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Master of Science in Digital Media
A minimum of 63.0 credits are required for graduation.

Curriculum
Students are required to take a Digital Media History, Theory and Methods course and an advanced seminar for a total of six credits, as well as a minimum of nine courses in advanced modeling animation and interactivity.

During the first year, students also take three New Media Project courses (9 credits); these courses provide opportunities to work on funded and unfunded research and industry projects under the guidance of a graduate faculty member. With faculty approval, students may also work on personally designed projects relevant to problem solving in a student's specific area of interest.

In addition, students are required to take 12 credits (a minimum of four courses) of directed studies in support of developing knowledge in an area—outside of media and design—to which digital media skills may be applied. The set of directed studies will be determined by the students and their graduate advisors. Possible areas for this focus include, but are not limited to, computer science, information science, bio-medical technology, social science, humanities and education.

Thesis Project
During the second year of study, each student develops and produces a Master's thesis project. By the third week of the fall term students submit a proposal to the Digital Media Graduate Committee. Upon approval of the proposal, the student works toward thesis completion, including:

• an oral presentation to the college
• a written statement to the committee
• a copy of the completed media work for the graduate program archive

The thesis project must demonstrate domain knowledge of the agreed upon classes. The media component of the project must demonstrate expertise in 3D modeling/animation and/or interactivity.

Required courses			63.0 Credits
DIGM 501	New Media: History, Theory and Methods		3.0
DIGM 502	Advanced Seminar in New Media Topics		3.0
DIGM 512	Shader Writing and Programming		3.0
DIGM 515	Digital Matte Painting/Set Extension		3.0
DIGM 518	Particle Systems/AI for Visual Effects		3.0
DIGM 540	New Media Project		9.0
DIGM 560	Advanced Concepts in Interactive 3D Environments		3.0
DIGM 605	Advanced Techniques in Computer Generated Imagery		3.0
DIGM 616	Immersive World Building		3.0
DIGM 641	Interactive TV DVD-ROM		3.0
DIGM 670	Gaming I		3.0
DIGM 671	Gaming II		3.0
DIGM 680	Thesis Development		9.0
	Directed electives		12.0