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Digital Media

Are you a college graduate seeking an advanced certificate you can tailor to your own personal or professional needs?

Our graduate certificate in digital media delivers a unique mix of substance and flexibility to help you attain your goals. And it places you within easy reach of a master’s degree, to help you advance at a time when synergies among varied skillsets is in high demand.

Certificate Requirements

All of the requirements for the graduate certificate are also requirements for the master’s degree. Students who choose to continue would need to complete an additional M.I.S. seminar, 9 additional elective credit hours, and 6 credit hours of work on a thesis project. In total, completing the Master of Interdisciplinary Studies would require an additional 19 credit hours.

Required Courses

Required Courses: (6 credit hours)
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 301	Social Media Strategies	3
IDIS-D 513 INFO-I 300	Human Computer Interaction	3

Choose one of the Following: (3 credit hours)
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
IDIS-D 513 INFO-I 330	Legal and Social Informatics of Security	3
IDIS-D 513 INFO-I 368	Introduction to Network Science	3
IDIS-D 513 INFO-I 421	Applications of Data Mining	3
IDIS-D 513 INFO-I 441	Interaction Design Practice	3

Choose two of the following: (6 credit hours)
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
IDIS-D 511 SPCH-S 307	Crisis Management	3
IDIS-D 511 SPCH-S 333	Public Relations	3
IDIS-D 512/JOUR-C 327	Writing for Publication	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 303	Online Journalism	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 321	Principles of Public Relations	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 344	Photojournalism Reporting	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 349	Public Relations Writing	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 354	Photojournalism Editing	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 362	Multimedia Reporting	3
IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 384	Video-journalism	3

Advising

Advising in the M.I.S. graduate certificate program takes place both during the admissions process, when the director schedules an initial conversation with the applicant upon receipt of the complete application, and continuously over the course of the program, as individual degree pathways evolve.

For more information, contact Dr. Sara Walsh, director of the M.I.S. program.