Bachelor of Arts Digital and Multimedia Storytelling

The Bachelor of Arts in Digital and Multimedia Storytelling equips students with the essential skills to thrive in a media-driven environment. It provides students with the tools to work in narrative and content creation in a variety of fields, careers, and professional sectors. Students develop the techniques necessary for fostering creativity, entrepreneurship, analytical thinking, and production abilities. Emphasis is on ways to present compelling narratives, how to contextualize material, and on building skills that will transfer across media and endure technological evolution.

In addition to providing a sound education, FDU will work to provide professional and experiential opportunities. Specifically, students will be connected to the relevant professional organizations in the field. Graduates from this program are well-prepared for diverse career trajectories, spanning fields within media and communication occupations such as television, film, corporate communications, digital advertising, publishing and journalism, and new media.

Program Objectives

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of how to conduct research engaging a range of media including images, text, audio, and other sources.
  2. Analyze and draw conclusions from research including text, graphics, performances, presentations, and other sources
  3. Create effective narrative content that supports a factually supported and ethical story or theme.
  4. Evaluate effective narrative content that supports a factually supported and ethical story or theme.
  5. Apply these skills to professional, real-world situations across a variety of projects, media and industries, synthesizing research in service of creative and ethical approaches to content in the job market.

Curriculum Requirements

Students will be required to complete a minimum of 120 credits for graduation. This includes 42 credits of general education requirements, 37-39 credits for the major, and 39-41 credits of free electives.

The 37-39 credits in the major are distributed as follows:

Required Intro Course (3 credits)

Arts Distribution: Text / Sound & Image / Performance & Production (12 credits)

Take at least three credits from each distribution group and an additional three credits from a group of your choice. Additional courses may be taken in these categories as free electives. Cross-listed courses can only count in one category. Courses with * have pre-requisites or co-requisites, which must be fulfilled to take the course either as part of the major or as a free elective.

Course Options for Arts Distribution: Text

Course Options for Arts Distribution: Sound & Image

Course Options for Arts Distribution: Performance & Production

Storytelling Technique (6 credits)

Select two courses (6 credits) from this category. Cross-listed courses can only count in one category.

Sociocultural Context (6 credits)

Select two courses (6 credits) from this category.

Research Methods (3 credits)

Working in Content Creation: Project Based (3 credits)

Select one course from this category.

Internship (1-3 credits)

Capstone Course (3 credits)

Select one course from SOAC 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, or 4005.

*Note: A minimum of 4 courses from among ART, CGD, CREW, DAN, FILM, MUSIC, THEA must be completed in total within the major requirements.

Contact Information
Howard Libov, Chair of Art, Communication, and Media
libovh@fdu.edu