As a digital society, there’s a growing need for professionals who understand the importance of art, media and technology in learning. In this concentration, you’ll explore how humans learn and the role arts technology plays in shaping the future of education. You’ll also learn how to drive innovation in settings ranging from libraries and science museums to after-school programs and adult education settings.
Additionally, you’ll gain insight into different types of media technologies and ways they can enhance education. Your courses will demonstrate how to use artificial intelligence, virtual reality and creative tools to facilitate learning. You’ll also develop cultural literacy, which involves understanding the sociocultural and environmental impacts of implementing technology in education.
The skills you’ll develop in this program
In this interdisciplinary program, you’ll expand your media arts and technical skills in the context of education. You’ll build competencies in programming for media creation, digital design, research, communication and collaboration. Additional skills you’ll add to your toolkit include:
- Aesthetic literacy, including form and composition.
- Computational tools and methodologies.
- Improvisation and rapid prototyping.
- Media processing and editing for video, audio and graphics.
- Modeling and inference.
- Physical computing.
- Visualization and sonification.
- User experience.
Who’s a good fit for this media arts and sciences degree?
This concentration can complement your skills whether you have a creative or technical background. For artists and creatives, this degree offers opportunities to increase your fluency with technological tools. If you’re technical-oriented, you’ll gain a foundation in the cultural and creative use of technology. Regardless of where you start, you’ll graduate prepared to reimagine learning experiences within communities, organizations and more.
If you’re interested in exploring media technologies outside of the context of education, ASU’s general Bachelor of Arts in media arts and sciences online is an option to consider. However, both the general program and the education concentration focus on cultivating your creative and technical skills, equipping you to make an impact in today’s digital world.
Bridge the arts, technology and education with a first-of-a-kind Bachelor of Arts in media arts and sciences with a concentration in education online. In this program, you’ll learn how to use media technologies to enhance learning in a variety of settings. As a graduate and digital creative, you’ll be prepared to make an impact on learners in community education spaces, classrooms, companies, nonprofit organizations and more.
You’ll take a variety of courses that allow you to explore the intersection of media arts and technology. Key topics include teaching media arts, programming for contemporary web technologies, computational photography, mixed-reality experience and animating virtual worlds. To culminate the program, you’ll complete a two-semester applied project if you want to focus on artistic technology development or a three-semester internship if you seek hands-on experience in educational settings.
ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is home to world-class scholars, artists and designers who inspire students to shape the future. Our faculty’s research is grounded in the transformative power of art and its ability to change the world. Faculty research areas include:
- Arts and design for social justice.
- Arts, education and arts-integrated education.
- Arts, entrepreneurship and cultural policy.
- Community engagement and public policy.
- Creative health collaborations.
- Design, arts, science and engineering.
- The study of creative work.
ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the home to top-ranked programs from a variety of disciplines ranging from the arts, media and engineering to film, dance and theater. We train artists and designers to leverage their creativity and problem-solving abilities to advance culture, build community and transform society.
students.
internationally recognized faculty members.
programs in arts, media and engineering, design, dance and theater, film and music.
among fine arts schools in the nation, ahead of Cornell University, Parsons School of Design and the University of California.
No, Arizona State University’s diplomas don’t specify whether you earn your degree online or in person. All diplomas and transcripts simply say “Arizona State University.”