Bachelor of Arts in ATEC with Emerging Media Arts Concentration
Hone your artistic skills through engaging in studio art techniques with new technology, crafting a diverse portfolio that reflects the evolving social role of art in society.
Take a look at our entire Design and Creative Practice Program and all of its offerings.
Take note: Effective Fall 2025, the Bachelor of Arts in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (BA in ATEC) degree program will be renamed the Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Design (BA in MAD). This new title better reflects the strengths of our Bachelor of Arts program and improves recognition across the University and in industry.
BA in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication with Emerging Media Arts Concentration Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) with Emerging Media Arts (EMA) concentration offers students the opportunity to engage in studio art practices with emerging media and technology. Student coursework involves digital arts areas such as digital fabrication, projection mapping, new media art and performance, sound, time-based media, and video.
Students begin their study in the BA in ATEC, which offers students foundational courses in UX/UI design, motion graphics, digital fabrication, and media histories. Starting in their third year, students have the option to select a concentration in Emerging Media Arts.
The Emerging Media Arts concentration emphasizes building a portfolio of studio-based artwork that reflects the evolving social role of art in reimagining and projecting the human condition. By selecting courses from a variety of Bass School electives, students can integrate other areas of interest into their focus.
Upon graduation, students will have created a professional-quality portfolio to enter their desired field.
Career Paths with a Degree in Emerging Media Arts
An emerging media arts degree can be used for many creative careers in fields like advertising, journalism, public relations and more.
Emerging Media Arts Careers
3D modeler, advertising manager, artist, audio technician, digital musician, digital strategist, graphic designer, motion graphics artist, new media artist, photographer, videographer, video editor, web content manager, the possibilities are endless
Undergraduate Emerging Media Arts Program Options
BA in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication with Emerging Media Arts Concentration
Fact Sheet
Undergraduate Emerging Media Arts Courses
The Emerging Media Arts concentration allows students to be exposed to a large variety of design, programming, audio production, video production, digital fabrication and media history courses.
By selecting courses from a variety of Bass School elective options, students are able to synthesize other areas of interest into their focus on Emerging Media Arts.
Many courses in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication are open to all students in the University.
Student Organizations
The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) UTD presents career-development workshops and networking opportunities for those entering the design industry and the UX Club increases awareness and community around user-centered design.
Explore Arts, Humanities, and Technology Student Organizations →
Contact Information

Liz Trosper
Design and Creative Practice Area Head and Assistant Professor of Instruction
Email: Liz.Trosper@utdallas.edu
Office: ATC 1.909
Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
The University of Texas at Dallas, JO31
800 W. Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Phone: 972-883-2759 or 972-883-2980
Advising
Undergraduate Advising: ahtUGadvising@utdallas.edu
Graduate Advising: ahtGRadvising@utdallas.edu
Emerging Media Arts Alumni Spotlight
ATEC alum Nagaris Johnson shares his story about the Gold record he received for his sound engineering work on Quavo’s solo album, ‘Quavo Huncho.’ Johnson also completed record engineering work on the Kanye West album “Donda,” released August 2021 in three genres, hip-hop, pop, and gospel.
Emerging Media Arts News
Let It Glow: Arts Team Creates Holiday Sights for Omni Light Show
On Nov. 30 UT Dallas’ 3D Studio LightSquad helped kick off the holiday season with a five-minute video on the…
Sound Artist Lights Up Dallas Night with Interactive Projection
Diana Rojas, assistant professor of design and creative practice in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and…
Liz Trosper Joins Nasher Sculpture Center In Training Local Educators On Mixed Media Techniques
Liz Trosper, new media painter and assistant professor of instruction at UT Dallas, joined the Nasher Sculpture Center in leading…
Emerging Media Arts Faculty

Danielle M Avram
Assistant Professor of Instruction — Contemporary Gallery and Exhibition Studies
DanielleM.Avram@UTDallas.edu

Anne Balsamo
Professor
Anne.Balsamo@utdallas.edu

Xtine Burrough
Professor
cxb153930@utdallas.edu

Kristen Cochran
Assistant Professor of Instruction — Visual Arts
knc103020@utdallas.edu

Norm Cox
Professor of Practice
norm.cox@utdallas.edu

S. Diane Durant
Professor of Instruction
durant@utdallas.edu

Eric Farrar
Associate Professor
etf091000@utdallas.edu

Hal Gupta-Fitzgerald
Associate Professor of Practice
hal.fitzgerald@utdallas.edu

Sharon Hewitt
Assistant Professor of Instruction
sharon.hewitt@utdallas.edu

Laura Hyunjhee Kim
Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Global Performance Studies
Laura.H.Kim@utdallas.edu

Moon Kim
Professor - Materials Science & Engineering
moonkim@utdallas.edu

Roger Malina
Professor
roger.malina@utdallas.edu

Amanda Marder
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Amanda.Marder@UTDallas.edu

David Edward Marks
Assistant Professor of Practice
David.Marks@utdallas.edu

Mark McKinney
Associate Professor of Instruction
Mark.McKinney@UTDallas.edu

Elisa Miller
Associate Professor of Practice – Applied Experience Design and Research
Elisa.Miller@UTDallas.edu

Christi Nielsen
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
christi.nielsen@utdallas.edu

John Pomara
Professor
john.pomara@utdallas.edu

SV Randall
Assistant Professor
SV.Randall@utdallas.edu

Diana Rojas Ponce
Assistant Professor – Sound
Diana.RojasPonce@UTDallas.edu

Andrew Scott
Associate Professor
afs140330@utdallas.edu

Kevin Sweet
Assistant Professor — Design & Interactive Arts: Immersive Experience
Kevin.Sweet@UTDallas.edu

Lorraine Tady
Associate Professor of Instruction — Visual Arts
lorraine.tady@utdallas.edu

Dean Terry
Professor
dean.terry@utdallas.edu

Liz Trosper
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Liz.Trosper@utdallas.edu

Marilyn Waligore
Professor
waligore@utdallas.edu

Harold Wood Jr
Clinical Associate Professor
hgw021000@utdallas.edu

Hong-An Wu
Associate Professor
HongAn.Wu@utdallas.edu