Media, Technology, and Ethics, MS (Boston)

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Required Courses

• COMM 5250 — Communication and Technology Research Methods
• MSCR 5300 — Media and Technology Ethics

Data and Technology Courses

From the catalog

Complete three of the following:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • MSCR 6310 — Critical Data Studies
  • MSCR 6320 — Digital Technologies and Global Society
  • MSCR 6330 — Democracy, Technology, and Equality
  • MSCR 6340 — Race and Technology

Concentrations (choose 1)

Applied Research

From the catalog

Any 5000- or 6000-level course approved by advisor

• COMM 6995 — Research Project
• INAM 6360 — Ethnographic Methods and the Arts

Civic Engagement and Policy

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Complete two of the following:

• JRNL 5400 — Media and Advocacy in Theory and Practice
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 6320 — Political Communication
  • COMM 6500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and Media
  • JRNL 5480 — Research for Media Strategy

Data Visualization

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• All of:
  • ARTG 5150 — Information Visualization Principles and Practices
  • ARTG 5151 — Information Design Critique Seminar
• ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
• One of:
  • ARTG 5310 — Visual Cognition
  • ARTG 6110 — Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking
  • ARTG 6330 — Information Design Mapping Strategies

Game Design

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• GSND 5110 — Game Design and Analysis
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • GSND 6000 — Advanced Topics in Game Design
  • GSND 6240 — Exploratory Concept Design
  • GSND 6250 — Spatial and Temporal Design
  • GSND 6460 — Generative Game Design

Information Ethics

From the catalog

Complete three of the following:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • CY 5240 — Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
  • PHIL 5002 — Ethics and Public Policy
  • PHIL 5005 — Information Ethics
  • PHIL 5010 — AI Ethics

Media Content

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• MSCR 6100 — Digital Media: Theory and Practice
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 5510 — Technology and Strategic Communication
  • JRNL 6306 — Media Innovation Studio 1
  • JRNL 6307 — Media Innovation Studio 2
  • JRNL 6341 — Telling Your Story with Data

GPA requirements

• Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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