Interactive Media

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Foreign:$ 72.1 k / Year(s) Deadline: Feb 1, 2025
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The Cinema and Interactive Media Department offers a complete curricular experience in critical understanding and effective creation of contemporary moving image media and interactive design. With two programs, the M.F.A. in Motion Pictures and the M.F.A. in Interactive Media, our mission is to explore the creative uses of narrative, documentary, technology, design and human behavior in order to entertain, impact, augment, and influence how people communicate. We prepare a new generation of innovators, storytellers and leaders in the fields of cinema, transmedia and interaction design.

The M.F.A. in Interactive Media program requires that students complete a minimum of 45 credit hours at the graduate level with an average of "B" and no grade lower than a "C-". Prior written approval is required from both the chair of the CIM department and the director of graduate studies for transfer of credit hours, for course substitutions, as well as for taking a course at another university.

Interactive Media students are required to register for a capstone project seminar. To register for this course, students must complete all courses with a standing of 3.0 GPA. The capstone course is designed to help students define and execute their final projects. To graduate, students must complete and present a fully articulated capstone project and related documentation. Students must complete all degree requirements within 6 years.

Students must complete a minimum of 45 credit hours at the graduate level with an average of B and no grade lower than a C-. Prior written approval is required from both the chair of the interactive media program and the director of graduate studies for transfer credit hours, for course substitutions as well as for taking a course at another university.

Students are required to register for a capstone project seminar. To register for this course, students must complete all courses with a standing 3.0 GPA. The capstone course is designed to help students define and execute their final projects. To graduate, students must complete and present a fully articulated capstone project and related documentation.

Students must complete all master’s degree requirements within 6 years.

Course List
Code Title Credit Hours
Core Courses (Year One)  
JMM 622 Infographics And Data Visualization 3
CIM 640 Intro to Creative Coding 3
CIM 643 Intro To Systems: Designing Interactivity 3
CIM 690 Building Interfaces 3
Other Required Courses  
CIM 622 Ux Research 3
CIM 636 Collaborative Innovation Laboratory 3
CIM 645 Managing Interactive Media Projects 3
Specializations 12
Interaction Design Sequence  

CIM 642

Physical Computing And Prototyping  

CIM 635

UI DESIGN  

CIM 693

Dynamic Data: Building Database Driven Websites  

CIM 613

Mobile Application Development  
Game Design Sequence  

CIM 642

Physical Computing And Prototyping  

CIM 635

UI DESIGN  

CIM 721

Game Development Studio  

CIM 795

Special Topics in Motion Pictures (3D Characters / Motion Capture)  

or CIM 610

Foundation of Screenwriting

or CIM 740

Sound Design
Interactive Storytelling  

JMM 628

Seminar in Visual Storytelling  

CIM 610

Foundation of Screenwriting  

or CIM 611

Writing the Short Film

CIM 630

Introduction to Editing  

CIM 795

Special Topics in Motion Pictures (- 3D Characters / Motion Capture)  

or CIM 740

Sound Design

or CIM 620

Cinematography
Data Journalism and Visualization  
   

JMM 614

Media Law and Ethics Seminar  

JMM 628

Seminar in Visual Storytelling  

GEG 680

Spatial Data Analysis I  

or COM 602

Methods of Communication Research

CIM 693

Dynamic Data: Building Database Driven Websites  
Health Design  

CIM 693

Dynamic Data: Building Database Driven Websites  

COS 651

Survey Of Health Communication  

COS 652

Culture And Health  

or COS 653

Organizations, Communication Health

COS 655

Health Communication Interventions  
Electives 9
Students will be able to take 12 elective credits (four classes) of their choice under guidance of their advisor.  
Capstone  
CIM 691 Capstone 3
Total Credit Hours 45
  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States, or its
    equivalent from a foreign institution
  • Demonstrated English-proficiency for students whose native language is not English – a minimum
    score of 100 on the TOEFL
  • Statement of purpose
    A 500-word typed essay submitted during the online application
  • Application Fee
    Pay the $65 non-refundable application fee. The fee can be paid when you submit your application
    online.
  • Three letters of recommendation
    Three letters of recommendation are required from individuals who can assess your potential for
    graduate study. You may register your recommenders in the online application system so that they
    can submit their letters electronically. You may also send letters of recommendation by email to
    socgrad@miami.edu, or sent to our mailing address 
  • Students are encouraged to submit a portfolio. Click here to submit portfolio. Hard-copy or USB portfolios
    may also be mailed to the address below. Please note that we do not return portfolios or USB sticks.
    Students may choose to submit their GRE score if they don’t have a portfolio. Submitting a GRE instead of a
    portfolio will not affect their chances of getting accepted. Students may also submit both their GRE and
    portfolio. Our institution code for the GRE is #5815 and the department code is #4599.
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Scholarships

Graduate assistants are assigned to a faculty member to provide support for projects, teaching, and/or administrative duties. A student receiving a full assistantship is required to work 20 hours under the supervision of their assigned faculty member. Students awarded full assistantships receive a tuition waiver for 12 credits per semester (9 credits in the 4th semester) and a monthly stipend (totaling up to $15,000 per academic year). Depending on available funding and the applicant pool, half and quarter assistantships are also available.

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