Overview

The MDM Program is cohort based and commences each year in September. A second intake will be offered starting January 2011. The 20-month program is divided into four, four-month semesters and one, four-month internship period.

The first semester has four core courses (Foundations of Digital Media, Interdisciplinary Improvisation, The Visual Story, and Building Virtual Worlds). A fifth core course, Foundations of Game Design, 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 backbone of the MDM curriculum 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.

Course Calendar