2009-10 Undergraduate Catalog
Majors
The digital arts and sciences (DAS) program crosses college boundaries between engineering and fine arts. This degree is an interdisciplinary engineering program.
Students take art and other interdisciplinary courses along with the core computer classes. Graduates will be well versed in issues and solutions for basic art technique, and graphic art design, as well as modeling 3D virtual worlds. The DAS graduate also will be well versed in collaborative multidisciplinary team models. Intermediate and final class projects are centered around a balanced-team composition focusing on multimedia productions.
A minimum grade of C or higher is required in ENC 3254, CIS 3020 or 3023, and EEL 3701C. In addition, CISE requires all DAS students to maintain a cumulative, upper-division and department grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
Students who do not meet these requirements will be placed on academic probation and required to prepare a probation contract with a CISE adviser. Students normally are given two terms in which to remove their deficit points; however, students who do not satisfy the conditions of the first term of probation may be dismissed from the department.
To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college and major requirements.
| Digital Arts and Sciences |
| College: Engineering |
| Degree: Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts and Sciences |
| Hours for Degree: 121 |
| Minor: No |
| Combined-Degree Program: Yes |
| Website: www.cise.ufl.edu/student_services/undergrad/das/ |
The digital arts and sciences (DAS) program crosses college boundaries between engineering and fine arts. This degree is an interdisciplinary engineering program.
Students take art and other interdisciplinary courses along with the core computer classes. Graduates will be well versed in issues and solutions for basic art technique, and graphic art design, as well as modeling 3D virtual worlds. The DAS graduate also will be well versed in collaborative multidisciplinary team models. Intermediate and final class projects are centered around a balanced-team composition focusing on multimedia productions.
Department Requirements
A minimum grade of C or higher is required in ENC 3254, CIS 3020 or 3023, and EEL 3701C. In addition, CISE requires all DAS students to maintain a cumulative, upper-division and department grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
Students who do not meet these requirements will be placed on academic probation and required to prepare a probation contract with a CISE adviser. Students normally are given two terms in which to remove their deficit points; however, students who do not satisfy the conditions of the first term of probation may be dismissed from the department.
To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college and major requirements.
Critical Tracking and Recommended Semester Plan
Semester 1:
- 2.0 UF GPA for semesters 1-5
- 2.5 GPA on all critical-tracking coursework for semesters 1-5
- Complete 1 of 8 critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C within two attempts: ARH 2051, CHM 2045, MAC 2311, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAP 2302, PHY 2048 and PHY 2049
Semester 2:
- Complete 1 additional critical-tracking course with a minimum grade of C within two attempts
Semester 3:
- Complete 2 additional critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C within two attempts
Semester 4:
- Complete 2 additional critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C within two attempts
Semester 5:
- Complete all 8 critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C in each course within two attempts
To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold.
Recommended semester plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| ARH 2051 Introduction to the Principles and History of Art 2 (GE-H, N) | 3 |
| CHM 2045 General Chemistry 1 (GE-P) | 3 |
| CHM 2045L General Chemistry 1 Laboratory (GE-P) | 1 |
| MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 (GE-M) | 4 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| CAP 3032 Interactive Modeling and Animation | 3 |
| MAC 2312 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 | 4 |
| PHY 2048 Physics with Calculus 1 (GE-P) | 3 |
| PHY 2048L Laboratory for PHY 2048 (GE-P) | 1 |
| Humanities (GE-H) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| CAP 3220 Introduction to Computer-Aided Modeling | 3 |
| MAC 2313 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3 (GE-M) | 4 |
| PHY 2049 Physics with Calculus 2 | 3 |
| PHY 2049L Laboratory for PHY 2049 | 1 |
| Humanities (GE-H) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| CAP 3034 Introduction to Computer-Aided Animation | 3 |
| CIS 3020 Advanced Programming Fundamentals (GE-M) or CIS 3020 Programming for CIS Majors 1 (CISE technical elective) (will need to take CIS 3023 Programming for CIS Majors 2 the following semester) | 3 |
| MAP 2302 Elementary Differential Equations | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| ART 2305C Perceptual Drawing | 3 |
| COT 3100 Applications of Discrete Structures | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary elective (approved list) | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CAP 3027 Introduction to Digital Arts and Sciences | 3 |
| COP 3530 Data Structures and Algorithm | 4 |
| Interdisciplinary elective (approved list) | 3 |
| MAS 3114 Computational Linear Algebra | 3 |
| Total | 13 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| CAP 3020 Theory and Practice of Multimedia Production | 3 |
| CEN 3031 Introduction to Software Engineering | 3 |
| CISE elective (adviser approval) | 3 |
| COT 4501 Numerical Analysis - A Computational Approach | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| ART 2701C Sculpture: Shaping Form and Space | 3 |
| Two interdisciplinary electives (approved list) | 6 |
| Total | 9 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CDA 3101 Introduction to Software Engineering | 3 |
| CAP 4800 Systems Simulation or CIS 4930 Human Computer Interaction | 3 |
| CISE elective (approved list) | 3 |
| ENC 3254 Professional Writing in the Discipline | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
| Semester 10 | Credits |
| CAP 4730 Computational Structures in Computer Graphics | 3 |
| CIS 4914 Senior Project | 3 |
| COP 4020 Programming Language Concepts | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary elective (approved list) | 3 |
| Total | 12 |