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Graduate Program: Description
The comparative and cross-disciplinary nature of both the
graduate and undergraduate
programs is embodied in a faculty drawn from Architecture,
Anthropology, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History,
Literature, Music and Theater Arts, Philosophy, Writing
and Humanistic Studies, Science Technology and Society,
Media Arts and Sciences, Art and Architecture, Uban Studies
and Planning, and Political Science.
Graduate Curriculum
Graduate students normally take three twelve-unit subjects
per semester, for a total of twelve subjects. The curriculum
has been developed in order to allow students flexibility
to explore topics and at the same time have a structure
that incorporates required proseminars, hands-on work, and
colloquia. Students work individually with an advisor to
design their curriculum based on their needs, their experience,
and their goals for the future. The following is a basic
structure:
First Year
Semester One:
Proseminar: Media Theories and Methods I, 12 credits
Proseminar: Major Media Texts, 12 credits
Workshop I, 12 credits
Colloquium, 3 credits
Semester Two:
Proseminar: Media Theories and Methods II, 12 credits
Elective to fulfill Workshop requirement, 12 credits
Elective, 12 credits
Colloquium, 3 credits
Second Year
Semester One
Proseminar: Media in Transition, 12 credits
Elective, 12 credits
Elective, 12 credits
Colloquium, 3 credits
Semester Two
Thesis, 24 credits
Elective, 12 credits
Colloquium, 3 credits
Accelerated Masters
Students can also obtain their degree in
three semesters by taking four courses a semester. It is
recommended that students who wish to pursue this option
take the proseminar Media in Transition during the first
semester.
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