Master of Arts in MediaXarts - Cinema for New Technologies and Environments

The one-year, 30-credit master's program in mediaXarts: Cinema for New Technologies and Environments prepares students for professions in the creative design industries, interaction design for public organizations, and emergent cinematic art forms, including interactive cinema, projection design, media installation, user experience design, design for mobile media, net art, and social media. The mediaXarts M.A. program interfaces with the full range of Media Arts B.F.A., M.A., and M.F.A. curricula at Temple University, which are among the leading programs for interdisciplinary, alternative, and emerging media arts. The mediaXarts program trains artists who seek to challenge cinematic and arts conventions through narrative, non-narrative, and hybrid forms, including interactive installation, projection design for performance and architecture, mobile media app design, digital animation, game design, interactive fabrication, and new media studies. The curriculum engages the exciting interdisciplinary contexts of Temple's Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts and Philadelphia's thriving arts scene.

Bachelor's Degree in Discipline/Related Discipline: All applicants must present credentials that are the equivalent of the appropriate baccalaureate degree at Temple University.
Statement of Goals: In approximately 500 words, explain your personal interests, educational aims, and professional goals, along with relevant biographical information.

Standardized Test Scores:
Applicants who earned their baccalaureate degree from an institution where the language of instruction was other than English, with the exception of those who subsequently earned a master's degree at a U.S. institution, must report scores for a standardized test of English that meet these minimums:

TOEFL iBT: 100, 600 PBT.

IELTS Academic: 7.0

The minimum admissions standard for all graduate students is ordinarily an undergraduate grade point average of B or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or the functional equivalent for students who have attended universities outside of the United States.
Portfolio: A portfolio, with your role in each work clearly indicated, is submitted as evidence of creative potential. The works can include film, video, animation, visual art, examples of design, interactive work, or other media art forms, as well as writing, art, music, still photography, computer arts, criticism, or research scholarship, if appropriate.

Resume: Current resume required.