Entrance Requirments

The university Graduate Catalog describes the general graduate admission requirements. To be accepted into the graduate program in Media Arts and Computer Science a student must:

Have a bachelor's degree in an area related to one of the three disciplines involved in this program
OR
a bachelor's degree in some unrelated area AND extensive work experience in an area related to one of the three discipline areas.
To be accepted into the Master of Science track a student must have a Bachelor's of Science degree or have a strong mathematics background including Calculus and either Discrete Mathematics or Linear Algebra.
Have a GPA in their major of 3.2
Submit a portfolio demonstrating their knowledge and accomplishments to be used as part of an evaluation of the depth and breadth of their undergraduate education and work experience. Students should contact an advisor in the area of concentration they wish to pursue to discuss the type of portfolio expected for that concentration area.

Students requesting admission into any of the three Computer Science tracks are expected to submit samples of their work which may include:

computer programs
software engineering and/or systems analysis and design projects
web documents
technical reports
other comprehensive work

Students requesting admission into either the Design Studies or Mass Communication tracks are expected to submit a portfolio* of work showing previous professional and/or undergraduate work which may include:

fine art / design work
creative or experimental communications
video production, graphics / animation
multi-media products
other work indicating creative and technology competency

Portfolios may be in the following formats:

20 35mm slides
S/VHS video tape (15min max)
multi-media presentation (15min max)
computer presentation viewable on Macintosh or windows platform (disk, zip, CD acceptable)