GE Pathway: Digital Life
Digital technologies, such as computers, smartphones, social media, and the Internet, play increasingly central roles in 21st-century life. Courses in the Digital Life General Education Pathway (and the associated Digital Literacies General Education Minor) explore our understandings and uses of digital technologies and their impacts in various personal, professional, political, economic, and social-cultural contexts. Students consider the opportunities and challenges these technologies present, and they cultivate crucial digital and information literacies -- understandings, judgments, and practical skills necessary for navigating and thriving in an increasingly complex, interconnected, and mediated world.
Students interested in this pathway, have the option of completing a GE minor. See information on GE Minor: Digital Literacies.
Course List:
Students are advised to complete at least four courses (12 units) from the following list of courses, by choosing one course from four of the following six categories:
GE Category E -- Foundations Seminar
Choose one of the following:
- ADMN 1003: Leadership for Global Challenges: Exploring the Digital Mindset
- CAL 1130: Digital You/U
- CSE 1290: College Learning for Lives and Careers in the Information Age
GE Category A3 -- Critical Thinking
- CSE 1100: Critical Thinking Through Computer Programming
GE Category B5 -- Upper Division Scientific Inquiry
- PHYS 3010: The Science of Digital Sound and Music
GE Category C1 -- Arts
Choose one of the following:
- CAL 1500: Digital Humanities and Arts (DI)
- MUS 2266: Creating digital Media Using Personal Electronic Technology
GE Category C4 -- Upper Division Arts & Humanities
Choose one of the following:
- COMM 3332: Movies in the Digital Age
- PHIL 3001: Philosophy in the World (WI; Topic: Philosophy in the World: Real Ethics for a Virtual World)
GE Category D4 -- Social Science
- COMM 3305: Digital Media and Society