Bachelor of Science
Web and Digital Design

Total Credits Required: 120

• Required Major Courses: 30
• Minor and Elective Courses: 49
• General Education Courses: 41

Required Major Courses

• Take the following three required courses:
  • Introduction to Interactive Design(3 Credits, CMST 290)
  • Fundamentals of Digital Design(3 Credits, CMST 295)
  • Web and Digital Design Capstone(3 Credits, CMST 495)
• Take Any upper-level CMST courses (21) 

Degree Focus

To align with the upper-level requirement listed above, we recommend you choose from one of the following groups of classes below to align with your career interests:

Web Design Focus

• Principles of Web Design and Technology I(3 Credits, CMST 385)
• Principles of Web Design and Technology II(3 Credits, CMST 386)
• Image Editing(3 Credits, CMST 325)
• Illustration Graphics(3 Credits, CMST 320)
• Fundamentals of JavaScript(3 Credits, CMST 388)
• CMST 450
• Advanced JavaScript(3 Credits, CMST 488)

Digital Design Focus

• Fundamentals of Electronic Publishing(3 Credits, CMST 310)
• Advanced Electronic Publishing(3 Credits, CMST 311)
• Image Editing(3 Credits, CMST 325)
• Illustration Graphics(3 Credits, CMST 320)
• Advanced Image Editing(3 Credits, CMST 425)
• Principles of Multimedia I(3 Credits, CMST 341)
• Motion Graphics I(3 Credits, CMST 351)

Augmented/Virtual Reality Focus

• User Experience and Interface Design(3 Credits, CMST 308)
• Game Design I(3 Credits, CMST 315)
• Virtual Reality Design I(3 Credits, CMST 330)
• Augmented Reality Design I(3 Credits, CMST 331)

A degree with a major in web and digital design requires the successful completion of 120 credits of coursework, including 30 credits for the major; 41 credits in general education requirements; and 49 credits in the minor, electives, and other degree requirements. At least 15 credits in the major must be earned in upper-level courses (numbered 300 or above). See overall degree requirements.

Research and Computer Literacy Courses

• Program and Career Exploration in Multidisciplinary Studies(3 Credits, PACE 111M)
  or Program and Career Exploration in Communication/Humanities(3 Credits, PACE 111C)
  or other PACE 111 course (to be taken in first 6 credits)
• Introduction to Research(1 Credit, LIBS 150)
  or Career Planning Management(1 Credit, CAPL 398A)
  or other general education elective
• Concepts and Applications of Information Technology(3 Credits, IFSM 201)
  or Digital Media and Society(3 Credits, CMST 301)
  or another computing course appropriate to the academic major

Communications Courses

• Academic Writing I(3 Credits, WRTG 111)
  or Research Writing(3 Credits, WRTG 291) or other writing course
• Academic Writing II(3 Credits, WRTG 112)
• Foundations of Oral Communication(3 Credits, SPCH 100)
  or other communication, writing, or speech course
• Advanced Research Writing(3 Credits, WRTG 391)
  or other advanced upper-level writing course

Math Course

• Topics for Mathematical Literacy(3 Credits, MATH 105)
  or other approved math or statistics course

Arts and Humanities Courses

• History of the United States Since 1865(3 Credits, HIST 157)
  or other arts and humanities course
• Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama(3 Credits, ENGL 240)
  or foreign language course or other arts and humanities course

Behavioral and Social Science Courses

• Principles of Macroeconomics(3 Credits, ECON 201)
  or Introduction to Psychology(3 Credits, PSYC 100)
  or other behavioral and social science course
• American Government(3 Credits, GVPT 170)
  or other behavioral and social science course

Biological and Physical Sciences Courses

• Concepts of Biology(3 Credits, BIOL 101)
  and Laboratory in Biology(1 Credit, BIOL 102)
  or other paired science lecture and laboratory courses
• Elements of Nutrition(3 Credits, NUTR 100)
  or Human Biology(3 Credits, BIOL 160)
  or other science lecture course