Overview
Open to all undergraduates, this 30-credit non-competitive minor offers students the opportunity to be part of a new generation of hybrid artists, leveraging cross-disciplinary knowledge and learning cutting-edge digital arts skills. Some areas of research and professional opportunities within DXARTS include: video art, sound art, computer music, 3D sound, mechatronics, robotics, physical computing, digital fabrication, interactive media, algorithmic processes and programing. Students minoring in DXARTS have access to state-of-the-art facilities including professional video and sound production labs, 3D audio listening rooms, as well as a full-fledged fabrication lab equipped with 3D printers, laser cutter, CNC milling machines and many other tools. Students in DXARTS classes can also checkout professional audio and video equipment to work in their media projects.
Curriculum
The new DXARTS Minor offers a curriculum covering a wide variety of media including digital sound, digital video, and mechatronics. Students in the DXARTS Minor have maximum flexibility to take courses, allowing them to either focus in one media area (video, for instance) or to take classes across all media areas. The single required foundational course, DXARTS 200, provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Digital Art and New Media, ensuring that students minoring in DXARTS will have a historical perspective and conceptual framework for their intellectual work and artistic practice.
Degree Requirements
• DXARTS 200 (5 credits)
• 25 additional credits from DXARTS courses
Below are some examples of possible tracks within our minor, all courses listed are 5-credit. Please visit our course descriptions page for more details about these courses. Current and upcoming classes are listed on our courses page.
Video
DXARTS 200
DXARTS 450
DXARTS 451
DXARTS 452
10 credits from:
DXARTS 295
DXARTS 430
DXARTS 460
DXARTS 470
DXARTS 485
DXARTS 490
DXARTS 499
Sound
DXARTS 200
DXARTS 460
DXARTS 461
DXARTS 462
10 credits from:
DXARTS 295
DXARTS 430
DXARTS 450
DXARTS 470
DXARTS 485
DXARTS 490
DXARTS 499
Mechatronics
DXARTS 200
DXARTS 470
DXARTS 471
DXARTS 472
10 credits from:
DXARTS 295
DXARTS 430
DXARTS 450
DXARTS 460
DXARTS 485
DXARTS 490
DXARTS 499
Data Driven Art
DXARTS 200
DXARTS 480
DXARTS 481
DXARTS 482
10 credits from:
DXARTS 295
DXARTS 430
DXARTS 450
DXARTS 460
DXARTS 485
DXARTS 490
DXARTS 499
Note: our Video, Sound, Mechatronics, and Data Driven Art classes are part of a sequence, and need to be taken in order. Sequences start in Autumn quarter and end in Spring quarter:
Quarter | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer |
Video Art: Studio | DXARTS 450 | DXARTS 451 | DXARTS 452 (DXARTS 451 is a prerequisite) |
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Digital Sound: Studio | DXARTS 460 | DXARTS 461 | DXARTS 462 (DXARTS 461 is a prerequisite) |
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Mechatronics: Studio | DXARTS 470 | DXARTS 471 | DXARTS 472 (DXARTS 471 is a prerequisite) |
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Data Driven Art: Studio | DXARTS 480 | DXARTS 481 | DXARTS 482 (DXARTS 481 is a prerequisite) |
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If you have prior experience in a subject you can contact the instructor to skip the foundation class (DXARTS 450, 460, 470, and 480) in a sequence. Otherwise, we strongly advise that you take the foundation class prior to taking DXARTS 451, 461, 471 and 481.
Degree Information and Contact
For more information about the DXARTS Minor please contact dxarts@uw.edu.