Master of Science Plan of Study
The M.S. in Media Arts and Science is an applied program emphasizing integrated digital media communication skills and expertise. In addition to a set of Core media classes, the program can be customized with study in other fields, including media production, design thinking and usability analysis, psychology, communication theory, information management, and computing. A year-long, six-credit project or thesis is required.
Completion of 36 credit hours is required, with 9 hours of Core classes, 6 hours of project or thesis work, and 21 hours of electives. Students are expected to take the Core classes as early as possible in their course of study.
Core (9 cr.)
- NEWM N500 Principles of Multimedia Technology (3 cr., Fall semester)
- NEWM N501 Foundations of Digital Production (3 cr., Spring semester)
- NEWM N503 Digital Media Application Design Processes (3 cr., Spring semester)
Project or Thesis (6 cr.)
NEWM N506 Thesis/Project (3 cr.) Taken each of your final two semesters.
Electives (21 cr.)
School of Informatics, Media Arts and Science Program
- NEWM N502 Digital Media Motion and Simulation Methods
- NEWM N504 Advanced Interactive Design Applications
- NEWM N505 Internship in Media Arts
- NEWM N5?? Serious Games
- NEWM N5?? Psychology of Media
- NEWM N510 Web Database Concepts
- NEWM N553 Independent Study (1-3 cr.), can be repeated
School of Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction
Note: completion of this set of courses earns the Graduate Certificate in HCI
- INFO I541 HCI Design 1
- INFO I561 HCI Design 2
- INFO I543 Usability and Evaluative Methods
- INFO I563 Psychology of HCI
- INFO I564 Prototyping for Interactive Systems
School of Informatics, Informatics
- INFO I501 Introduction to Informatics
- INFO I505 Informatics Project Management
- INFO I503 Social Impact of Information Technologies
- INFO I512 Scientific and Clinical Data Management
- INFO I550 Legal and Business Issues in Informatics
- INFO I575 Informatics Research Design
- INFO I590 Topics in Informatics, can be repeated
- INFO I600 Professionalism and Pedagogy in Informatics
- INFO I605 Social Foundations of Informatics
Herron School of Art, Dept. of Visual Communication
- HER V501 Intro to Design Thinking
- HER V502 Intro to Human Factors in Design
- HER V511 People-Centered Design Research
- HER V521 Design Analysis
- HER V531 Design Synthesis
- HER V541 Design Evaluation
- HER R511 Studio: Designing Integrated Experiences 1
- HER R512 Studio: Designing Integrated Experiences 2
School of Liberal Arts, Dept. of Communication Studies, Applied Communication Program
- COMM C500 Advanced Communication Theory
- COMM C510 Health Provider-Consumer Communication
- COMM C526 Effective Media Strategies
- COMM C531 Media Theory and Criticism
- COMM C582 Advanced Intercultural Communication
- COMM C620 Computer-Mediated Communication
School of Library & Information Science
- SLIS L505 Organization and Representation of Knowledge & Information
- SLIS L509 Introduction to Research and Statistics
- SLIS L545 Systems Analysis and Design
- SLIS L546 User-Centered Database Design
- SLIS L571 Information Architecture for the Web
- SLIS L625 Information in the Social Sciences
