Please note that all students applying or transfering into Digital Media Studies starting in the Fall of 2012 will be recieving degrees in our new program, Emergent Digital Practices. Current students who will graduate after the start of Fall 2012 have the option of finishing the DMS degree path or shifting to the new EDP path. Please see an advisor for details. Find out more about our exciting new program and degree offerings here: du.edu/ahss/edp
Anticipating the role of digital media and arts in the 21st century, the School of Mass Communication, the School of Art & Art History and the Department of Computer Science co-founded one of the first digital media studies degree programs (both B.A. and M.A.) in the world. It has since grown and shifted in order to remain connected to and critical of the evolution and future of technology.
Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Studies
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Digital Media Studies is a dynamic program of study that combines new media design, production, and theory. Our faculty present students with intellectual, creative and technical challenges throughout the program in order to prepare them for cutting edge careers in a diversity of new-media fields including design, web content management and production, advertising, communications/PR, copy writing, ecommerce, marketing, project management. The program can also serve as excellent foundation for students who wish to pursue graduate study in a number of fields including art, design, cultural studies, communication, computer science, game studies and education. Graduates leave the program with innovative perspectives on the ever-changing digital media landscape and the technical abilities to help shape the emergent media environment.
The Digital Media Studies Program is a collaborative effort between the School of Art and Art History, the School of Communication, and the School of Engineering and Computer Science, and consists of a rigorous foundational curriculum and a flexible set of electives. Students also are also provided a diversity of internship and community outreach opportunities throughout the Denver area. Find out more about the program here.
Master of Arts in Digital Media Studies
DMS draws graduate students from a number of disciplines and backgrounds, including art and design, English literature, mass communications, journalism, music, computer science, and education. We seek smart, creative students who have a solid track record of independent thinking, with an ability to foster general connections across the liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences.
We value students ready to immerse themselves in the growing field of digital media scholarship. We look for those graduate students eager to join us in the production of compelling and reflective digital works and experiences. These may take the form of critical and creative publications, networked discussions, conference and festival participation, performance, videos and films, audio works, games, interactive media, locative media projects, net.art, and more.
DMS is about the interplay of critical and technical research, hands-on production in a variety of interconnected media, and creative expression. You should be eager to produce a good deal of new work using digital technologies. But we do not require technical skills to be admitted, but expect that students will work to aquire them during their course of study. We don't expect everyone to have the same skill set or topical interests. We prefer to see where you are at and, more importantly, where you see yourself going, and begin our dialogue from there. Find out more about the program here.
