Course Calendar
MDM Course Calendar
Fall Term
Sept - Dec
Fall Term
Sept - Dec
About the program
The MDM Program is cohort-based and commences each year in September.
Please check the latest application deadlines. The 16 month program is divided into four, four-month semesters and includes an internship.
First, second and third semester
The first semester has four core courses (Foundations of Digital Media, Improvisation for Collaboration, Foundations of Game Design, and Projects I - Building Virtual Worlds). A fifth core course, The Visual Story, is offered in the second semester, along with a major project course. A wide range of elective courses is also available, drawn both from our four partner institutions and created by MDM faculty. The elective courses are typically taken in the third (summer) semester, along with a second major project or a student-pitched project, leading to product development and launch.
The backbone of the MDM curriculum—in semesters one, two and three—is a sequence of three supervised project courses, each of which places students in interdisciplinary teams, characterized by close interaction with both faculty members and industry professionals. The projects will be of varying duration and are structured to address differing elements of digital media.
These include core areas such as interactive narrative, immersive/virtual worlds, spatial and temporal domains and 3D rendering. Team members are rotated for each new project. Students will typically devote up to 80% of their time to project work.
Fourth semester
In the fourth semester, students do a 4-month Internship. Students are required to secure work related to digital media and get real-world experience. There is also an option to extend the internship to 8 months with the Internship Continuation.
Fifth semester - optional
In the fifth semester, students who choose to do an 8-month internship will enroll in DMED 531 and receive their final grade at the end of this semester. The 8-month internship is optional.
Note
A term length is 4 months.
Term 1 runs September - December
Term 2 runs January - April
Term 3 runs May - August
Term 4 runs September - December
Course Calendar
Course Calendar
Term 1
DMED 500
Foundations of Digital Media
DMED 502
Improvisation for Collaboration
Dr. Dave Fracchia
DMED 503
Foundations of Game Design
Jason Elliott
DMED 520
Projects I - Building Virtual Worlds
Term 2
DMED 501
The Visual Story
Dr. Rachel Ralph
DMED 521
Projects II
Term 3
DMED 522
Projects III
DMED 540
Special Topics in Digital Media
Term 4
DMED 530