Minor, Digital Art and Design

About This Degree

Blending technological skill with theoretical and historical perspectives on the fields, this undergraduate minor provides students with a secondary interest in digital art and design the knowledge and skills to conceive and create digitally based art and design work.

Official title: Minor, Digital Art and Design

Format: Full-time or Part-time
Credits: 16

What You'll Learn

This 16-credit, 4-course minor will offer you the skills and expertise to develop and create work in the fields of digital art and design. Led by experts in the fields of interactive design, graphic design, and art direction, you will hone your technical and artistic skills while exploring theories of visual communication and gaining hands-on experience with digital fabrication.

After taking two required courses that cover topics in typology, layout, composition, and color, you can participate in electives and a design studio course with topics that vary by semester, such as animation, motion graphics, book arts, branding, and site-specific design.

For further information on the Digital Art and Design minor, please contact artadvising@nyu.edu.

Curricular Requirements

Program Requirements

The studio art minor requires 16 credits, selected from the courses listed below.

Course List
Course	Title	Credits
Required Courses
ART-UE 401	Design I for Non-Majors (Typography)	4
ART-UE 402	Design II for Non-Majors (Layout, Composition, and Color)	4
ART-UE 1421	Design Studio for Non-Majors	4
Electives
Select one of the following:		4
ART-UE 303	Digital Art I for Non-Majors
ART-UE 1421	Design Studio for Non-Majors
Total Credits		16

Topics for ART-UE 1421 Design Studio for Non-Majors vary each semester and may include animation, motion graphics, book arts, branding, and site-specific design. If a student takes this course a second time as an elective, the topic just be different from the previous Design Studio course.