The Minor in Digital Storytelling, which is administered by the School of Journalism, prepares students for a media-focused world and provides them with the tools and techniques needed for creative, entrepreneurial and analytical processes and production. Students gain the marketable skills necessary to pursue career paths in film, television, corporate communications, digital advertising, new media and other fields that use sound and image to entertain, inform and/or educate.
The minor is available as an elective to students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department and college that administer the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.
Students who plan to apply to the program should consult the undergraduate advisor in the School of Journalism.
Requirements for the Minor in Digital Storytelling
Complete 15 credits from the following:
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Both of the following Core courses (6 credits): |
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CAS |
112 |
Story, Sound and Motion |
3 |
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DS |
113 |
Story, Sound and Motion II |
3 |
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Complete 9 credits from the following: |
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DS |
202 |
Writing for Digital Storytelling |
3 |
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DS |
211 |
Documentary Film History and Theory |
3 |
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DS |
241 |
Filmmaking I: Basics of Film Production |
3 |
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DS |
242 |
Multicam Production I |
3 |
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DS |
243 |
Audio Storytelling |
3 |
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DS |
311 |
Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking |
3 |
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DS |
341 |
Filmmaking II: Creating Short Films |
3 |
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DS |
342 |
Multicam Production II |
3 |
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DS |
343 |
Podcasting |
3 |
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DS |
344 |
Sound Design for Storytelling |
3 |
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DS |
351 |
Producing for Cinema and Television |
3 |
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DS |
409 |
Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques |
3 |
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DS |
440 |
Advanced Video Editing |
3 |
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DS |
441 |
Filmmaking III: Advanced Filmmaking Capstone (W) |
3 |
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DS |
442A |
Multicam Production for Arts (W) |
3 |
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DS |
442B |
Multicam Production for Sports (W) |
3 |
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DS |
442C |
Multicam Production for News (W) |
3 |
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DS |
443 |
Advanced Audio Design (W) |
3 |
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JRN |
212 |
2D Animation Storytelling |
3 |
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JRN |
312 |
Stop Motion Animation Storytelling (W) |
3 |
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JRN |
412 |
Scoring for Moving Pictures |
3 |
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JRN |
413 |
3D Animation Storytelling |
3 |