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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Digital Production Arts, MS


Program Requirements


The Master of Science in Digital Production Arts is a non-terminal professional degree program aimed at producing graduates who intend to seek employment in the technology-based, electronic arts industry, in particular working with the technical components of visual effects production for the film, electronic games and commercial video industries. Graduates from the MS DPA program are well suited for a myriad of employment opportunities, including such junior level positions as technical directors, tools and development engineers, effects programmers, system programmers, and technical animators.

Requirements for Awarding of a Degree

The degree requires 30 credits of approved courses. Students select a thesis or non-thesis option. The thesis option includes six credits of thesis preparation (DPA 8920). Student may include up to six hours of approved courses of non-technical DPA coursework. These hours may include graduate up to six credits of coursework transferred from another institution. Students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in the 30 credits used to satisfy graduation requirements. All requirements of the Graduate School for the MS degree must also be satisfied.

Core courses provide the broad underlying technical and studio methods foundations for advanced study and lead to original studio and research work. Technical electives provide opportunity for students to develop an expertise or broaden their background to support studio and thesis work. Non-Technical electives allow students to develop specialized knowledge or broaden their background to support digital art production.