The graduate plan in Digital Media Studies is the first of its kind in Texas. It provides students with cutting-edge interdisciplinary instruction in digital media theory and skills.
The plan responds to a cultural shift toward media convergence by giving students the flexibility to create an academic plan that best meets their intellectual needs and career goals. After completing a core curriculum, students may select digital media courses in communication, art, business, computer programming, gaming and instructional technology.
Courses in the Digital Media Studies plan are organized into three foundational areas: Concept, Design and Production. Exposure to each of these areas is essential to understand how digital media are produced, delivered and used. Students are required to take nine hours of core courses and six hours in each of the foundational areas. Students then select three additional hours in the foundational area that most interests them. Their course work is followed by a 6-hour capstone experience in the form of a graduate internship or master’s project. The degree requires 36 hours of study.
After meeting with a faculty advisor, students without adequate undergraduate experience in computer software or graphics may be required to take preparatory courses at he undergraduate level before entering the program.
