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
Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
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IDIS-D 512 JOUR-J 301 |
Social Media Strategies | 3 |
IDIS-D 513 INFO-I 300 |
Human Computer Interaction | 3 |
Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
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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 |
Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
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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.

Sara M. Walsh Ph.D.
Director, Master of Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Crestview Hall 123
Phone: (812) 941-2296
smwalsh@indiana.edu
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