Tulane’s Digital Media Practices Program offers a coordinate major focused on the art and practice of digital storytelling. Courses in the program offer hands-on experience in Narrative and Documentary Filmmaking, Interactive Media, Game Studies, Emergent Journalism, Podcasting, and Digital Sound. After completing introductory coursework, students choose an area of specialization leading to a 2-semester Capstone Project. Many students choose to write, produce, and direct their own short films. However, our program also encourages our students to think creatively about their capstone projects, whether these projects are documentary short films, full-length screenplays, multi-episode podcasts, radio dramas, interactive media exhibitions, experimental video games, web-based projects, or a combination of all these elements. The Digital Media Practices Program gives students the opportunity to work closely with experienced and supportive faculty interested in allowing students’ passion and vision to help to define their goals.
The Coordinate Major in Digital Media Practices first requires students to declare a major in another discipline before declaring the DMPC coordinate major. The program is an interdisciplinary, 30 credit major that can include courses from the Music, Theatre and Dance, Communication, Art, English, Computer Science Departments, and the Film Studies Program.
The coordinate major in Digital Media Practices is an interdisciplinary, 30 credit program that can include courses from Digital Media Practices, Film Studies, Music, Theatre and Dance, Communication, Art, or English. Students will take 5 required courses and 5 electives:
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| *Course substitutions for required courses may be approved after consultation with the program director. | ||
| DMPC 2001 | Introduction to Digital Filmmaking | 3 |
| DMPC 2002 | Narrative Filmmaking | 3 |
| DMPC 5550 | Advanced Digital Filmmaking I | 3-4 |
| DMPC 5560 | Adv Digital Filmmaking II | 3-4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Film Analysis | ||
| New Media Theory | ||
| New Media Theory | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select 15 credits of Electives: | 15 | |
| All courses in DMPC can count as Electives in the DMPC major. | ||
| 2000 level DMPC courses: | ||
| Intro to Game Studies | ||
| Experimental Game Design | ||
| Personal Data Narratives | ||
| Introduction to Podcasting and Social Justice | ||
| Podcasting Production I | ||
| 3 - 1 credit DMPC courses can count as 1-DMPC 3 credit elective | ||
| Documentary Visual Language | ||
| Movement in Cinematography | ||
| DMPC Collaborative Lab | ||
| 3000, 4000 level DMPC courses: | ||
| Screenwriting *Screenwriters can petition DMPC 3000 to count as DMPC 5550 | ||
| Development: From Pitch to Picture | ||
| Directing Actors for Screen | ||
| TV & Film Sound Design | ||
| Lighting & Cinematography | ||
| Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking | ||
| Color Correction and Grading for Television and Film | ||
| Media for Community Health and Well Being | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Producing Media for Social Change | ||
| Contemp Film as Art & Industry | ||
| Public Service Internship | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| 5000 level DMPC courses: | ||
| Advanced Digital Media Production I * Can be taken in place of DMPC 5550 by petition | ||
| Advanced Digital Media Production II * Can be taken in place of DMPC 5550 by petition | ||
| Courses in other departments that count for DMPC electives: | ||
| Art: | ||
| Foundations of Art: Digital Photography | ||
| Foundations of Art: Digital Arts I | ||
| Digital Arts II | ||
| Photography II: Expansive Practice | ||
| Advanced Photography: Skills and Concepts | ||
| Advanced Photography: Individual Projects | ||
| Time-Based Media | ||
| Communication: | ||
| Visual Communication | ||
| Feminist Doc & New Media | ||
| U.S. Film History | ||
| Cinema Technology Modernity | ||
| Dance: | ||
| Choreography & Media | ||
| English: | ||
| Creative Writing | ||
| Literature and Film | ||
| Internship | ||
| Topics in Adv Creative Writing | ||
| Music: | ||
| Voice/Vocal Jazz | ||
| Composition for Electronic Media I | ||
| Computer Apps In Music | ||
| Voice/Vocal Jazz | ||
APMS 3230 | ||
| Music For Film | ||
| Music & Dsp | ||
| Music Performance System | ||
| Algorithmic & Comp Music | ||
| History: | ||
HISU 3500 | ||
| Theatre: | ||
| Fundamentals of Acting | ||
| Acting I | ||
| Directing I: The Foundation | ||
| Production & Design I | ||
| Acting For Other Media | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 30-32 | |