Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to the Master of Science in Media Arts and Technology, you must:

1. Have a 3.0 undergraduate grade point average from an accredited college or university.
2. Be literate and comfortable with computers.   We define this as having experience with a graphical user interface, word processing software, cutting and pasting, and file management. 
3. In addition to submitting the information requested on the top part of the application, you must also submit to the department a self-nomination document, or electronic (Examples of electronic portfolios might be web sites you designed, interactive presentations or titles, videotapes and so on.) or hard copy portfolio.  The document should address these issues:
   1. Your reasons for pursuing a Master of Science in Media Arts and Technology
   2. How you would contribute to such a program
   3. A description of how your interests, activities, and work related to multimedia technology
   4. Anything else you feel will strengthen your application for admission
4. The GRE Test must be taken

Application for the accelerated masters program
Undergraduate Duquesne Digital Media Arts students with a 3.5 grade point average can earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Science degree in five years. Those interested in this accelerated program must apply by the second semester of their junior year.  After being accepted into the program students will take two 500 level courses in their senior year and apply them to both their Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees. 

Upon acceptance, the student will be required to schedule an advisement meeting with one of the full-time faculty members to map out their graduate course studies.  This is done so that the student can select the classes that will best suit their particular area of interest.

Application for the Certificate Program
Admission is based upon the application, undergraduate transcripts, a grade point average of 3.0 and either an electronic portfolio or a self-nomination letter (see above for suggested content).

A 12-credit certificate in Media Arts and Technology is for professionals who want to keep current in the fast-changing sphere of multimedia and web technologies.

Requirements
Certificate students must take JMA 501 – Introduction to Multimedia Technology and JMA 530 – Digital Imaging for Multimedia.  The student must also take any two additional multimedia graduate courses.