• University of Calgary offers MSc Computational Media Design program with a duration of 2 years.
  • This course is offered on a full-time basis.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program and can be complete this program in a maximum 4-years.
  • Students with full-time get the facilities to do some additional courses that are:
    • Architecture
    • Planning and Landscape
    • Art, Dance, and Drama
    • English or Music and two additional graduate-level courses.
  • Students have to select 5 core courses.
  • Computational Media Design is a leading-edge program designed for students innovating at the intersection of art, music, dance, drama, design and computer science.
  • This research-based degree is offered jointly through the Department of Computer Science, Art, English, School of Architecture and School of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts.
  • Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend an open oral defense.
  • A master’s degree in computational media design will give you the pre-requisite for a Ph.D.
  • Students also do the research methodology course which includes Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, Computer Science, Art, Dance, Drama, English or Music.
  • The student-Faculty ratio of the Computational Media Design program is 16:1.
  • Students get the opportunities to apply in companies whose primary business is game design and development, web design, networking, interactive media, public displays, and mobile and wearable computing.
  • Placements/Job opportunities after the MSc Computational Media Design are Digital camera operator, Sound engineering technician, Multimedia artist, Film and video editor, etc.
  • The average salary goes up to 60,000 USD after completing the program.