Department of Visual and Media Arts
Media Art (MFA) Program Requirements
64 credits to be completed in six semesters (three years):
| VM 600 | Business of Modern Media |
| VM 605 | Graduate Writing the Short Subject, or VM 606 Writing for Interactive Media |
| VM 613 | Foundations of Image and Sound Production |
| VM 640 | MFA Production Workshop (12 credits over three semesters) |
| VM 651 | Studies in Narrative and Media History |
| VM 652 | Theories of Integrated Media |
| VM 698 | MFA Project (8 credits over two semesters) |
Second-Level Production Courses
| VM 611 | Principles of Sound Production |
| VM 612 | Graduate Sound Design |
| VM 614 | Graduate Studio Production |
| VM 615 | Graduate Film Production |
| VM 618 | Graduate Interactive Media Production |
| VM 621 | Graduate Documentary Production |
| VM 623 | Graduate Directing Actors for the Screen |
| VM 625 | Computer Animation I |
| VM 628 | Experimental Media Production |
Third-Level Production Courses
| VM 604 | Topics in Media Production |
| VM 619 | Advanced Interactive Production |
| VM 631 | Advanced Graduate Documentary Production |
| VM 636 | Computer Animation II |
| VM 633 | Advanced Directing Fiction Narrative |
Electives
| VM 663 | Studies in Digital Media and Culture (seminar) |
| VM 664 | Studies in Documentary History and Theory (seminar) |
| VM 697 | Directed Studies |
| Select 500-level courses | |
Media Art (MFA) AT A GLANCE
Full-time, three-year program
64 credits
Class size: 30 incoming students each year
AREAS OF STUDY
Computer Animation
Documentary
Experimental Media
Fiction Narrative
Installation
Interactive Art
Sound Design
ADMISSION
Fall admission only
Deadline: January 15
Meet the Graduate Program Director
Jan Roberts-Breslin, Media Art (MFA) Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor, is an independent media artist whose work has been broadcast on PBS and has received national and international festival awards. She is also the author of Making Media: Foundations of Sound and Image Production. Learn more »
At Emerson, when there’s a will, there’s a way. Some inventive Visual and Media Arts students have found a new means to raise funds to film and produce their work. It’s something called crowdfunding, through the online platform Kickstarter.com.
