The growing use of digital content has made society demand new ways of collaborating, communicating and learning through new digital technologies, particular in the media and entertainment industries. This requires creative, innovative professionals who can produce digital audiovisual and interactive artistic content to drive the use of these technologies. At B.A. in Digital Arts, you will have the technical skills, with a human and artistic orientation, to generate art and technology in diverse settings.
Career field
On graduating from B.A. in Digital Arts, you will be able to work in national and international production companies or as a freelancer specializing in:
Animation/Visual Development
Videogames/Mixed realities
Visual effects
Multimedia shows
Culture
Education and training
Scientific dissemination
Is this right for you?
If you are sensitive to art, you like to represent ideas through visual concepts, and you are interested in the field of creative industries and animation, the B.A. in Digital Arts may be your path.
The B.A. in Digital Art program has the goal to educate professionals proficient in the use of innovative digital technologies, capable of creating digital and artistic audiovisual contents that boost the use of emerging technologies in areas such as education, entertainment, culture and science. The graduate of this program has the technical skills, under an artistic and humanistic focus to generate artistic and technological projects in a wide variety of mediums.
Competencies
Integrate the elements of an audiovisual narrative in the creation of digital content.
Develop the visual aesthetics of an art and technology project, according to the project requirements.
Produce art and technology projects, integrating narrative, artistic concept and animation techniques.
Entry profile
Tecnológico de Monterrey is looking for a new generation of students that have finished their high school studies and are talented, enthusiastic individuals, who are committed to the development of their environment and the wellbeing of society; people who have the potential to study an undergraduate program and become leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, humanistic sense and competitive on an international stage.
Entry requirements: High school or equivalent.
The three stages of the model
Choose your path
Exploration
You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
You will learn the foundations of the area of Creative Studies.
You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Creative Studies, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.
Focus
You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.
Specialization
You have decided between diversifying or focusing deeply in your major, which you will achieve by choosing a concentration or a stay, to name a few of your options. The TEC Semester is a flexible time to start.
You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
By passing a concentration, you will develop your competencies, and, on graduating, will be a candidate for obtaining a Diploma in that concentration, after meeting the established requirements.
How can you specialize?
Concentrations
Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.
Internships
Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.
International experiences
Experience life outside Mexico to broaden your horizons and delve into the topics of your interest.
Courses or blocks
Choose the education units that best adapt to your objectives, enabling you to specialize in your specific interests.
Concentrations
Disciplinary
Delve into your field of study
Art and Architecture Theory, History and Criticism
Arts and Tech Incubator
Creative Writing in the Digital Era
Digital Journalism
Digital Modeling and Sculpture
Entrepreneurship in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Film Production and Direction
Film Studies
Illustration and Sequential Narrative
Media Experimental Creation
Open Innovation and Technology Transfer
Sound Design and Post-Production
Stop Motion
Technology-Based Design and Futures
User Experience and Interfaces
Video Game Design
Transversal
Delve into other fields of study
Conscious Business
Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Tools
Design, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Families, Sustainability and Transcendence
Entrepreneurship in Action
Financial Vision for Decision-Making
Government and Public Transformation
Mexican Culture
Quality of Life and Well-Being
Social Innovation
Jewelry Design, Manufacturing and Marketing
*These concentraciones are not the definitive offer and their availability varies by campus.
B.A. in Digital Arts Syllabus
General education course
Area exploration courses
Introductory block (CHALLENGE)
Area exploration block (CHALLENGE)
Exploration topic (CHALLENGE)
Track integrating block (CHALLENGE)
Disciplinary course
Disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
Integrating disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
TEC Semester
Multidisciplinary professional elective (CHALLENGE)
