Media Arts and Sciences ,Minor
Interdisciplinary, Programming, Technology, computers, media
Do you wish you could immerse yourself in exciting, innovative technologies and media while using practices of humanities and global thinking? Whether you enjoy crafting technology from scratch or designing new ways to imagine technological futures, you can create, develop and engage the technological world around you.
In the media arts and sciences minor, you enhance your program of study through integrated, interdisciplinary training in creative processes and technical skills in new media with cultural applications.
You develop both the technical skills to create computational media and the cultural skills to know when or why to apply them. You learn to create computational media (computation combined with objects, sound, video, time, space, culture and bodies); breathe behavior into media, objects or systems by programming; and think critically about how computation impacts lives and how culture makes a difference in the ways that people experience computational media --- a critical skill in this dynamic age.
The GAME School educates the next generation of learners, empowering you with technofluency --- its development, application and implications. You are prepared to be a socially aware, critically thinking global citizen who strives to bring about positive change in a society that's increasingly shaped by new technologies.
- College/school:
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- Location: Tempe
2026-2027 Catalog Year
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The minor in media arts and sciences consists of 21 credit hours of coursework, including 12 credit hours of upper division electives. A minimum grade of "C" (2.00) is required in all courses for the minor. For those pursuing a minor, a minimum overall GPA of "C" (2.00) is required. |
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AME 111 Introduction to Digital Culture
(HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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AME 112 Computational Thinking for Media Arts
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AME 230 Programming for the Media Arts
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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AME Elective
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MDC Elective
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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Upper Division
AME Elective
or
Upper Division
MDC Elective
12 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 12 |
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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.
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GPA Requirement: None
Incompatible Majors: All media arts and sciences majors
Other Enrollment Requirements: None
Current ASU undergraduate students may pursue a minor and have it recognized on their ASU transcript at graduation. Minor requirements appear on the degree audit once the minor is added. Certain major and minor combinations may be deemed inappropriate by the college or department of either the major program or the minor. Courses taken for the minor may not count toward both the major and minor.
Media arts and sciences graduates have learned techniques that can transform society, and they communicate using contemporary computational media, a vital power in the world. These skills, along with specialized knowledge and judgment, complement their major program of study and help them become more marketable to employers.
Graduates work in cultural communication, marketing, design, social media, health, education, entertainment and creative arts. They can also find opportunities in all areas in which culture is shaped by technology and computational media, including mobile app design, audio production and autonomous systems.
The GAME School
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STAUF-B 217
TheGameSchool@asu.edu
480-965-9432
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