REQUIREMENTS

To graduate with the Master of Science in Digital Media, students must take a minimum of 36 credit hours while meeting the following requirements:

5 required courses, totaling 15 hours:

Fall semester of first year
LCC 6310 The Computer as an Expressive Medium (3 hours)
LCC 6311 Visual Culture and Design (3 hours)

Spring Semester of first year
LCC 6313 Principles of Interactive Design (3 hours)
LCC 6312 Design, Technology and Representation (3 hours)

Fall or Spring, preferably first year
Project Studio (3 hours; may be taken multiple times)

5 additional courses, totaling 15 hours:
Students may choose from elective courses in DM or related disciplines, such as Architecture, Industrial Design, Cognitive Science, Computing, Management or Policy Studies. If a student chooses to take more than three elective courses outside DM, they must get approval from the DM Director of Graduate Studies. Available courses may be found on the "Course List" page.

6 hours of masters project or masters thesis:
All students will take 6 credits of either project (LCC 6800) or thesis (LCC 7000) work.

Summer Internship:
8-10 week full-time non-credit internship between the first and second year.

Course Load Requirements

Although the Institute sets the minimum course load for part-time students at 3 hours per term, the Digital Media Program does not enroll part-time students. Students with GRAs, fellowships, tuition waivers or student visas, and students assigned to the Institute by the armed forces for the purpose of pursuing a degree, are required to be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours of letter grade or Pass/Fail credit per term.

Graduate Research Assistants (GRA's) typically enroll in LCC 8998 for 3 hours of audit credit as a means to gain course credit for the GRA. One 3-hour course may be taken on an audit basis with permission of the Director of Graduate Studies, exclusive of any GRA course audit hours. Audit credit does not count toward the degree.