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An innovative 51精品视频 program is featured in the latest National Humanities Alliance report, 鈥.鈥
The Department of English in 51精品视频鈥檚 Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Computing and Information partnered to create the (DNID) major in 2019. This program integrates English and computer science to teach students how to build听interactive听narrative systems听through听games, literature, virtual reality environments and other media experiences in a variety of fields.
The National Humanities Alliance commends the program for its success attracting students, with the DNID major attracting 24 students within a year of its launch. By spring 2023, 160 students were DNID majors.
鈥淏y appealing to a broader range of students, DNID courses are helping to attract students from backgrounds that have historically been underrepresented in traditional English programs,鈥 the report said. 鈥淢ore than a quarter of students surveyed were of Asian descent, compared to 17% of the general 51精品视频 student population.鈥
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鈥 Nick France