Academic Programs Catalog

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Experience Architecture is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary field of study and practice, allowing students to develop theoretical knowledge and advanced skills in experience architecture with an emphasis on user experience in digital environments. Students are prepared for careers in user experience, interaction design, design research, usability, information architecture, project management, interface development, and web development. Students enrolled in this major will complete a research-based, team-focused capstone experience to develop an information and interactions Experience Architecture of "XA" that transforms, for the better, a social practice the students have observed.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Experience Architecture

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Experience Architecture.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Experience Architecture major is met by completing Experience Architecture 333 referenced in item 3. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Arts and Letters for the Bachelor of Arts degree, including a two-year competency in a foreign language. The cognate requirement is not required for the Experience Architecture major.
3. The following requirements for the major (53 credits):

   a.	All of the following courses (41 credits):
   	AL	250	Career Strategies for Arts and Letters Students						1
   	GD	160	Digital Graphic Design: Tools and Methods						3
   	GD	260	Concepts of Graphic Design						3
   	GD	303	Experimental Design Practices						3
   	GD	468	Interaction Design						3
   	PHL	355	Philosophy of Technology (W)						4
   	WRA	210	Introduction to Web Authoring						3
   	WRA	401	Rhetoric, Leadership, and Innovation						3
   	WRA	410	Advanced Web Authoring						3
   	WRA	415	Digital Rhetoric						3
   	XA	242	Introduction to Experience Architecture						3
   	XA	310	Computational Thinking for the Humanities						3
   	XA	333	Researching Experience Architecture (W)						3
   	XA	466	Experience Architecture Capstone						3
   b.	Four of the following courses (12 credits):
   	GD	467	Motion Design						3
   	STA	380	Electronic Art						3
   	STA	384	Experiments in Digital Video						3
   	STA	385	Interactive Environments and Digital Fabrication						3
   	XA	375	Information Architecture						3
   	XA	482	Experience Architecture Internship						1 to 3
   	WRA	260	Writing, Rhetoric, Cultures, and Community						3
   	WRA	320	Technical Communication (W)						3
   	WRA	420	Content Strategy						3