Computing and the Arts Major

The major, also known as ICAM (short for Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Major) is jointly offered by the Music and Visual Arts departments. Students choose which concentration they wish to pursue based on their liking because, regardless of department, the requirements and offered courses are the same, providing versatility. Although having many courses to choose from is usually a plus to students it also leads to students undecided about the direction they wish to pursue.

For the core curriculum, students are formally introduced to object oriented programming and the digital medium which they choose whether it be music or visual arts.

Academic History

The major was first introduced as an undergraduate major in the Fall of 1998 at the University of California, San Diego. After the initial introduction of the major, too many students wanted to declare ICAM as their major and therefore had to enforce a pre-major requirement of at least a 3.0 GPA in order to enroll in its advanced classes. As of Fall 2007, the pre-major requirement was removed and it is no longer an impacted major.

Faculty

Music Department
* [http://music.ucsd.edu/people/people.php?cmd=fm_music_directory_detail&query_Full_Name=%20Peter%20Otto&query_Active_Status=Faculty Peter Otto] Visual Arts Department
* [http://visarts.ucsd.edu/node/view/491/22 Sheldon Brown]

Notable Alumni

External links

* [http://visarts.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/major/icam/about What is the ICAM Major?]
* [http://music.ucsd.edu/ugrad/icam.php Music requirements]
* [http://visarts.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/major/icam Visual Arts requirements]