Level up your career with a Digital Media MA!
The MA program in Digital Media engages students in theoretical frameworks, methods, and critical media practices related to computational, interactive media. Through rigorous creative and research projects, the MA prepares students for continued study in a Ph.D. program or employment within the industry. Working closely with innovative faculty and technology partnerships in downtown Orlando, students will employ emerging technologies to communicate interactive narratives and experiences while also producing cutting-edge research in interactive media.
In the News
Dr. Maria Harrington presents at the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference
At the ACM SIGGRAPH conference, Dr. Harrington presented a course on virtual nature as a digital twin.
GaIM Assistant Professor’s First Academic Book: ‘Unstable Aesthetics’
Digital Media (GaIM) assistant professor Eddie Lohmeyer, Ph.D., talks all about the strange and intriguing history of art modding in his first academic book, “Unstable Aesthetics: Game Engines and the Strangeness of Art Modding.”
Electronic Arts Endows ‘Inclusion in Gaming’ Scholarship for Future NSCM Students
Two Inclusion in Gaming awards will be distributed annually to GaIM students who demonstrate how they have overcome adversity or are striving for the inclusion of others.
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Selected Courses
Curriculum
Please visit the Graduate Catalog to see the current curriculum for our program. Designed for working professionals, evening courses offered. Grain the skills you need. Combine arts, science and technology in a highly individualized program to develop your skills and knowledge in digital media.
- DIG 6647 History & Theory of Interactive Media (3 hours)
- DIG 5487 Media Aesthetics (3 hours)
- DIG 5508 Programming
- DIG 6971 Thesis OR DIG 6524 Studio 1 (3 hours)
- DIG 6817 Contemporary Topics in Digital Media (3 hours)
- Elective (and COM, DIG, FIL prefix or other as approved by the graduate coordinator) (3 hours)
- DIG 6551 Theory & Practice of Interactive Storytelling (3 hours)
- DIG 6136 Design for Interactive Media (3 hours)
- DIG 6825 Research Methods for Interactive Media (3 hours)
- DIG 6971 Thesis OR DIG 6909 Research Report (3 hours)
- DIG 5831 Computational Media (3 hours)
- Elective (and COM, DIG, FIL prefix or other as approved by the graduate coordinator) (3 hours)
Maker Space
Games & Interactive Media
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Max Croft
Research Associate -
Madeline Davis
Instructor -
Maria C. R. Harrington
Associate Professor -
Taylor Howard
Lecturer -
Nicholas Hunter
Instructor -
Jordan Lipscomb
Maker Space Manager -
Eddie Lohmeyer
Assistant Professor -
Kenneth Morrison
Instructor -
Matthew Mosher
Associate Professor -
John Murray
Assistant Professor -
David Negrin
Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Industry Liaison Coordinator -
Daniel V. Novatnak
Associate Instructor -
Sercan Sengun
Assistant Professor -
Gideon N Shbeeb
Associate Instructor -
Daria Sinyagovskaya
Lecturer -
Peter Smith
Associate Professor, Deputy Assistant Director and Graduate Coordinator for Games and Interactive Media -
Ty Stude
Instructor -
Natalie Underberg-Goode, Ph.D.
Professor and Assistant Director, Games and Interactive Media
Contact
Peter Smith, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
Peter.Smith@ucf.edu
Nicholsongrad@ucf.edu
407-823-6100