Certificate in Digital Arts and Culture

The Digital Arts and Culture (DAC) undergraduate certificate is an interdisciplinary degree program, combining courses in the areas of arts, humanities, social sciences, and information studies. The program aims to empower learning communities by leading students to a variety of opportunities: to develop skills and understanding of new knowledge production and research methods; to operate with confidence as media practitioners and global communicators with a diverse range of media literacies; and to collaborate and contribute as creative problem solvers using digital media in a networked culture.Students in the Digital Arts & Culture program will be able to:Analyze digital and electronic media systems, explaining what these platforms do and how they do it.Engage with complex digital issues: online, offline, via ubiquitous computing hardware and software.Organize information, both architecturally and visually, structuring software, websites, advertisements, social media, and more.Demonstrate hands-on, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary, media production with artists and designers.

All applicants whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency in one of the following ways: An approved test score that meets the requirement for regular or conditional admission. University study: Completion of at least 18 months of full-time, for-credit academic study (approximately three semesters) at a recognized or accredited institution of higher education whose language of instruction is English immediately prior to enrollment at UWM. Secondary/high school study: Proof of completion of the last two years of secondary/high school at an institution whose language of instruction is English immediately prior to enrollment at UWM. TOEFL IBT - 79 or higher, TOEFL PBT - 548 or higher, IELTS - 6.5