 Media and Technology Studies |
| 161B Communication Media and Technology in Education |
| 162 Multimedia Journalism |
| 162A Communication Technology and Policy |
| 163A Internet Communities & Communication |
| 174 Digital Feminisms |
| 176 Dating in the Digital Age |
| 181A Global Media Industries |
| 185 Identity, Privacy and Politics in the Digital Age |
| Computer Engineering (COEN) |
| 10 Introduction to Programming |
| 10L Introduction to Programming Lab (COEN 10 is a co-requisite) |
| 11 Advanced Programming |
| 11L Advanced Programming Lab (COEN 11 is a co-requisite) |
| 12 Abstract Data Types & Structures |
| 12L Abstract Data Types & Structures Lab (COEN 12 is a co-requisite) |
| 19 Discrete Mathematics (cross-listed as MATH 51) |
| 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with ELEN 21) |
| 21L Logic Design Lab (COEN 21 is a co-requisite; cross-listed with ELEN 21L) |
| 44 Applied Programming in C |
| 44L Applied Programming in C Lab (COEN 44 is a co-requisite) |
| 45 Applied Programming in MATLAB |
| 45L Applied Programming in MATLAB Lab (COEN 45 is a co-requisite) |
| 167 Introduction to 2-D Animation (cross-listed with ARTS 179) |
| 177 Operating Systems |
| 177L Operating Systems Lab (COEN 177 is a co-requisite) |
| 178 Introduction to Database Systems |
| 178L Introduction to Database Systems Lab (COEN 178 is a co-requisite) |
| Computer Science (CSCI) |
| 3 Intro to Computing & Applications |
| 10 Introduction to Computer Science |
| 10B Introduction to Computer Science B |
| 60 Object-oriented Programming |
| 61 Data Structures |
| Economics (ECON) |
| 186 Economics of Digitization |
| Electrical Engineering (ELEN) |
| 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with COEN 21) |
| 21L Logic Design Lab (ELEN 21 is a co-requisite; cross-listed with COEN 21L) |
| 33 Digital System Architectures |
| 33L Digital System Architectures- Lab (ELEN 33 is a co-requisite) |
| 153 Digital Integrated Circuit Design |
| 153L Digital Integrated Circuit Design Lab (ELEN 153 is a co-requisite) |
| English (ENGL) |
| 25 Textual Editing |
| 109 Information Culture and Information Society |
| General Engineering (ENGR) |
| 19 Ethics in Technology |
| History (HIST) |
| 27/127 Public & Digital History |
| Marketing (MKTG) |
| 173 Tech-Driven Sensory Marketing |
| 174 AI for Customer Analytics |
| 175 Internet Marketing |
| 177 Social Media Marketing |
| Mathematics (MATH) |
| 51 Discrete Mathematics (cross-listed as COEN 19) |
| Mechanical Engineering (MECH) |
| 10 Graphical Comm in Design |
| 10L Graphical Comm in Design Lab (MECH 10 is a co-requisite) |
| Music (MUSC) |
| 115 Experimental Sound Design |
| 119 Music, Technology & Society |
| 157 Laptop Orchestra |
| Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS) |
| 30 Introduction to Programming |
| 34 Science, Information Technology, Business and Society |
| 105 Database Management Systems |
| 107 Systems Programming |
| Philosophy (PHIL) |
| 22/H Ethics in the Digital Age |
| 40 Science, Technology, and Society |
| 130 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence |
| Political Science (POLI) |
| 120 Mass Media, Information Technology, and International Politics |
| 156 Politics and Mass Media |
| Religion, Theology, and Culture |
| Religion and Society (RSOC) |
| 119 Media and Religion |
| 129 Buddhism in the Digital Age |
| Sociology (SOCI) |
| 49 Tech, Social Media, and Society |
| 149 Business, Technology and Society |
| Theatre (THTR) |
| 35 Technical Theater I |