MA/MS in Telecommunications

Call For Applications: MA/MS in Design and Production from the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University, Bloomington

The MA/MS in Telecommunications with a focus on design and production from Indiana University is a highly flexible, two-year graduate degree focused on advanced topics in the media arts and sciences. Students concentrate on design and production from creative, professional and experimental perspectives by designing their own program of study in order to create artistic and new forms of expression and inquiry. Areas of specialization in the media arts include games, interactive media, virtual worlds, physical computing, documentary production, sound design and music for media, to name a few. The Department of Telecommunications is a leader in design and production, with the academic rigor of an applied, entrepreneurial and imaginative approach to media work. Students are encouraged to collaborate and work closely with faculty on advanced projects in their area of interest. A large number of students are funded and participate in teaching through assistant instruction, as well as research assistantships. Graduates become leaders in the their chosen field.

The Department of Telecommunications is part of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. Students at Indiana University are immersed in an interdisciplinary environment of world-class faculty including artists, designers, communications researchers, producers, writers, industry and legal experts in the field of communications, media arts and sciences.

The Department of Telecommunications also supports research in the field through the Institute for Communication Research. Subjects of study encouraged by the institute cover a wide range of topics, including cognitive processing of media, effects of media violence and media sexuality on individuals and society, stigma of mental illness, modern forms of television journalism, the effects of video games, as well as effects of the moving image and audio. Other research foci in the department include political communication, children and media, health communication, media industries, interactive media, media economics and telecommunications law and policy.

The Department of Telecommunication’s facilities include a graduate media lounge and computer lab, as well as advanced, high-definition production labs and facilities. The Department of Telecommunications makes its home in the Radio TV building, which is shared with Bloomington’s public television station WTIU and radio station WFIU.

Indiana University in Bloomington is one of the nation’s top technologically supported, public research institutions, with more than 19,000 graduate students, studying in 352 post-baccalaureate degree programs. Indianan University has first rate libraries ranked 13th in a survey of North American academic research libraries and an acclaimed extensive network of computer resources on a campus recognized as one of the most beautiful in the country.

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