The Digital Design and Emergent Media pathway teaches industry-based technical skills that prepare students for a career in creative technology. Click a dropdown to view some of the specific skills that are covered.

  • User Interface Design (UID)
  • User Experience Design (UX)
  • Arduino
  • Social network
  • Web applications
  • JavaScript
  • Interactive web pages
  • Physical computing

  • Music theory and composition
  • Software synthesizers
  • DAWs such as Studio One and Protools
  • Recording techniques
  • Mixing and mastering

  • 2D and 3D game design
  • 2D and 3D animation
  • Digital graphics
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Rigging
  • Planar tracking
  • Rotoscoping
  • Motion tracking
  • Maya
  • Blender


DDEM classes are also designed to prepare students with marketable 21st century skills that are applicable in any field. 21st century skills can be broken down into three categories:

  • Critical thinking
  • Creativity
  • Collaboration
  • Communication

  • Information literacy
  • Media literacy
  • Technology literacy

  • Flexibility
  • Leadership
  • Initiative
  • Productivity
  • Social skills


The DDEM pathway is currently offered at 17 schools across Louisiana.

  • Amite High School
  • Benjamin Franklin High School
  • Carencro High School
  • Denham Springs High School
  • Istrouma High School
  • Kentwood High Magnet School
  • Liberty Magnet High School
  • LSU University Laboratory School
  • Morehouse Magnet School
  • Peabody Magnet High School / CTEP Program
  • Pointe Coupee STEM Magnet Academy
  • Ponchatoula High School
  • St. Amant High School
  • St. James High School
  • St. John STEM Magnet High School Program
  • Tara High School
  • Zachary High School

  • Advanced Film & TV
    • Denham Springs High School
    • Istrouma High School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
  • Basic Film & TV
    • Benjamin Franklin High School
    • Denham Springs High School
    • Istrouma High School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
    • LSU University Laboratory School
    • St. Amant High School
  • Coding for the Web
    • Amite High School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
    • Peabody Magnet High School
    • Pointe Coupee STEM Magnet Academy
    • St. John STEM Magnet High School Program
    • Tara High School
  • Digital Image and Motion Graphics
    • Amite High School
    • Benjamin Franklin High School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
    • Ponchatoula High School
    • St. John STEM Magnet High School Program
    • Zachary High School
  • Digital Media Capstone
    • Istrouma High School
  • Digital Storytelling
    • Benjamin Franklin High School
    • Carencro High School
    • Denham Springs High School
    • Istrouma High School
    • Kentwood High Magnet School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
    • Morehouse Magnet School
    • Peabody Magnet High School
    • Pointe Coupee STEM Magnet Academy
    • St. Amant High School
    • St. James High School
    • St. John STEM Magnet High School Program
    • Tara High School
    • Zachary High School
  • Introduction to Computational Thinking
    • Benjamin Franklin High School
    • Denham Springs High School
    • Istrouma High School
    • Liberty High School
    • Morehouse Magnet School
    • Peabody Magnet High School
    • Pointe Coupee STEM Magnet Academy
    • St. Amant High School
    • St. James High School
    • St. John STEM Magnet High School Program
    • Tara High School
    • Zachary High School
  • Programming Digital Media
    • Denham Springs High School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
    • Peabody Magnet High School
    • Pointe Coupee STEM Magnet Academy
    • St. John STEM Magnet High School Program
  • Sound Design
    • Amite High School
    • Denham Springs High School
    • Liberty Magnet High School
    • Peabody Magnet High School
  • Video Game Design
    • Zachary High School