Interdisciplinary Design and Media, PhD (Boston)

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Required Coursework

• INAM 7000 — Introduction to Research in Interdisciplinary Design and Media
• INAM 7001 — Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Design and Media
• INAM 7900 — Research Seminar
• INAM 7901 — Dissertation Writing Seminar

Dissertation

• One of:
  • INAM 9990 — Dissertation Term 1
  • INAM 9991 — Dissertation Term 2

Research Methods Elective

From the catalog

Complete one research methods elective from the following or in consultation with your advisor:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • ARTG 5120 — Research Methods for Design
  • ARTG 5320 — Statistics for Design
  • COMM 5250 — Communication and Technology Research Methods
  • CS 6350 — Empirical Research Methods
  • CS 7300 — Empirical Research Methods for Human Computer Interaction
  • CS 7340 — Theory and Methods in Human Computer Interaction
  • DS 5110 — Essentials of Data Science
  • EECE 5644 — Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
  • GSND 5130 — Mixed Research Methods for Games
  • GSND 6340 — Biometrics of Design
  • INAM 6360 — Ethnographic Methods and the Arts
  • INSH 5301 — Introduction to Computational Statistics
  • INSH 6300 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
  • INSH 6406 — Analyzing Complex Digitized Data
  • INSH 6500 — Statistical Analysis
  • INSH 7101 — Qualitative Research Design
  • INSH 7103 — Mixed Methods Research
  • PHTH 6820 — Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials

Practice-Based Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog

In consultation with your advisor, complete 4 semester hours from the following:

INAM 6000 or INAM 8984 are recommended

Course Area Requirements

16 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 16 semester hours from the course areas below.

Architecture and Sustainability

• One of:
  • ARCH 5210 — Environmental Systems
  • ARCH 5230 — Structural Systems
  • ARCH 5312 — Mapping and Building Health
  • ARCH 5314 — Planning and the Built Environment
  • ARCH 5330 — Theories of Architecture and Urbanism
  • ARCH 6340 — Graduate Topics in Architecture
  • SUEN 6210 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 1
  • SUEN 6220 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2
  • SUEN 7230 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1
  • SUEN 7240 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2

Design and Technology

• One of:
  • ARTG 5130 — Visual Communication for Information Design
  • ARTG 5310 — Visual Cognition
  • ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
  • ARTG 5430 — Visualization Technologies 2: Advanced Practices
  • ARTG 5610 — Design Systems
  • ARTG 5620 — Notational Systems for Experience
  • ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design
  • ARTG 5710 — Design for Dignity
  • ARTG 6310 — Design for Behavior and Experience
  • ARTG 6330 — Information Design Mapping Strategies

Art and Technology

• One of:
  • INAM 5000 — Introduction to Creative Computing
  • INAM 6430 — AI and Creative Exploration
  • INAM 6530 — Emerging Practices in Technology and the Arts in Context
  • THTR 5700 — Design for Immersive Performance
  • THTR 6100 — Advanced Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
  • THTR 6670 — Advanced Mixed Media Performance Lab

Art and Health/Behavioral Sciences

• One of:
  • HINF 5200 — Theoretical Foundations in Personal Health Informatics
  • HINF 5300 — Personal Health Interface Design and Development
  • HINF 5301 — Evaluating Health Technologies
  • HLTH 5800 — AI Across the Health Sciences
  • MUSC 6300 — Music Perception and Cognition Research
  • MUSC 6510 — Music and the Brain Advanced Research
  • PHTH 5230 — Global Health
  • PHTH 5540 — Health Education and Program Planning
  • PHTH 6204 — Society, Behavior, and Health
  • PHTH 6208 — Foundations of Community Health Assessment

Media and Innovation

• One of:
  • COMM 5510 — Technology and Strategic Communication
  • COMM 6500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and Media
  • JRNL 6340 — Fundamentals of Digital Journalism
  • JRNL 6341 — Telling Your Story with Data
  • JRNL 6460 — AI in Media Industries
  • MSCR 5300 — Media and Technology Ethics
  • MSCR 6310 — Critical Data Studies
  • MSCR 6320 — Digital Technologies and Global Society
  • MSCR 6330 — Democracy, Technology, and Equality
  • MSCR 6340 — Race and Technology

Games and XR

• One of:
  • EXRE 5010 — Immersive Media: Extended Realities (XR) History, Theory, and Impact
  • EXRE 5020 — Developing Extended Realities (XR)
  • EXRE 5030 — Designing Extended Realities (XR)
  • GSND 5110 — Game Design and Analysis
  • GSND 6225 — Applied Game Design
  • GSND 6240 — Exploratory Concept Design
  • GSND 6320 — Psychology of Play
  • GSND 6350 — Data-Driven Game Design
  • GSND 6460 — Generative Game Design
  • GSND 6520 — 3D Modeling and Asset Creation Principles

Human Computer/Robot Interaction

• One of:
  • ARTG 5910 — Human-Centered Design
  • ARTG 6460 — Human-Centered AI
  • CS 5170 — Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction
  • CS 5345 — Interactive Prototyping
  • CS 6130 — Affective Computing
  • IE 5630 — Biosensor and Human Behavior Measurement
  • IE 6500 — Human Performance
  • IE 7315 — Human Factors Engineering
  • One of:
    • INAM 5347 — Understanding Users
    • CS 5347 — Understanding Users
  • ME 6250 — Wearable Robotics

Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

In consultation with your advisor, complete 8 semester hours of graduate-level courses.

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• CS 5347 ↔ INAM 5347 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

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