Following are the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for the Media Design program:
- Students will articulate a sophisticated understanding of contemporary issues in media and design, communication, and technology that impact civic life, including internet infrastructure, data and algorithms, media distribution, privacy, and online participation and collaboration.
- Students will use a variety of participatory design approaches and methodologies, including human-centered design and participatory action research to co-produce creative works.
- Students will employ the appropriate strategies to effectively communicate and work with at-risk and underserved communities and groups.
- Students address, in classes and projects, the major scholarly debates regarding the interplay of new technologies, art, and civic and political life.
- Students will discuss, write about, and design projects around civic media and be able to situate local problems within a global context.
