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
Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)
ENGL 2A Remixing Little Brother (effective 9/1/09)
ENGL 2A/H Technology & Cultural Knowledge (effective 9/1/09)
ENGL 2A/H Writing about Sustainability (effective 9/1/09)
ENGL 2A Writing with New Media (effective 9/1/09)
Accounting
*ACTG 120 Accounting Data Analysis and Visualization (effective 3/25/23)
*ACTG 134 Accounting Information Systems (effective 9/1/09)
Arts
ARTS 36 Ditto! The Technology of Print (effective 1/1/16)
ARTS 57 Digital Photography (effective 9/1/09)
ARTS 74 Basic Digital Imaging (effective 9/1/09)
*ARTS 157 Digital Photography (effective 9/1/09)
*ARTS 158 Advanced Digital Photography (effective 01/01/18)
*ARTS 159 Digital Storytelling Through the Visual Arts (effective 03/25/18)
*ARTS 174 Intermediate Digital Imaging (effective 9/1/09)
*ARTS 176 Advanced Computer Imaging (effective 4/4/2016)
*ARTS 177 Website Graphic Design (effective 9/1/09)
*ARTS 179 Introduction to 2D Animation (effective 9/1/09)
Child Studies
CHST 75 Technology and Education (effective 9/1/09)
Civil Engineering
*CENG 7/7L Graphic Communication (effective 9/1/09)
CENG 15 Computer Appl in Ceng (effective 9/1/09)
CENG 15L Computer Appl in Ceng Lab (CENG 15 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*CENG 160 GIS in Water Resources (effective Winter 2021)
*CENG 182 Introduction to Building Information Modeling (effective Spring 2021)
Computer Engineering
COEN 10 Introduction to Programming (effective 9/1/09)
COEN 10L Introduction to Programming Lab (COEN 10 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 11 Advanced Programming (effective 9/1/09)
COEN 11L Advanced Programming Lab (COEN 11 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 12 Abstract Data Types & Structures (effective 2/17/2017)
COEN 12L Abstract Data Types & Structures Lab (COEN 12 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
COEN 19 Discrete Mathematics (cross-listed as MATH 51; effective 9/1/09)
COEN 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with ELEN 21; effective 9/1/09)
COEN 21L Logic Design Lab (COEN 21 is a co-requisite; cross-listed with ELEN 21L; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 44 Applied Programming in C (effective 9/1/09)
COEN 44L Applied Programming in C Lab (COEN 44 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 45 Applied Programming in MATLAB (effective 9/1/09)
COEN 45L Applied Programming in MATLAB Lab (COEN 45 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 167 Introduction to 2-D Animation (cross-listed with ARTS 179; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 177 Operating Systems (effective 9/1/09)
COEN 177L Operating Systems Lab (COEN 177 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*COEN 178 Introduction to Database Systems (effective 9/1/09)
COEN 178L Introduction to Database Systems Lab (COEN 178 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
Communication
COMM 3 Digital Storytelling (effective 9/1/22)
COMM 12 Technology and Communication (effective 9/1/09)
*COMM 50 Media and Technology Studies (effective 3/25/23)
*COMM 161B Communication Media and Technology in Education (effective 9/1/09)
*COMM 162 Multimedia Journalism (effective 9/1/09)
*COMM 162A Communication Technology and Policy (effective 9/1/2009)
COMM 163A Internet Communities & Communication (effective 9/1/09)
COMM 174 Digital Feminisms (effective 1/1/23)
*COMM 176 Dating in the Digital Age (effective 9/1/22)
*COMM 181A Global Media Industries (effective 9/1/09)
COMM 185 Identity, Privacy and Politics in the Digital Age (effective 9/1/09)
Economics
*ECON 186 Economics of Digitization (effective 1/1/16)
Electrical Engineering
ELEN 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with COEN 21; effective 9/1/09)
ELEN 21L Logic Design Lab (ELEN 21 is a co-requisite; cross-listed with COEN 21L; effective 9/1/09)
*ELEN 33 Digital System Architectures (effective 9/1/09)
ELEN 33L Digital System Architectures- Lab (ELEN 33 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
*ELEN 153 Digital Integrated Circuit Design (effective 9/1/09)
ELEN 153L Digital Integrated Circuit Design Lab (ELEN 153 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
English
ENGL 25 Textual Editing (effective 03/25/18)
ENGL 109 Information Culture and Information Society (formerly ENGL 138; effective 9/1/09)
General Engineering
ENGR 19 Ethics in Technology (effective 9/1/09)
History
HIST 27/127 Public & Digital History (effective 1/1/21)
Mathematics and Computer Science
CSCI 3 Intro to Computing & Applications (effective 9/1/09)
*CSCI 10 Introduction to Computer Science (effective 9/1/09)
*CSCI 10B Introduction to Computer Science B (effective 1/1/2015)
*CSCI 60 Object-oriented Programming (effective 9/1/09)
*CSCI 61 Data Structures (effective 9/1/09)
MATH 51 Discrete Mathematics (cross-listed as COEN 19; effective 9/1/09)
Mechanical Engineering
MECH 10 Graphical Comm in Design (effective 9/1/09)
MECH 10L Graphical Comm in Design Lab (MECH 10 is a co-requisite; effective 9/1/09)
Marketing
*MKTG 175 Internet Marketing (effective 9/1/09)
*MKTG 177 Social Media Marketing (effective 3/29/15)
Music
MUSC 115 Experimental Sound Design (effective 1/1/16)
MUSC 119 Music, Technology & Society (effective 9/1/09)
MUSC 157 Laptop Orchestra (effective 3/25/16)
Operations and Management Information Systems
OMIS 30 Introduction to Programming (effective 9/1/09)
OMIS 34 Science, Information Technology, Business and Society (effective 9/1/09)
*OMIS 105 Database Management Systems (effective 9/1/09)
*OMIS 107 Systems Programming (effective 9/1/09)
Philosophy
PHIL 22/H Ethics in the Digital Age (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 3A/H)
PHIL 40 Science, Technology, and Society (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 80)
PHIL 130 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (effective 01/01/22)
Political Science
*POLI 120 Mass Media, Information Technology, and International Politics (effective 9/1/2009)
*POLI 156 Politics and Mass Media (effective 9/1/09)
Religious Studies
*RSOC 119 Media and Religion (effective 9/1/09)
*RSOC 129 Buddhism in the Digital Age (effective 1/1/24)
Sociology
*SOCI 49 Tech, Social Media, and Society (effective 9/1/09)
SOCI 149 Business, Technology and Society (effective 9/1/09)
Theatre and Dance
THTR 35 Technology and Theatre (effective 9/1/09)
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites