Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Southeastern University- Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Science, Digital Media & Design (Online)

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Bachelor of Science, Digital Media & Design Four-Year Plan

Program Description

The Digital Media & Design program emphasizes the principles and best practices of digital media and digital design. The digital media core focuses on visual communication and digital marketing. The digital design core includes various courses related to color theory, typography, digital art and design, web development, and digital illustration. Students also select a digital media and design elective (including a study abroad opportunity). Students critically analyze and produce various digital designs, including websites, logos, photography projects, UI/UX design projects, and digital illustrations.

Potential Career Options

Potential career options for those pursuing this degree include graphic designer, digital designer, UI/UX designer, digital content writer, web designer, photo retouching specialist, creative director, art director, layout designer, digital marketer, advertising designer, digital illustrator, and other digital design-related careers.

*Note: Students taking courses online outside of the State of Florida may be subject to additional Foundational Core requirements for degree completion. State-specific requirements are specified in the SEU Catalog. Your Academic Advisor is available to help integrate these additional courses into your plan.

Total Program: 120 Credit Hours

Foundational Core - 34 Credit Hours

SEU Foundations - 3 Credit Hours

CORE 1111 - COMMUNITY AND COLLEGE SUCCESS Credits: 1
CORE 1112 - DIVINE DESIGN AND MISSIONAL VOCATION Credits: 2

Worldview Formation - 9 Credit Hours

BIBL 1113 - THE STORY OF SCRIPTURE Credits: 3
THEO 1213 - LIVED THEOLOGY Credits: 3
CORE 3113 - WORLDVIEW AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS SEMINAR Credits: 3

Habits of Inquiry - 22 Credit Hours

Discursive Inquiry - 6 Credit Hours

ENGL 1113 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION Credits: 3
ENGL 2113 - PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3

Natural-Scientific Inquiry - Select One of the Following with Lab (4 Credit Hours):

BIOL 1333 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A & P Credits: 3
BIOL 133L - ESSENT OF ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LAB Credits: 1
OR
BIOL 1334 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A&P Credits: 4
OR
NSCI 1023 - INTRO TO SCIENCE AND TECH Credits: 3
NSCI 102L - INTRO TO SCIENCE AND TECH LAB Credits: 1
OR
NSCI 1043 - NUTRITION SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 104L - NUTRITION SCIENCE LABORATORY Credits: 1

Major Core - 42 Credit Hours

Digital Media Core - 9 Credit Hours

ARTV 1533 - SURVEY OF DIGITAL MEDIA & DESIGN Credits: 3
ARTV 2023 - PHOTOGRAPHY Credits: 3
COMM 3793 - DIGITAL MARKETING & ANALYTICS Credits: 3

Digital Design Core - 33 Credit Hours

ARTV 2043 - COLOR THEORY Credits: 3
ARTV 2073 - WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Credits: 3
ARTV 3003 - MAGAZINE DESIGN & PRODUCTION Credits: 3
ARTV 3013 - DRAWING FOR DESIGNERS Credits: 3
ARTV 3053 - UI/UX DESIGN Credits: 3
ARTV 3073 - TYPOGRAPHY Credits: 3
ARTV 3533 - DIGITAL LAYOUT & DESIGN Credits: 3
ARTV 4083 - ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING Credits: 3
ARTV 4093 - ADVERTISING DESIGN Credits: 3
ARTV 4113 - DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION Credits: 3

Digital Media and Design Electives - Select One (1) of the Following (3 Credit Hours):

BBUS 3013 - DESIGN THINKING FOR ENTREPRENEURS Credits: 3
COMM 2153 - WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA Credits: 3
COMM 2423 - WRITING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA Credits: 3
COMM 4143 - STORYTELLING & PERSUASION Credits: 3
COMM 4183 - INTERNATIONAL VISUAL STORYTELLING Credits: 3
COMM 4533 - MASS COMMUNICATION LAW Credits: 3

Divine Design (Major Specific Experiential Learning) - 1 Credit Hour

COMM 4001 - COMMUNICATION SEMINAR Credits: 1

Divine Design - 43 Credit Hours

To meet the Divine Design requirement, students may earn credit hours in general elective courses, declared minors/certificates, or enjoy other experiential learning opportunities such as study abroad, internships, or practicums. Other practicum options include PRAC 1001 (1 credit hour), PRAC 1002 (2 credit hours), PRAC 1003 (3 credit hours), PRAC 1004 (4 credit hours), up to 24 credit hours. General Electives are any college-level course that does not satisfy the above program requirements. Students must complete the above program requirements with the remaining credit hours earned in the Divine Design to meet the total program hours.

Additional State Requirements for Online or Partner Site Students

*Note: Students taking courses online/at an SEU partner site outside of the State of Florida may be subject to additional Foundational Core requirements for degree completion. Some of these requirements are built into your Foundational Core listed above. Any of the requirements listed below that are not incorporated into the Foundational Core will count towards your Divine Design hours. State-specific requirements are also specified in the SEU Catalog. Please see your Degree Audit in JICS and work with your Academic Advisor to ensure these requirements are met.

Alabama

Area I, Written Composition - 6 Credit Hours

ENGL 2113 - PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
ENGL 1113 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION Credits: 3

Area II, Humanities and Fine Arts - 12 Credit Hours

* In addition to Foundational Core Discursive Inquiry requirements

ENGL 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE Credits: 3
AND
ARTV 2023 - PHOTOGRAPHY Credits: 3
OR
MUSC 1003 - MUSIC APPRECIATION Credits: 3

Area III, Natural Science and Mathematics - 11 Credit Hours

BIOL 1334 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A&P Credits: 4
MATH 1213 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA Credits: 3
MATH 1313 - TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS Credits: 3
MATH 2023 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Credits: 3

Area IV, History, Social and Behavioral Sciences - 12 Credit Hours

HIST 2123 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3
HIST 2133 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN WORLD HISTORY Credits: 3
PSYC 1133 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
SSCI 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3

Arkansas

Science

Select one course not taken in Foundational Core

BIOL 1334 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A&P Credits: 4
OR
NSCI 1043 - NUTRITION SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 104L - NUTRITION SCIENCE LABORATORY Credits: 1

Social Sciences

HIST 2123 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3

Kentucky

Social/Behavioral Sciences

HIST 2123 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3
HIST 2133 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN WORLD HISTORY Credits: 3
PSYC 1133 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
SSCI 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3

Humanities - Select One:

MUSC 1003 - MUSIC APPRECIATION Credits: 3
HUMS 2233 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES Credits: 3
ARTV 2023 - PHOTOGRAPHY Credits: 3
ENGL 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE Credits: 3

Humanities

PMIN 2123 - CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY Credits: 3

Maryland

Maryland students need an additional six credit hours in one or more of the following five areas: (i) Arts and humanities; (ii) English composition; (iii) Social and behavioral sciences; (iv) Mathematics; and (v) Biological and physical sciences.

Minnesota

Communication

ENGL 1113 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION Credits: 3

Natural Science

BIOL 1334 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A&P Credits: 4
OR
NSCI 1043 - NUTRITION SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 104L - NUTRITION SCIENCE LABORATORY Credits: 1

Social Science

HIST 2123 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3
HIST 2133 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN WORLD HISTORY Credits: 3
PSYC 1133 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
SSCI 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3

Montana

Montana requires 6 credit hours of natural science with a laboratory experience. Students may choose to take BIOL 1334 to complete the requirement or any other science course to meet the credit hour requirement.

BIOL 1334 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A&P Credits: 4

Nevada

3 credit hours needed. The Socio-Historical requirement must be fulfilled by taking PPOL 2433 or by earning credit for one of the following combinations of classes from an accredited Nevada college: 1) HIST 100, 2) PCS 101, 3) HIST 101 and HIST 102, or 4) or HIST 101 and 217.

Ohio

Ohio students need an additional two credit hours in one or more of the following areas: Oral and Written Communication, Mathematics, Statistics and Logic, Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity, Natural Sciences, Technology and Innovation.

MATH 1213 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA Credits: 3
* if not already taken or 2 more credits to get to 36 hours

Oklahoma

In addition to the courses listed below, Oklahoma students need an additional 7 credit hours in one ore more of the following: History, Social Science, Behavioral Science, Humanities, Math, Natural Science, Language, or Fine Arts.

HIST 2123 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3

Select One:

Choose one not already chosen for Foundational Core

MUSC 1003 - MUSIC APPRECIATION Credits: 3
HUMS 2233 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES Credits: 3
ARTV 2023 - PHOTOGRAPHY Credits: 3
ENGL 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE Credits: 3