New Media Studies at DePaul is an interdisciplinary project involving faculty from the departments of Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse; Art, Media, & Design; and the College of Communication. By joining critical interpretation and situated practical action, The Master of Arts in New Media Studies will prepare its graduates to function as productive and responsible individuals in the evolving social contexts created by the new media. In small core courses, working collaboratively with each other and professionally engaged faculty members, students will gain:
Students take core courses in the history and theory of media and technology, the rhetoric of design, and relationships between text and image. Courses chosen from a variety of approved electives—production and/or theory-based courses in departments across the university—round out students’ self-defined programs of study. The program concludes with the creation of individual digital portfolios tailored to the each student’s career goals.