该学位是跨学科方法，涉及新兴技术以及艺术与建筑学院的艺术与设计学科，涵盖建筑，景观建筑，图形设计，音乐，摄影，剧院设计和视觉艺术。IDS学位始于艺术与设计的基础[ART 110，ART 111]，这是两个学期的链接，涉及工作室实践和理论课程，涵盖了艺术和设计学科的基本思想和技能，例如绘画，色彩理论和艺术。在艺术，设计历史和理论的背景下进行-d，3-d和4-d设计。IDS计划基于此基础核心，利用整个艺术与建筑学院的精选课程。这些课程的范围从数字制作到音乐，戏剧和艺术中的声音设计和合成，再到基于数字的艺术探索
This degree represents an interdisciplinary approach to emerging technologies and the arts and design disciplines of the College of Arts and Architecture incorporating architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, music, photography, theatre design, and visual arts. The IDS degree begins with a foundation in arts and design [ART 110, ART 111] a two semester sequence of linked studio practice and theory courses that cover fundamental ideas and skills in the arts and design disciplines such as drawing, color theory, and 2-d, 3-d, and 4-d design within the context of art and design history and theory. The IDS program builds on this foundational core utilizing selected courses from across the College of Arts and Architecture. These courses range from digital fabrication to sound design and composition in music, theatre, and art, to digitally-based art explorations, to digital photography, to the exploration of virtual architectural and built environment spaces, to digital art and design theory and criticism, to internet exhibitions and publishing. Concurrent with these courses, students progress through the series of IDS studio courses (AA 110, AA 210,AA 310, AA 410 and AA 411) in which they will develop ways of learning that will enable them to understand how to work within collaborative professional environments. This will prepare students to meet the varying challenges they will face within client-based arts and design professions.