Media Technology (MSc)
About the programme
The two-year Media Technology MSc programme (120 EC) includes mandatory core courses, accent courses, electives, a field trip, a public exhibition, as well as a personal Graduation Research Project.
The Media Technology MSc programme is an intense two-year journey. The curriculum consists of:
- Compulsory courses (50 EC)
- Accent and elective courses (28 EC)
- Public exhibition project (12 EC)
- Graduation Research Project (30 EC)
The courses in more detail
The compulsory courses are structured around four pillars:
1. Academic skills & being a scientist
• Research Fundamentals
• Playful & Creative Science
• Science & Humanities
• Portfolio
2. Conceptual skills & media
• Field Trip, e.g. to the Ars Electronica Festival
• Strategies for Creative & Performing Arts
• Meta Media
• Artificial Creatures
3. Technical skills & computing
• Creative Programming
• Hardware & Physical Computing
4. The human context of technology
• Human-Computer Interaction & Information Visualisation
• Sound, Space & Interaction
• Non-Human Cognition
See the full course list in the university's e-Prospectus.
Methods of education
Students in the programme will be involved in:
- excursions
- lectures and work groups
- individual and group assignments
- individual and group projects
- individual and group presentations
- research proposals and projects
- exhibition
Read more about the programme's educational vision.
Further information, projects, activities, and events
Do you want to learn more about the programme's activities, projects and events? Have a look at the Media Technology MSc programme's course website.