DIGITAL ARTS AND SCIENCES at University of Florida

The Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts and Sciences (BADAS) crosses traditional college boundaries between the arts, communications, and engineering. Students will become versed in contemporary issues in social and interactive media, critical thinking and creative design solutions. The DAS graduate will gain experience working in collaborative teams on media projects including digital storytelling, animation, and game design including serious and applied games.

In addition to meeting university-level requirements, students seeking admission to this program must submit a portfolio of original student work, demonstrating competency in digital art and computer programming, as well as a personal statement, to the UF Digital Worlds Institute. The content and quality of these submissions, in addition to previous academic GPA, will be significant factors to determine admission into the program.

The personal statement refers to an original document created by the applicant that details interests, motivations and rationale for seeking program admission. The statement should be one to two pages in length and demonstrate a serious intent to pursue the program and the writing ability appropriate for admission as an upper-division student at a major American university.

Portfolio materials refer to a body of original creative or technical work authored, documented and presented in a contemporary digital format. The portfolio will contain examples of the applicant's best original work including digital art and programming completed before seeking admission to the BADAS program.

The portfolio is due by March 15 of the sophomore year for admission into upper-division coursework. Students may not take 3000/4000-level DIG courses without submission of the portfolio.

Students must complete all critical-tracking courses with minimum grades of C in each course and the minimum critical-tracking GPA must be 2.5. Students who do not meet these requirements will be placed on academic probation and required to prepare a probation contract with an advisor. 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 program.