Sample Degree Pathway for Digital Media
For students who entered fall 2025 and beyond.
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DGMD.1100 | Introduction to Media Arts Production | 3 |
| DGMD.1000 | Introduction to Digital Media (Diversity and Cultural Awareness - DCA) | 3 |
| ENGL.1010 /
HONR.1100 | College Writing I /
First Year Seminar in Honors: Text in the City (CW) | 3 |
| FAHS.1090 | First Year Experience Seminar1 | 1 |
| MATH.xxxx | Math Perspective (MATH), (Quantitative Literacy - QL) | 3 |
| WLxx.xxxx | Language 1 a nd Culture2 | 3 |
| Total | 16 | |
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester
Junior Year
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DGMD.3700 | Concept to Completion | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Digital Media Elective (3000-4000)4 | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Social Sciences Perspective (SS) | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Arts and Humanities Perspective (AH) | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Free Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
Senior Year
Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DGMD.4750 | Internship in Digital Media | 3 |
| DGMD.4980 | Digital Media Capstone (Applied and Integrative Learning - AIL), (Written and Oral Communication - WOC), (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving - CTPS) | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Digital Media Elective (3000-4000)4 | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Free Elective | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Social Sciences Perspective (SS) | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DGMD.4980 | Digital Media Capstone (AIL), (WOC), (CTPS) | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Free Elective | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Digital Media Elective4 | 3 |
| xxxx.xxxx | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Perspective (STEM) | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
Total Minimum Credits = 120
Minimum Digital Media Credits: 36
Maximum Digital Media Credits that can be counted toward graduation: 54
1Required for entering Freshmen.
2World Ready Language Track (WR track) requires successful completion of a two course sequence in a World Language (depending on placement) and three approved courses on the culture/history/literature/film related to that language, but taught in English. (Total of 15 credits.) For detailed information refer to Policies - Language Requirements in the undergraduate catalog.
3The following courses can be taken instead:
- ENGL.3691 History and Theory of Media
- PHIL.3850 Philosophy of Popular Culture
- PHIL.3420 Critical Theory and Society
- PHIL.3160 Philosophy and Film
- SOCI.3800 Sociology of Mass Media
4Digital Media Electives:
- AEST.3623 Politics and a photograph
- AEST.3620 Post-digital Aesthetics
- ARTS.2420 Language of Video
- ARTS.2770 Compositing and Motion Graphics
- ARTS.2780 Interactive Media
- ARTS.3610 Photography I
- ARTS.3635 Film and Darkroom Photography
- ARTS.3730 Professional Photography
- ARTS.3982 Study Abroad/Photography in the Azores
- CRIM.2230 Crime and the Media
- DGMD.1050 Introduction to Film Studies
- DGMD.2450 Social Media Management
- DGMD.3000 Multimedia Storytelling
- DGMD.3300 Digital Cinematography
- DGMD.3420 Documentary Filmmaking
- DGMD.3500 Topics in Digital Media
- DGMD.3502 Production Management for Film
- DGMD.3701 Visual Motion Effects
- DGMD.4000 Directed Study in Digital Media
- DGMD.4100 Multi-Camera Production
- DGMD.4110 Titles in Motion
- DGMD.4200 Podcasting
- DGMD.4300 Directing for Film
- ENGL.2220 Oral Communication
- ENGL.2260 Scientific and Technical Communication
- ENGL.2320 Turning Fiction into Film
- ENGL.3000 Intro to Journalism
- ENGL.3050 Reviewing the Arts
- ENGL.3100 Writing Popular Fiction
- ENGL.3200 Personal and Reflective Writing
- ENGL.3410 Studies in Film
- ENGL.3411 International Cinema Studies: French New Wave
- ENGL.3920 Visual Rhetoric
- ENGL.3690 Reading and Writing New Media
- ENGL.3691 History and Theory of Media
- ENGL.3692 Writing about Video Games
- ENGL.3870 Introduction to Editing and Publishing
- ENGL.4070 Creative Writing Fiction II
- HIST.2860 United States History through Film
- HIST.3480 Making an Historical Documentary
- LGST.3720 Sports, Entertainment and Art Law
- LGST.3860 Intellectual Property
- MUHI.4560 Film Music
- THEA.2010 Introduction to Theater
- THEA.2610 Acting 1
- THEA.3620 Acting II
- WLIT.3800 Italian Cinema: Directors and Themes
- WLPO.3030 Survey of Brazilian Cinema
- WLAN.4005 Student Film Festival
- PHIL.2330 Philosophy of Popular Culture
- PHIL.2530 Critical Theory & Society
- PHIL.2310 Philosophy and Film
Additional Requirements
- Students must take 36 credits within the Digital Media major with at least 15 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level. Students may take all courses within the designation DGMD if they choose.
- Students may not take more than two (2) courses from a single department outside of Digital Media to fulfill the major credit hours’ requirements.
No more than two Breadth of Knowledge (BOK) courses can be taken with the same prefix. The Core Curriculum courses may be taken in any sequence. Refer to the Core Curriculum policy for further details. You should meet with your faculty advisor to determine how you will meet the Core Curriculum requirements.
Current UMass Lowell students should use their Advisement Report in SiS. If you need assistance, please contact your advisor.
Restriction on off-campus study:
Be advised that any course taken at another institution must be formally approved prior to enrollment.
See the catalog policy for details.