STEM-classified degree: graduates are eligible for 3 years of Optional Practical Training (OPT) in the USA. ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the largest comprehensive design and arts school in the USA. Digital media has revolutionized how we live, learn, create and communicate. Learn how to use, misuse and reimagine digital technology, computational systems and interactive media. You won't just learn the how of tech, but also the why, using your artistic vision and a human-centric perspective to shape a vibrant digital future. The School of Arts, Media and Engineering educates the next generation of learners and empowers them with technofluency --- its development, application and implications.The BA program in media arts and sciences offers students technical skills to develop computational media, and cultural skills to apply them meaningfully. Students immerse themselves in hands-on projects, explore the intertwined evolution of culture, society and tech, and create computational media systems with sound, video, objects, space and immersive media. This fusion of arts, humanities and engineering foundations allows students not only to craft innovative digital media but also to think critically about how technology and society are coproductive. The program's overarching goal is to develop socially conscious global citizens who are ready to navigate and shape a more connected and creative digital world.Media Arts and Sciences -- Film concentrationThis concentration program is offered in partnership with The Sidney Poitier New American Film School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. In the concentration in film, students complement their knowledge of media arts and sciences with discipline-specific courses that focus on foundations of filmmaking practices, knowledge of the film industry and hands-on practice of digital processes in filmmaking.
3.0 GPA or equivalent. Must have three years of high school coursework. (If you are currently in high school, ASU needs to see 9–11 grade coursework. If you have completed high school, ASU needs to see 10–12 grade coursework.) Must have and present a completed high school diploma or certificate.