Digital Arts and Sciences
The digital arts and sciences (DAS) program crosses college boundaries between engineering and fine arts. This degree is an interdisciplinary engineering program.
About This Major
- 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
Overview
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 techniques 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
Students must complete all critical-tracking courses with a C or better in each course and the critical-tracking GPA must be at 2.5 or higher. A grade of C or better 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 GPA 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
Equivalent critical tracking courses as determined by the State of Florida Common Course Prerequisites may be used for transfer students
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 or CHM 2095, 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 minimum grades of C within two attempts
Semester 4
- Complete 2 additional critical-tracking courses with minimum grades of C within two attempts
Semester 5
- Complete all 8 critical-tracking courses with minimum grades of C in each course within two attempts
To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold, within the timeframe set forth by the college.
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) or CHM 2095 Chemistry for Engineers 1 | 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 Physics with Calculus 1 Laboratory (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 Physics with Calculus 2 Laboratory | 1 |
| Humanities (GE-H) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| CAP 3034 Introduction to Computer-Aided Animation | 3 |
| CIS 3020 Advanced Programming Fundamentals for CIS Majors 1 (GE-M) or CIS 3022 Programming Fundamentals for CIS Majors 1 (CISE technical elective) (Take CIS 3023 Programming Fundamentals 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 |
| MAS 3114 Computational Linear Algebra | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary elective (approved list) | 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 |
| Interdisciplinary electives (two, from approved list) | 6 |
| Total | 9 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CAP 4800 Systems Simulation or CIS 4930 Human Computer Interaction | 3 |
| CDA 3101 Introduction to Software Engineering | 3 |
| CISE elective (approved list) | 3 |
| ENC 3254 Professional Writing in the Discipline (GE-C, WR) (Writing and Speaking for Engineers) | 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 |