Digital Design (Pullman and Tri-Cities only)

This option is focused on visual communication and adaptive methodologies in design for diverse communities. Students pursuing this option learn about methods and approaches in graphic design, multimedia design, content creation and information visualization using industry standard digital tools and platforms. This option also integrates static, moving, and interactive media theories, histories, and production to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the contemporary design field.

This option is available on the Pullman and Tri-Cities campuses. A student may be admitted to the DTC – Digital Design Option upon making their intention known to the department. This option requires 42 credits of major-specific coursework.

First Year
First Term	Credits
DTC 101 [ARTS]	3
English 101 [WRTG]	3
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]1,2	3
Foreign Language, if needed, or Electives	6
Second Term	Credits
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]	3
DTC 201	3
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]	3
Foreign Language, if needed, or Electives1,2	6
Second Year
First Term	Credits
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab3	4
DTC 206 [EQJS] or 475 [DIVR]	3
Humanities [HUM]	3
Electives2	5
Second Term	Credits
DTC 209 or 354	3
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab3	4
Social Sciences [SSCI]	3
Electives2	5
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First Term	Credits
DTC 336	3
DTC 355 or 375 [M]4	3
Equity and Justice [EQJS] or Diversity [DIVR]5	3
Electives2	6
Second Term	Credits
DTC 301 [M]	3
DTC Electives6	6
Electives2	6
Fourth Year
First Term	Credits
DTC 436	3
DTC Electives6	6
Electives6	6
Second Term	Credits
DTC 497 [CAPS]	3
DTC 498 or 4787	3
Electives2	9
Senior Exit Survey

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Footnotes

1	Two years of high school foreign language or at least two semesters of college-level foreign language are required by the College of Arts and Sciences for graduation.
2	Electives must include sufficient 300-400-level coursework to meet the University requirement of 40 credits of upper-division coursework.
3	To meet College of Arts and Sciences requirements, students must complete 1 additional lab credit of [BSCI] or [PSCI] for a total of 8 credits (2 labs).
4	Students who elect to take DTC 355 for this requirement will need to incorporate another Writing in the Major [M] course into their DTC Electives or General Electives.
5	Depending on whether a student takes DTC 206 [EQJS] or DTC 475 [DIVR] for their degree requirement, they should take a UCORE option that fulfills the opposite requirement in their third year.
6	DTC Electives (12 credits): Any DTC course not included in the degree requirements is eligible to be a DTC elective. One DTC elective course (3 credits) may be substituted by DTC 498 or 499.
7	Students who elect to take DTC 478 need to have taken DTC 355 as a prerequisite.