NUI Galway - Digital Media
Qualification Type : Postgraduate Diploma/Masters
Qualification Letters : PgDip/MA
Attendance Options : 1 Year Full-Time
Course Overview/Contact:
The MA in Digital Media provides advanced creative and technical education in digital media within a supportive educational environment. Students are given practical training across a range of digital media practices, including Emerging Web Media, E-Learning, and 3D Modelling, whilst also developing their creative, critical and entrepreneurial skills within small-group classes. The MA in Digital Media is a unique interdisciplinary programme, delivered by combining expertise from the Huston School of Film and Digital Media, the discipline of Information Technology, and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI). Classes contain a mix of graduates from relevant academic backgrounds and industry professionals who want to develop or extend existing skills.
Career Opportunities:
Career Opportunities
The career paths from this course are limitless, and our graduates are sought after by a wide range of industries. Areas that former gradutes are currently working in include television production, IT, graphic and interaction design, web design and development and higher-education. A number of graduates have carried on to undertake PhD research, whilst others have utilised the creative and entrepreneurial skills developed on the course to develop their final projects into business opportunities.
Why Choose This Course?
With its uniquely diverse offerings and an impressive roll-call of graduates, this MA was shortlisted for Postgraduate Programme of the Year (2013). Students from the MA in Digital Media have won awards at national level in the areas of e-learning and digital storytelling. The range of skills and topics covered on the programme, as well as the different backgrounds of the students on it, contribute towards an environment rich in peer-learning, multidisciplinary experiences and cross-pollination of ideas and skills. Furthermore, as a student at the Huston School you will be part of a collaborative creative community, interacting with students across a range of Media programmes through shared modules and events. You will also have all the opportunities which come from studying at one of the world’s top Universities, including access to a range of seminars and high-profile guest speakers, and digital media practitioners.
Shannon Reeves | MA Digital Media
'The MA in Digital Media really is a unique course, not only because of the range of subjects taught (from databases to interactive design, e-learning and writing in the digital age) but also because of the range of backgrounds and skills that students bring to the course. Because everyone has different strengths and areas for improvement, and because we're learning such an array of skills and technologies, there's an inevitable community bond which grows up very quickly between members of the class, as everyone helps each other and contributes to classroom learning. We've also got a dedicated lab where we can work on our own computers, discuss our assignments, and even just socialise, which means there's a healthy mix of social and educational development as the year progresses.'
Programme Content:
The course is a full-time, 12-month programme, which runs from September to August of each year. It is split into three semesters, with modules spanning all aspects of Digital Media. Semester 1 and 2 are comprised of core modules and a group of electives, enabling each student to tailor the degree to their own individual needs.
Modules include:
- Databases
- Internet Programming
- Emerging Wed Media
- 3D Modelling and Animation
- Digital Media Analytics and Visualisation
- Interactive Digital Media
- Graphics And Image Processing
- Human Computer Interaction
- E-Learning
- Service Learning
- Creative Difference and Innovation
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Play & Practice
- Digital Film and Culture
The final semester is dedicated to the design, development and testing of students’ end-of-year projects, as well as a 5,000 word accompanying dissertation. Each student is assigned an expert supervisor for guidance throughout the project development process.
Entry Requirements & Assessment:
Assessments on the programme are designed to develop students’ technical and creative skills, as well as their ability to undertake individual and group work and to critically assess their own work and that of their peers. Assessment is by both practical and written tasks, and includes presentations, reports, video essays, short films, websites, designs and animations. A unique aspect of the MA is the end-of-year digital media project, which gives students the opportunity to specialise in a specific area of the programme and develop their technical skills and creativity in a real-world context. These assessments and projects also contribute towards a practical portfolio of digital media work.
Find out More
Emma Hogan
T 353 91 495 920
E ehogan@nuigalway.ie
