Digital Media
https://advising.soc.northwestern.edu/academic_modules/digital-media/
Module Requirements (4 units)
Prerequisites (1 unit)
Students may be concurrently enrolled or have immediate plans for enrollment in this course when applying for admission to the module.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| COMM_ST 227-0 | Communication & Technology |
Elective Courses (3 units)
Students may take any 3 of the following, of which at least 2 must be COMM_ST.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| COMM_ST 351-0 | Technology & Human Interaction |
| COMM_ST 352-0 | Social Network Analysis |
| COMM_ST 353-0 | Collaboration Technology |
| COMM_ST 358-0 | Algorithms and Society |
| COMM_ST 371-0 | Cultural Analytics |
| COMM_ST 375-0 | The Sociology of Online News |
| COMM_ST 378-0 | Online Communities and Crowds |
| COMM_ST 388-0 | Internet and Society |
| COMM_ST 395-0 | Topics in Communication Studies * |
| COMP_SCI 295-0 | Special Topics in Computer Science (Lifting the Black Box: Computation for Social Scientists (Note: This topic, with this course number, is the only one that is approved for the module)) |
| COMP_SCI 314-0 | Technology and Human Interaction |
| COMP_SCI 330-0 | Human Computer Interaction |
| COMP_SCI 348-0 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence |
| DSGN 305-0 | Human-Centered Service Design |
| DSGN 306-0 | UX Design |
| JOUR 342-1 | Knight Lab: Studio |
| JOUR 376-0 | Media Design (Topics: Digital Design for Social Change) |
*Acceptable topics for COMM_ST 395-0:
- Algorithmic News Media
- Digital Communication
- Digital Media and Health Communication
- Information Visualization
- Introduction to Social Network Analysis
- Knight Lab Studio
- Social Media, Technology, and Mental Health
- Spatial Data Science and Spatial Computing
- Storytelling with Data Visualization
- Understanding Digital Media: Practicum in Qualitative Methods
Additional Requirements (0 units)
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| CMN 370-0 | Module Capstone |
This zero-credit course encompasses all co-curricular activities and the capstone project required for completion of the module.