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The Master of Science degree in Emerging Media and Technology is designed to augment a student's skill set, affording new career opportunities for students from diverse undergraduate and professional backgrounds. Due to the program's STEM foundation and interdisciplinary nature, students learn quantitative and coding skills for emerging media platforms, including interactive websites and apps; data-based analysis, communication and visualization; theoretical understanding of the relationship between the technology industry and society; and the tools for working in and managing interdisciplinary teams on interactive technology projects.
Students in this program develop individual plans of study and engage in experiential learning through interdisciplinary elective graduate coursework in one of the following specialization areas: data analytics and coding; social scientific research; applied communication, information and strategy; applied creative technology; or training and development technology.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
Admission decisions will be made by the graduate program coordinator with consultation from the members of the graduate faculty.
International applicants who do not meet the above test scores will not be considered for admission.
Applications submitted after these deadlines will be considered on a space-available basis.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Major Requirements | ||
EMAT 51510 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TEAM DYNAMICS | 3 |
EMAT 60010 | FOUNDATIONS OF EMERGING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
EMAT 60310 | CREATIVE CODING FUNDAMENTALS | 3 |
or EMAT 52210 | WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT | |
EMAT 62110 | INTERACTIVE DATA | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Specialization, chose from the following: 1 | 12 | |
Applied Communication, Information and Strategy | ||
Applied Creative Technology | ||
Data Analytics/Coding | ||
Social Scientific Research | ||
Training and Development Technology | ||
Culminating Requirement | ||
Choose from the following: | 6 | |
EMAT 60999 | PROJECTS IN EMERGING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY | |
& Interdisciplinary Specialization Course | ||
EMAT 60999 & EMAT 69992 | PROJECTS IN EMERGING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY and INTERNSHIP IN EMERGING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY | |
EMAT 69199 | THESIS I | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
For the interdisciplinary specialization, students develop a course plan with approval of their faculty advisor by the end of their first semester in the program. The makeup of this coursework is flexible, but each course should be designated under one of the five areas.
Minimum Major GPA | Minimum Overall GPA |
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- | 3.000 |
More specifically, the EMAT MS degree falls under the broad United States government category of "Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies," and is assigned Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code 303101 Human Computer Interaction. This program classification is included in the from the US Department of Homeland Security.
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