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Coding for Non-Coders

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Stand Out in the Tech Job Market with Skills in Coding 

Develop a valuable skill set that can be applied to numerous industries and job roles with a Certificate in Coding for Non-Coders from St. Edward’s.

Designed specifically for individuals without programming experience, the Certificate in Coding for Non-Coders provides a foundation in coding along with the technical vocabulary needed to communicate effectively with professionals in the tech fields. Through a sequence of three courses, you’ll develop logic, critical reasoning and other computer literacy skills,

This certificate will provide you with the basic knowledge of algorithms and scripting that enable you to program, giving you an edge in a wide variety of occupations, including digital product management, product marketing, sales development, research analysis, content management, corporate finance, and on digital journalism and content creation teams.

What will you learn?

After completing the coursework for certification, you’ll have this impressive credential to show future employers. You’ll graduate with:

  • The ability to write your own programs, including basic computer games, using an easy-to-learn scripting language (Python).
  • Experience with such topics as databases, client/server models, and using higher Python functions for data analysis, games and simple apps. 
  • Experience with digital project planning, allowing you to apply your new coding skills by conceiving, developing, testing and deploying a game or mobile app.

Open to Students from Any Major

The Certificate in Coding for Non-Coders allows you to achieve certification while pursuing your undergraduate degree. To earn the certificate, you must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the three-course sequence. Students who major in Digital Storytelling and Content Creation are encouraged to add this certificate to their credentials.

  • Beginning Coding for Non-Coders – VGAM 1310 
  • Intermediate Coding for Non-Coders – VGAM 2321 
  • Methods of Digital Production – VGAM 3332 

For more details and course descriptions, view and download the Undergraduate Bulletin (PDF).

Advanced Spanish for Health and Helping Professions

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Become a Bilingual and Bicultural Healthcare Professional

Promote health equity and boost your career with a Certificate in Advanced Spanish for the Health and Helping Professions.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health equity is achieved “when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.”

Understanding that communication is one of the keys to advancing health equity in our society, St. Edward's created the Certificate in Advanced Spanish for the Health and Helping Professions to help meet the need in the healthcare sector for bilingual and bicultural professionals.

Program Benefits

This program allows you to earn certification while pursuing your undergraduate degree. You’ll leverage your skills as a bilingual speaker or advanced second-language learner of Spanish. And you’ll be prepared for health-related professions that require specific, technical vocabulary and cultural knowledge.

The methodology of this program will be grounded in an inquiry-based approach, employ best practices from translation studies, as well as refine your written and spoken Spanish. The certificate provides an experiential learning component (internship) in the area of your major.

The certificate is designed for students with advanced oral proficiency — Spanish/English bilinguals and second-language learners.

What will you learn?

The linguistic and cultural competencies addressed in the certificate will position you to become a leader in the health and helping professions as an advocate for the Latino/Latinx population in the United States. Learning outcomes include:

  • Developing interpersonal communication skills in Spanish focused on in-person encounters and interviews in a clinical or medical setting.
  • Demonstrating cultural knowledge of the Latinx sociocultural context through research and experiential learning.
  • Applying the fundamentals of translation and interpretation necessary in healthcare settings.
  • Refining and professionalizing oral presentational skills in Spanish in order to communicate in a caring and effective manner.

The Advanced Spanish for Health and Helping Professions Certificate consists of 12 credit hours at the Advanced Spanish proficiency course level.

  • Spanish for the Health and Helping Professions – Spanish 3355
  • Spanish for Healthcare Professionals and Latino Issues in Health – Spanish 3357
  • Introduction to Translation and Interpretation – Spanish 4305
  • Internship in Advanced Spanish for the Health and Helping Professions – Spanish 4363

For more details and course descriptions, view and download the Undergraduate Bulletin (PDF).

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes.

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of Languages, Literature and Cultures webpage.

Health Communication (Minor)

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Inspire Individuals to Heed and Use Health Information

As a Health Communication minor, you’ll study audiences and their behaviors related to health practices to determine the format and frequency of messaging.

Students with an education in health communication can enter jobs in public relations, advertising, patient education, health administration, social media, healthcare policy and advocacy, community health, and other related fields.

Minor Requirements

Required Courses (6 hours required)

  • Introduction to Health Communication – COMM 3308 
  • COMM 4383 Applied Health Communication – COMM 3308 

Electives (12 hours required; at least 3 hours must be +3000)

  • Interpersonal Communication – COMM 2312 
  • Nonverbal Communication – COMM 2322  
  •  Persuasion – COMM 2326
  • Organizational Communication – COMM 2327 
  • Active Listening – COMM 2357 
  • Social Media for Public Relations – COMM 3309 
  • Teams, Collaboration and Community – COMM 3339 
  • Intercultural Communication – COMM 3344 
  • Native American and Chican@x Communication – COMM 3345 
  • Family Communication – COMM 3346 
  • Sports Communication – COMM 3372 
  • The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication – COMM 3374 
  • Public Relations for Nonprofit Organizations – COMM 4326 
  • Internship (in Health Communication) – COMM 4350 
  • Lying and Deception – COMM 4356 
  • Special Topics in Health Communication – COMM 4390 
  • General Psychology – PSYC 2301 
  • Adolescent Psychology – PSYC 2307 
  • Self and Society – SOCI 1301 
  • Social Welfare: Historic Response to Need – SOCI 2318 
  • Concepts of Physical Fitness and Wellness – KINE 2344 

Total Hours: 18

For more information about this minor and course descriptions, view and download the Undergraduate Bulletin (PDF).

Environmental Humanities

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Create a New Narrative for a Just and Sustainable Future

With a minor in Environmental Humanities, you’ll be prepared to help educate and bring to light the environmental injustices affecting vulnerable communities and populations due to climate change.

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change and strives to protect natural habitats and resources, there is a need to deftly write and speak knowledgeably about nature and the environment.

A minor in Environmental Humanities allows you to investigate how cultural narratives, attitudes and perceptions, ethics, social structures, and art shape our language about nature and interactions with the environment. You’ll learn to apply methods and modes of analysis traditionally associated with the arts and humanities to explore, better understand and write about nature and the environment. 

The Environmental Humanities minor is open to St. Edward’s undergraduates of all disciplines and is based in the Department of English. Students may choose to couple this minor with related areas of study, such as Environmental Biology and Climate Change, or create other interdisciplinary opportunities with majors such as Philosophy, Religious Studies, Communication or Writing and Rhetoric in the School of Arts and Humanities.

What will you learn?

You’ll hone the creative, ethical and conceptual skills to develop a persuasive and engaging narrative for sustainability. Environmental agencies and nonprofits need clear, effective communicators to widen the reach of their programs. Government officials and NGOs need staffers with the skills and knowledge to produce clear, accurate and powerful content to explain the effects of climate change and the need to act quickly to arrest its dangers. It is difficult to imagine a field that is not already being affected by the realities of climate change.

Degree Requirements

In addition to the following 18 hours of minor requirements, students must satisfy all General Requirements for a Minor (page 49 of the Undergraduate Bulletin PDF) to be eligible to complete this minor.

Environmental Writing Required Course, 3 hours selected from:

  • Special Creative Writing Workshop (when topic is Environmental Writing) – WRIT 2304
  • Environmental Writing – WRIT 2316
  • Topics in Intermediate Creative Writing (when topic is Environmental Writing) – WRIT 3310 

Moral Reasoning Required Course, 3 hours selected from:

  • PHIL 3312 Environmental Ethics – WRIT 3310
  • Topics in Social Justice and Critical Methodologies (when topic is Faith and Ecology) – RELS 2342 

Social Justice in Practice Required Course, 3 hours selected from:

  • Social Movement Communication and Public Advocacy – COMM 3370
  • Social and Environmental Corporate Communication – COMM 4382
  • Theater for Social Change – THAR 2321
  • Topics in Visual Studies (when topic is Art, Social Practice and Activism) – VISU 2399 

An additional 9 hours are selected from directed electives in visual arts, journalism, and literature or from the above areas of study. For current offerings and course descriptions, view and download the Undergraduate Bulletin (PDF).

For questions about the Environmental Humanities minor, contact your success coach or Sasha West, PhD, associate professor of Creative Writing, who coordinates the program: swest1@stedwards.edu. To declare the minor, fill out the “Student Curriculum Change Request” form on MyHilltop.

Our Faculty

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes.

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of English webpage.

User Experience Design

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Prepare for a Career at the Nexus of Design, Technology and Innovation

St. Edward’s is one of a handful of universities offering a bachelor’s degree in User Experience Design. Gain the creative, technical and communication skills to enter a career in this fast-growing industry. 

User experience design, often referred to as UX, seeks to understand how people search for information and interact with digital tools. With that understanding, UX professionals can design more intuitive, easy-to-use products — both digital products, like apps, websites and software, and other processes and systems. This ever-expanding field of technology and digital platforms provides great opportunities for UX designers to research, experiment and innovate.

Why earn your User Experience Design degree at St. Edward’s?

Our UX program was developed with significant input from partners in Austin’s thriving tech industry and provides the specific training employers want in their new hires. Wherever your career path takes you, the advantages of your St. Edward’s education will prepare you to succeed. You’ll find opportunities in and outside the classroom to learn, give back and achieve your goals. And your mentors will support you every step of the way.  

Build relationships with your professors

Learn in small classes taught by award-winning professors with years of real-world expertise. They’ll get to know you, help you identify and focus on your goals, and provide guidance and insight during and after your college years. They’ll leverage their experience — and connections — to help you build your network.

Boost your résumé and credentials

Extend your learning into the professional world through internships in Austin or beyond. You’ll gain valuable on-the-job training, industry insights and networking opportunities. Your UX professors will mentor you through the process of landing an internship, whether at a nonprofit, startup or multinational corporation.

Join a vibrant, like-minded community

Connect with peers who share your artistic and technical mindset and enjoy working in teams to build new digital products that improve people’s lives. Get involved with student organizations, like the AI Club and Computer Science Club, that support your interests. Attend networking events and workshops, and hear from guest speakers.
 

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Reap the Rewards of Austin

Austin is one of the fastest-growing cities and technology hubs in the U.S. and home to nearly 100 Fortune 500 firms. Our Austin location, partnerships and connections allow you to immerse yourself in a dynamic business environment where internships and careers in UX design are in high demand.

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A Flexible Degree Program

The User Experience Design (UX) program is open to all students. Courses are taught through a blend of in-person and online formats to allow for maximum schedule flexibility. Our program is structured to help you thrive, no matter your unique academic background or career aspirations.

Traditional undergraduate students can easily major in User Experience Design (UX) with a double-major, minor or double-minor in a related or complementary field such as Computer Science, Digital Media Management, Entrepreneurship, Graphic Design, Psychology or Writing and Rhetoric. 

Transfer students can accelerate their path to graduation with a BA in UX Design. With an associate’s degree, you can merge your prior accomplishments with our comprehensive UX curriculum to graduate in two years, even if you’ve never taken a UX class. If you’ve completed the Texas Common Core, you’ll be able to finish in two-and-a-half or three years. You could also consider adding a related minor like Digital Storytelling and Content Creation or Digital Marketing 

Degree Plan

Major Requirements: The BA in User Experience Design requires 36 hours of User Experience Design major courses focusing on areas such as UX foundations, ethical research, digital product design, front-end development and design for social impact.

General Education Requirements: The degree requires approximately 40 hours of general education courses which students complete over four years in addition to their major courses and electives.

View and download the full degree plan for the User Experience Design major (PDF).

A few examples of courses students take in the major:

  • Interactive Technology – Focuses on the creation and delivery of digital content such as film, music and games, and provides a survey of technologies such as mp3, DVD, portable devices, broadband networks and wireless systems. The course also introduces tools and techniques to develop an Internet site.
  • UX Methods – Examines the methods, processes, and tools used in UX Design. You’ll explore how to approach, identify, and address problems. Special focus will be given to studying users, aka people, and the systems that shape their experiences.
  • Professional Practices – You’ll explore career options available within creative disciplines, develop a portfolio of your work, and build basic career management skills. A portfolio review and introduction of strategies for success as a creative professional allow you to begin planning for graduation and beyond. 

Many of the UX courses are taught online, immersing you in the digital spaces for which you’ll be designing. You’ll also get comfortable traversing the dynamic digital landscape where UX professionals work virtually with teams, clients and customers in town or around the globe. 

As a User Experience Design (UX) major, you’ll be immersed in hands-on projects, collaborative problem-solving, thoughtful observation and digital innovation both in and outside of the classroom. And, like all majors at St. Edward’s, the UX major will teach you to consider how diverse social identities influence your work, as people’s cultural backgrounds and physical abilities shape their expectations for the user experience.

Experiential Education

With every UX project, you’ll get the chance to learn by doing. You might create an educational website or VR tour, a productivity or food ordering app prototype or a proposal for an interactive museum exhibit. The UX classes you take will build your professional preparedness: 

  • UX Studios (Digital Spaces and Hybrid Modalities) allows you to improve a user-experience scenario on campus. You’ll partner with other departments and offices across the university on UX-related initiatives and see your contributions used.
  • UX for Social Good invites you to apply UX processes to address a social issue. As part of a team, you’ll research an issue, identify a community need and formulate a user-focused solution.
  • UX Senior Studio challenges you to apply your skills and knowledge to collaboratively design a minimum viable product (MVP) for an on-campus, community or corporate partner.   

Student Organizations & Programming 

As a UX major at St. Edward's, you’ll have an array of opportunities for professional growth, creativity and community building. Some student favorites are:

  • Women in Technology (WiT) focuses on empowering women-identifying students in technology fields. WiT is pivotal in building a supportive community and offering resources for professional advancement, including networking events, workshops, and guest speaker sessions.
  • Innovation Lab, sponsored by the Munday Library, attracts tinkerers who enjoy working on projects involving origami, sewing, LEDs and simple circuits, projection mapping and creating art through programming.
  • AI Club aims to demystify artificial intelligence for students. The club offers resources, workshops and discussions on AI developments that prepare students to leverage AI in their careers and personal projects.
  • Command G, the graphic design group, enhances students’ design skills through studio tours, museum visits, lecture series, and screenprinting and risograph workshops. 
  • Video Game Association hosts game nights — with a mix of console games, PC games, MTG, D&D and handheld games — as well as LAN parties and tournaments.
  • Topper Studios is the digital media club. Members are involved in creating podcasts, YouTube channels, short films, music videos and comedy sketches, and helping their fellow students produce digital content. Students in Topper Studios also frequently make promotional videos for other clubs at St. Edward’s.
  • The Computer Science Club helps students build their skills through events like Capture the Flag, a cybersecurity-focused programming competition.
  • The St. Edward’s Maker Club attracts tinkerers and programmers who have worked on projects involving 3-D printing, soldering, programming LED strips, and creating art through programming.
  • The Digital Media Center in the Munday Library is a resource for creating content and learning new skills. Here, you can produce and edit videos, podcasts and visual design projects with the help of your fellow students. The lab is equipped with top-of-the-line computers running the latest software including the Adobe Creative Suite. It also has a group editing/podcasting room, a green screen room and a “whisper room” used for voiceovers. If you are skilled at software, hardware repair, graphic design or video editing, you can apply to work in the lab as a digital media specialist.

Internships

Your UX faculty will mentor you through finding an internship opportunity, whether at a nonprofit, startup, agency or multinational corporation. An internship will extend your learning into the professional world, bolster your résumé and provide valuable industry insights and networking opportunities. Recent UX students have interned with:

  • Royale, a creative agency known for its innovative approach to digital experiences
  • Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan organization influencing dialogue on global issues
  • The Museum of Human Achievement, an organization pursuing access, inclusivity and affordability for artists

A degree in User Experience (UX) Design opens doors to a wide range of in-demand jobs.  Here's a sample of positions employers look for, plus additional majors and minors to consider that enhance your degree.

  • UX Designers focus on improving the usability, accessibility and delight a person encounters when using a digital product. 
  • UX Researchers specialize in understanding user behaviors, needs and motivations through observation techniques, task analysis and other research methodologies. (Consider a double major or minor in Psychology.)
  • Interaction Designers create engaging interfaces that enable users to achieve their objectives in the best way possible.
  • Information Architects organize information and content in a way that users can easily navigate and understand.
  • Product Managers act as the bridge between the stakeholders and help define the direction and features of a digital product. (Consider a double major in Digital Media Management.)
  • UI Designers or Product Designers ensure the digital product is optimally functional and aesthetically pleasing. (Consider a double major or minor in Graphic Design.)
  • Content Strategists align the communication style and messaging with user needs and business goals. (Consider a double major or minor in Writing and Rhetoric.)
  • Front-End Designers develop highly interactive and visually appealing websites and mobile apps. Coding knowledge is beneficial. (Consider a minor in Computer Science or the Coding for Non-Coders certificate.) 

A minor in User Experience Design can equip you with valuable creative and technical skills that benefit any number of other professional endeavors. As a minor, you must take the following courses, totaling 18 hours:

Required Courses:

  • Intro to User Experience
  • UX Methods
  • Interactive Technology
  • UX Studio: Digital Spaces
  • UX Studio: Hybrid Modalities
  • One of the following electives: 
    • UX for Social Good
    • Methods of Digital Production
    • Topics in UX

Are you a current student? Contact your advisor for next steps in declaring your major or minor.

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes.

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of Visual Studies webpage.

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Earn Two Degrees in Five Years

With our Accelerated Graduate Pathways, you can complete your BA in User Experience Design and master’s degree in Digital Marketing and Analytics in as little as five years, saving time and money. See details and requirements.

Success coaches and academic advisors guide you through undergraduate and graduate courses to maximize benefits.

Learn about all of our Accelerate Graduate Pathways.

Digital Storytelling and Content Creation

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Get Ready for an Exciting Job in a Creative Field 

The Digital Storytelling and Content Creation major at St. Edward’s prepares you to shape, design and produce compelling interactive stories in demand by employers across sectors — and it’s fun.

This degree program sits at the intersection of content creation, technology and innovation. Professionals in the field conceive, plan and produce projects in diverse digital media platforms using cutting-edge techniques and skills. By blending interactivity, story structure and visual expression, students in this major explore the opportunities and challenges raised by transmedia approaches to content design and creation. 

What will you learn?

You’ll gain expertise in conceiving, planning and producing digital stories for an array of audiences, purposes and employers. And you’ll acquire the cutting-edge skills and the deep understanding needed to deploy digital interactive content in a wide range of workplaces, from media startups, arts organizations and nonprofits to corporate public relations and marketing teams.

This 30-hour degree brings together knowledge and methods from different academic disciplines, preparing you for the highly collaborative teamwork required in today’s workplaces. Embedded in this degree is an embrace of diversity, equity and inclusion as central to producing content that helps inform and empower diverse communities.

Why earn your Digital Storytelling and Content Creation degree at St. Edward’s?

The skills you acquire in this major can lead to jobs in any industry that benefits from well-crafted digital storytelling and content. Whatever your career path, one thing is certain:&nbsThe advantages of your St. Edward’s education will prepare you to succeed. You’ll find opportunities in and outside the classroom to learn, give back and achieve your goals. And your mentors will support you every step of the way. 

Build relationships with your professors

Learn in small classes taught by award-winning professors with years of real-world expertise. They’ll get to know you, help you identify and focus on your goals, and provide guidance and insight during and after your college years. They’ll leverage their experience — and connections — to help you build your network.

Join a vibrant, like-minded community

Connect with peers who share your passion for digital storytelling and content development. Get involved with student organizations on campus that allow you to apply your skills in various digital mediums, such as videos, animation, podcasts, webpages and social media content.

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Reap the Rewards of Austin

Austin is one of the fastest-growing technology and entrepreneurship hubs in the U.S., and home to nearly 100 Fortune 500 firms. Our Austin partnerships and connections open doors to a dynamic business environment that’s ideal for internships and jobs in the digital media economy. What’s more, Austin’s growing film and gaming industries are home to prominent studios, many of which hire students from St. Edward’s as interns.

Who are ideal candidates for this degree?

The degree is open to all students and targeted to transfer students for two-year completion. Digital Storytelling and Content Creation courses are taught in the classroom and some courses are taught online to allow for maximum schedule flexibility. St. Edward's accepts AAS degree courses in Visual Design, Graphic Media Production and Film and Emerging Media specializations for elective credit towards the Digital Storytelling and Content Creation degree. 

Worried about cost? St. Edward's offers transfer students an average award of $29,066. Check out this financial aid and scholarship information for transfers and part-time students, and connect with a financial counselor to learn how we can help.

For questions about the program, contact Program Director Jena Heath, professor of Journalism and Digital Media, and associate dean, School of Arts and Humanities. The Digital Storytelling and Content Creation major is an interdisciplinary program housed in the Department of Visual Studies.

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A Flexible Degree Program

The Digital Storytelling and Content Creation program is open to all students. Courses are taught through a blend of in-person and online formats to allow for maximum schedule flexibility

Traditional undergraduate students can easily major in Digital Storytelling and Content Creation with a double-major, minor or double-minor in a related or complementary field such as Animation, Communication, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Digital Media Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, User Experience Design, Video Game Development, or Writing and Rhetoric.  

Transfer students who enter with an associate’s degree can graduate in two years. If you’ve taken the Texas Common Core, you’ll be able to finish in three. Some courses within the program are offered online to allow you greater flexibility in balancing academics, work and family responsibilities.

Degree Plan

Major Requirements: 
The Digital Storytelling and Content Creation degree requires 30 hours of major coursework.

General Education Requirements: 
All majors require 44 hours of general education that students complete over four years, in addition to their major courses.

View and download the full degree plan for the Digital Storytelling and Content Creation major (PDF). View the Transfer Advising Guides for Digital Storytelling and Content Creation.

Student Organizations and Campus Resources 

Get involved with student organizations that give you the opportunity to apply your storytelling and content development skills in a cross section of digital mediums.

  • Hilltop Views, the student news site, published both digitally and in print. Student journalists report news from the campus and greater Austin community. You can get involved as early as your freshman year as a writer, editor, photographer, videographer or designer.
  • The Command G graphic design group furthers skills through studio tours, museum visits, lecture series, workshops, screen printing and risograph workshops.
  • Topper Radio is the student-run radio station.
  • Topper Studios is the digital media club. Members are involved in creating podcasts, YouTube channels, short films, music videos and comedy sketches, and helping their fellow students produce digital content. Students in Topper Studios also frequently make promotional videos for other clubs at St. Edward’s.
  • The Digital Media Center in the Munday Library is a resource for creating your own content and learning new skills. Here, you can produce and edit videos, podcasts and visual design projects with the help of your fellow students. The lab is equipped with top-of-the-line computers running the latest software including the Adobe Creative Suite. It also has a group editing/podcasting studio, a green screen room and a “whisper room” used for voiceovers. If you are skilled at software, hardware repair, graphic design or video editing, you can apply to work in the lab as a digital media specialist.

Internships

Join the Arts and Humanities Digital Storytelling team as a paid intern and earn course credit, too. 

You’ll work with faculty mentors to connect with internships at a range of off-campus workplaces. Tech start-ups, large companies, newsrooms and PR/Marketing firms, nonprofits and the Austin Film Festival all seek qualified digital storytellers and content creators.

Professionals in the film and news industry, among others, serve as guest speakers and instructors and help connect students with opportunities off campus.

Any student at St. Edward’s may minor in Digital Storytelling and Content Creation. The minor provides a broad-based introduction to the discipline of digital storytelling as well as an opportunity for students to explore — in more depth — a specific concentration.

Students who wish to earn a Digital Storytelling and Content Creation minor must take the following required coursework, totaling 18 hours, plus one 3-hour elective course.

Required Courses: (15 required hours + 1 elective = 18 hours)

  • Introduction to Digital Storytelling and Content Creation – DSCC 1301 
  • Visual Studies 1 – VISU 1311 
  • Digital Media Production and Design – JOUR 3314 
  • Interactive Storytelling – VGAM 3328 
  • Collaboration in the Digital Workplace – DSCC 4331 

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes.

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of Visual Studies webpage.

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Earn Two Degrees in Five Years

With our Accelerated Graduate Pathways, you can complete your BA in Digital Storytelling and Content Creation and master’s degree in Digital Marketing and Analytics in as little as five years, saving time and money. See details and requirements.

Success coaches and academic advisors guide you through undergraduate and graduate courses to maximize benefits.

Learn about all of our Accelerate Graduate Pathways.

UNDERGRADUATE

Women's and Gender Studies

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Understand Why Gender Matters With a Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies

Analyze how gender is socially constructed and investigate how power and patriarchal institutions impact people’s actual lives.

 

Why study Women's and Gender Studies at St. Edward's?

Investigate how gender intersects with other identities such as race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, class, ability and sexuality. You'll graduate with a multi-faceted understanding of gender issues so you can create a more just world. 

Learn through service

All students in the Women’s and Gender Studies minor will complete community service for course credit. You will get a chance to apply what you are learning to real-world problems. Previous students have worked in organizations and nonprofits that focus on the places where gender intersects with health, violence, financial security, and many other issues.
 

Prepare for any career

Through knowledge you gain in the classroom and in the community, you will learn how to address gender issues in multiple careers—including business, nonprofits, counseling, law, medicine, religious service, education, social work and teaching.
 

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Required Courses (9 hours)

  • Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (3 hours)
  • Community Service in Women's and Gender Studies (students need three (3) hours total, but can take the one- or two-credit courses over more than one semester)
  • Feminist Theories and Practice (3 hours)

Electives (9 hours)

Nine (9) hours of elective classes in the following various disciplines and fields:

  • Literature
  • Sociology
  • History
  • Communication
  • Religious Studies

Six (6) of these elective hours need to be upper-division courses.

Total of 18 hours

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes.

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of English webpage.

UNDERGRADUATE

Professional Ethics

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Become a Virtuous Leader With a Minor in Professional Ethics

Graduate prepared to confront challenging issues and work through them in a thoughtful, fair way.  

 

Why Study Professional Ethics at St. Edward's?

Develop the reasoning skills you’ll need to navigate an increasingly complicated world with a lot of gray areas.

Learn how to answer the difficult questions

Should you serve only sustainable food at your restaurant? Should you fire employees to keep costs down and please stakeholders? If you design your own fashion line, how do you make sure the people making your clothes are treated fairly? With classes like Ethical Analysis, Ethics, and Legal, Medical, Environmental or Business Ethics, you'll gain the tools ethically lead others. 

Marinate on ethical dilemmas

Sit in on our Food & Philosophy Ethic Series, a recurring event designed to stimulate intellectual conversations about current topics. Past discussions have centered around topics such as Decisional Capacity and the Adolescent: Reconsidering the Doctrine of the Mature Minor, Genetically Engineering Our Children and Drug Peddlers & Politicians: Why Al Capone is Morally Superior to Al Gore.

Discuss films with peers

The Department of Philosophy hosts Film Screenings welcome to all students. Watch a film and engage in thoughtful discussion afterward about issues presented in the film. Students have previously screened and discussed "Made in Dagenham," "The Cantinera" and "Which Way Home."

Listen and share perspectives

Faculty, staff, and students discuss their diverse and distinct perspectives on important and relevant issues. A brief reading is selected for discussion during lunch. Past discussion topics have included Jan Hoffman's article, "What Your Therapist Thinks About You," a New York Times article looking at the therapist’s view of the patient;  “Small Change, Why the revolution will not be tweeted,” written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker;  and “The Disruption Machine, What the gospel of innovation gets wrong,” written by Jill Lepore for The New Yorker. 

Explore Details About a Minor in Professional Ethics

Required Courses (6 hours)

  • Ethical Analysis
  •  Internship in Philosophy 

Electives (12 hrs)
Choose four of these Professional Ethics courses:

  • Legal Ethics
  • Ethics and Public Policy
  • Ethics and Technology
  • Special Topics in Philosophy (when topic is relevant to applied ethics)
  • Medical Ethics
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Business Ethics 

Total 18 hours

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Musical Theater

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Amplify Your Passion for Performing With a Minor in Musical Theater

Take courses in musical theater performance, private voice lessons, piano, ballet, tap and musical theater dance from industry professionals. 

Why study Musical Theater at St. Edward's?

Learn by collaborating with working artists from the Austin theater community, and gain professional experience that can count toward your application for membership in Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. 

Learning outside of the classroom

Mary Moody Northen Theater (MMNT) stands at the center of the theater training program and operates on a professional model.  At MMNT, students work and perform alongside professionals in the field, and benefit from workshops and mentorship from those guest artists. MMNT produces at least one musical each season, and all musical theater minors are involved either onstage or behind the scenes.

Join the troupe

The Transit Theatre Troupe is a student-led organization that provides multiple opportunities for involvement in theater production in addition to the university's main stage and class-related productions.

Musical theater students in their performance of Godspell.

Reap the Rewards of Austin

Take advantage of life in Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World, where students can see bands perform and catch local and touring productions every week. Current students and recent graduates often make connections with local theater companies including Austin Playhouse, Austin Shakespeare, Summer Stock Austin, Magnolia Musical Theater, Zilker Summer Musicals, TexArts, and Zach Theater.

Explore Details About a Minor in Musical Theater

Required Courses (10 hours)

  • Basic Musicianship
  • Survey of Musical Theater
  • Topics: Musical Theater Showcase
  • Musical Theater Performance
  • Applied Voice
  • Applied Piano

Required Electives (8 hours)

Select eight (8) hours total from the following groups; at least eight (8) hours of minor coursework must be upper division.

Music Electives - Select at least six (6) hours from the following:

  • Piano Class I (2 hrs)
  • Piano Class II (2 hrs)
  • Piano Class III (2 hrs)
  • Applied Voice (1 hr)
  • St. Edward’s University Chorale (1 hr)
  • St. Edward’s Mariachi Alas de Oro (1 hr)
  • Omni Singers (1 hr)
  • Madrigal Chamber Choir (1 hr)
  • Applied Voice (2 hrs)
  • Applied Piano (2 hrs)
  • Song Interpretation (1 hr)
  • Omni Vocal Jazz (1 hr)

Dance Electives - Select at least two (2) hours from the following:

Dance courses based on level appropriate to student. These hours should be in two different dance disciplines.

  • Ballet I (1 hr)
  • Ballet II (1 hr)
  • Tap I (1 hr)
  • Tap II (1 hr)
  • Musical Theater Dance (1 hr)

Remaining hours may be selected from any MUSI or THAR course to complete the total 18 hours for the minor.

TOTAL 18 
 

 

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes.

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of Performing Arts webpage.

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Legal Studies

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Fight Injustices and Advance Equity with a Minor in Legal Studies

Gain a deeper understanding of how the law system in the United States works.

 

Why study Legal Studies at St. Edward's?

A Legal Studies minor will prepare you to enter law school or careers where you will work alongside attorneys, such as in corporate, nonprofit or governmental settings.

Explore the benefits of an interdisciplinary minor

With a minor in Legal Studies, you'll get a grounding in Legal Ethics, Logic, Legal Writing, the American Court System and more. Once you complete this minor, you’ll have the critical thinking, writing, public speaking and people skills you need to work in fields where legal reasoning is front and center.

Prepare for any career path

The Legal Studies minor is well-suited for students not already in an existing pre-law track. It is designed to have minimal prerequisites and is open to all students. This minor is valuable for students who plan to attend law school or pursue careers in which familiarity with legal studies provides an advantage, such as in business, law enforcement, human resources, real estate, dispute resolution or government service.

Explore Details About a Minor in Legal Studies

The minor requires 18 hours, of which 9 hours must be upper-division (3000- or 4000-level) courses taken at St. Edward's University. The 9 hours of in-residence upper-division coursework is a general university-wide requirement for any minor.

Check the most recent academic bulletin  to determine when these courses are offered, so you can plan to take them at St. Edward's. Substitutions cannot be permitted.

Single-Course Requirements (12 hours) 

Nine (9) credit hours must be 3000 or higher courses and those nine hours must be taken at St. Edward's University.

  • CRIJ 1302: Administration of Justice
  • PHIL 3301: Legal Ethics
  • WRIT 3326: Legal Writing
  • POLS 3336: Constitutional Law or POLS 4346: Civil Liberties

Course-Option Requirements (6 hours)

  • PHIL 2303: Logic or PHIL 3338: Advanced Logic
  • BUSI 2303: Business Law or POLS 3336: Constitutional Law or POLS 4346: Civil Rights and Liberties

Total

Six courses x 3 hours each=18 hours, of which 9 must be 3000- or 4000-level.

Recommended Course

POLS 3328: Political Research and Statistics (3 credit hours) is recommended, but not required.

As the American Bar Association (ABA) notes, there is no single pre-law course of study. Instead, the ABA recommends that undergrads take classes where they learn to write and critically analyze different types of arguments.

At St. Edward’s, our faculty are outstanding scholars, thought leaders, teachers and mentors who bring energy and enthusiasm to our vibrant learning community. They take pride in getting to know you, helping you achieve your goals and celebrating your successes. The Department of Philosophy faculty has also adopted the Chicago Statement on free speech, affirming our commitment to free expression. 

View a list of our faculty members and their contact information on the Department of Philosophy webpage.

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