Emerging Technology in Business and Design - Bachelor of Arts in Emerging Technology in Business and Design

The BA in Emerging Technology in Business and Design (ET) is an interdisciplinary degree designed to provide depth in theory and practice of interactive & digital design, development, business, innovation, and digital disruption. 

Grounded in Miami University’s tradition of liberal education, the BA in ET represents the liberal arts of the 21st Century, providing a foundation in information and digital literacy supporting the study of digital startups, multimedia authorship/critical theory, digital & social media marketing, web & app development, virtual/augmented reality, game design/development, user-experience design, and more. 

This foundation is then complemented with a set of electives providing depth in a selected area of interest, as well as a series of courses designed around working with external partners and building a portfolio. Admittance into the ET major is competitive. Admission details can be found at http://miamioh.edu/cca/aims/admission.

The BA in ET has four foundational pillars: 

• Design
• Business
• Technology
• Collaboration & Making

These foundations provide the context for a set of four or more electives chosen to develop expertise and depth in one or more areas of ET, all of which is tied together in the capstone client-based consulting agency within ET as well as the ET Thesis class. 

Program Requirements

Digital Concentration (63 credit hours)

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Digital concentration focus electives are any ETBD class not counted for another requirement or could be any class in the table below. They are ideally determined in collaboration with an advisor and may not be applied to any other ETBD degree requirement. 

Applied Concentration (63 credit hours minimum) 

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Applied expertise courses can be any set of courses, totaling a minimum of 21 hours, that are from a different major, but the completion of that major is not required. Courses used for this requirement may not be applied to any other ET degree requirement.

Digital Concentration Focus Courses

ET majors who choose the Digital Concentration must complete four "Digital Concentration Focus Courses." These can be any IMS-prefix courses not used for other ET requirements. We encourage students to take classes that help develop specific deep expertise. If you want to complement that expertise with additional domain expertise offered by another department, the list of acceptable classes is provided below. Some of these courses are cross-listed with IMS. Please note that ET students are not guaranteed to get into any of these courses offered by other departments. These courses may have prerequisites or enrollment restrictions. Students interested in taking any of these courses should first determine their enrollment eligibility and if needed, contact the department offering the course about their force-add process.