Digital Culture and Data Analytics (DCDA) is an interdisciplinary set of programs designed for students with an interest in how digital technologies can be used to shape, analyze, and articulate contemporary culture.
Historically, students in the liberal arts graduate with strong abilities in research, analysis, and verbal and written communication. Both the DCDA major and minor will build on those skills by giving students experience with big data, data visualization, web-based writing, and the foundations of coding and visual design.
The DCDA program has offered a 21-hour minor since 2017. Starting in Fall 2023, it will also offer a 33-hour Bachelor of Science (BS) major.
You can view the program’s official page on the TCU Admissions site:
https://www.tcu.edu/academics/programs/digital-culture-data-analytics.php
Major Requirements:
Students majoring in Digital Culture and Data Analytics (DCDA) complete 33 hours of coursework: 5 required courses, 2 required program electives, and a choice of 4 additional courses from an approved list (see below). In choosing these courses, students take no more than 2 courses from any single discipline. A minimum of 9 hours at the upper-division is required. With the exception of the Statistics requirement, no other course in the DCDA program may count for another major or minor.
The major’s 33 hours to include:
Required courses: (15 hours)
Intro
WRIT 20303 (Writing Games)
or ENGL 20813 (Intro to Digital Humanities)
or WRIT 20323 (Intro the Multimedia Authoring)
Statistics
MATH 10043 (Elementary Statistics)
or INSC 20153 (Statistical Analysis)
Coding
GEOG 30323 (Data Analysis and Visualization)
or WRIT 20833 (Introduction to Coding in the Humanities)
or COSC 10603 (Introduction to Python for Data Analysis)
Multimedia Authoring
WRIT 40163 (Multimedia Authoring I: Image & Hypertext)
or WRIT 40263 (Multimedia Authoring II: Animation & Film)
or WRIT 40363 (Multimedia Authoring III: Apps & Ebooks)
or WRIT 40463 (Multimedia Authoring IV: Comics Production)
or WRIT 40563 (Multimedia Authoring V: Sound & Podcasting)
Capstone or Thesis
DCDA 40003 (Senior Honors Thesis)
DCDA 40833 (Capstone in Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
Elective courses: (18 hours)
DC & DA Electives (6 hours total)
Digital Culture Elective (see DC category below)
Data Analytics Elective (see DA category below)
General Electives
The remaining 12 hours may be selected from either category and may include courses from both categories.
Minor Requirements:
Students minoring in Digital Culture and Data Analytics (DCDA) complete 21 hours of coursework: 4 required and a choice of 3 additional courses from an approved list (see below). In choosing these courses, students take no more than 2 courses from any single discipline. A minimum of 9 hours at the upper-division is required. Students who minor in Digital Culture and Data Analytics must choose whether DCDA-approved courses in their major discipline will count toward the major or the minor. No course may count for both.
The 21 hours to include:
Required courses: (12 hours)
MATH 10043 (Elementary Statistics)
or INSC 20153 (Statistical Analysis)
GEOG 30323 (Data Analysis and Visualization)
or WRIT 20833 (Introduction to Coding in the Humanities)
or COSC 10603 (Introduction to Python for Data Analysis)
WRIT 40163 (Multimedia Authoring I: Image & Hypertext)
or WRIT 40263 (Multimedia Authoring II: Animation & Film)
or WRIT 40363 (Multimedia Authoring III: Apps & Ebooks)
or WRIT 40463 (Multimedia Authoring IV: Comics Production)
or WRIT 40563 (Multimedia Authoring V: Sound & Podcasting)
DCDA 40833 (Capstone in Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
Elective courses: (9 hours)
The remaining 9 hours may be selected from either category and may include courses from both categories.
Digital Culture (DC) Courses:
ANTH/SOCI
ANTH 40523 – Mass Media and Culture
SOCI 30583 – Technology, Social Media, and Society
ARGD
ARGD 10143 – Introduction to Visual Communication
ARGD 20453 – Intro to Computer Graphics
ARST
ARST 10123 – Design & Color
ARST 20503 – Video Art: Beginning New Media
ARST 20743 – Photography (and many other photography courses)
ARST 30510 – 3D Modeling and 3D Printing: Advanced New Media
ARST 30610 – Interactive Robotics and Art
ENGL/WRIT
ENGL 20813 – Intro to Digital Humanities
CRWT 30363 – Digital Creative Writing
ENGL/WRIT 30803 – Theories of Cinema
WRIT 20303 – Writing Games
WRIT 20333 – Language, Technology, and Society
WRIT 30223 – Technical Writing and Information Design
WRIT 30283 – Cyberliteracies
WRIT 30893 – Digital Inclusiveness: Cultural Identity and Authoring
WRIT 40163 – Multimedia Authoring: Image and Hypertext
WRIT 40233 – Writing for Publication
WRIT 40243 – Professional Writing
WRIT 40263 – Multimedia Authoring: Animation and Film
WRIT 40283 – Editing and Publishing
WRIT 40363 – Multimedia Authoring: Mobile Apps and eBooks
WRIT 40463 – Multimedia Authoring IV: Comics Production
WRIT 40563 – Multimedia Authoring V: Sound & Podcasting
HIST
HIST 30673 – History of Museums and Collecting
HIST 30803 – Recent US Urban History: Race, Space, and Community Activism
HIST 30813 – Texas Communities Oral History Project
RELI
RELI 30483 – Digital Religion
STCO
STCO 30653 – Web Apps
STCO 40803 – New Media
STCO 36403 – Digital Storytelling
STCO 40970 (Special Topics) – History of Digital Media
Data Analytics (DA) Courses
COSC
COSC 10603 – Introduction to Python for Data Analysis
CRJU
CRJU 20883 – Criminal Justice Research Methods II
CRJU 30703 – Crime Mapping
ECON
ECON 40313 – Econometrics
GEOL
GEOL 30363 – Intro to Geospatial Tech
GEOG
GEOG 30313 – Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 30323 – Data Analysis & Visualization
GEOG 40313 – Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 40323 – Urban and Business Applications of Geographic Information Systems
INCS
INSC 20153 – Statistical Analysis
MATH
MATH 10043 – Elementary Statistics
WRIT
WRIT 20833 – Introduction to Coding in the Humanities
Want to Talk to Someone about DCDA?
Please email Dr. Curt Rode with any and all questions about either DCDA program: dcda@tcu.edu or c.rode@tcu.edu
Major & Minor
Digital Culture & Data Analytics