Digital Arts A.A.S.

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(Code 1550)

The Digital Arts Associate of Applied Science degree prepares students to work as commercial artists, or start their own businesses as freelance commercial artists. Students will gain real-world experiences creating scenes, photographing products & architecture, manipulating images in design software, and branding. Upon successful completion of this program, each student will have created a professional portfolio and a business plan.

Upon completion of this program [CIP: 50.0605], graduates should be able to:

demonstrate commercial photography.
demonstrate studio photography.
demonstrate architectural photography.
demonstrate manipulation of digital images.
create a photography business.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program.

General Education Requirements

Written Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Written Communication, choose one:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 credit
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 credit

Oral Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Oral Communication, choose one:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 credit
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit

Laboratory Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Knowledge of the Natural World and Application of Scientific Methods, choose one:

BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 credit
BIOL 105 - Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology 4 credit
BIOL 121 - College Biology I 4 credit
BIOL 122 - College Biology II 4 credit
CHEM 105 - Survey of General Chemistry 4 credit
CHEM 220 - College Chemistry I 5 credit
PHYS 101 - Physical Science 4 credit
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Laboratory Science requirement but may have limited transferability.

Mathematics

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Basic Computational Methods and Mathematical Concepts and Applications, choose one:

MATH 102 - Mathematical Investigations 4 credit
MATH 159 - College Algebra 4 credit
MATH 180 - Precalculus 5 credit
MATH 190 - Elementary Statistics 3 credit
MATH 250 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 credit
MATH 251 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Math requirement but may have limited transferability.

Social Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Local, National, and Global Citizenship, two required:

Take POLI 240 or POLI 110 (POLI 110 does not meet Michigan Transfer Agreement requirements)

AND

Choose one:

ANTH 260 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit
ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credit
ECON 216 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credit
HIST 250 - United States History to 1865 3 credit
HIST 251 - United States History Since 1865 3 credit
PSYC 120 - General Psychology 3 credit
SOCI 230 - Sociology 3 credit
SOCI 235 - Social Problems 3 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Social Science requirement but may have limited transferability.

Humanities and Fine Arts

Choose two of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses (from different disciplines, only one can be a foreign language):

CHNS 130 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese I 4 credit
CHNS 131 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese II 4 credit
ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 credit
ENGL 200 - American Thought & Literature I 3 credit
ENGL 201 - American Thought & Literature II 3 credit
ENGL 220 - British Literature to 1798 3 credit
ENGL 221 - British Literature since 1798 3 credit
ENGL 265 - Introduction to Film 4 credit
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 credit
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 credit
GERM 101 - German I 4 credit
GERM 102 - German II 4 credit
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 credit
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 credit
PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 credit
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 credit
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Humanities & Fine Arts requirement but may have limited transferability.

Program Requirements

CMIS 101 - Computer Literacy 3 credit
OR
CMIS 115 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 credit
DART 101 - Introduction to Digital Arts as a Medium 2 credit
DART 110 - Photographic Foundations I 3 credit
DART 120 - Commercial Design I 3 credit
DART 130 - Digital Imaging 3 credit
DART 210 - Photographic Foundations II 3 credit
DART 220 - Commercial Design II 3 credit
DART 250 - Studio Photography 3 credit
DART 270 - Architectural Photography 3 credit
DART 280 - Digital Arts as a Business 3 credit
MGMT 235 - Small Business Management 3 credit
MRKT 233 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit

Other programs

MCC also offers Digital Arts Certificate and Digital Arts Job Training programs.

Note:

Minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) required for all associate degree programs.