DCMP Graduate Programs

The Department of Critical Media Practices graduate program is comprised of a PhD in Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices in addition to graduate certificates in the field. The PhD is a four-year fully funded practice-led program of scholarly research into new and evolving creative practices rooted in innovations in art and technology, aesthetics and theories of cultural production, representation and embodiment.
 
The program is predicated upon the integration of theory and practice, and is situated in the interstices of humanities, arts and computational technologies. Its interdisciplinary and transcultural approach to creative practices and knowledge production draws extensively from art and art history, moving image art, performance art, sonic studies, and immersive media platforms. The thread that integrates these disciplines into a unitary field of knowing and doing is a shared interest in the application of media computational technologies informed by critical/historical inquiry and research into how these technologies are reconfiguring media arts production and art practices while also forging innovative forms of artistic collaborations, and creating reflective, critical, and culturally engaged scholar/artists for the 21st century.
 

PhD: Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practices

The PhD in Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practices is a practice-led program of scholarly research and exploration of media practices, theories and innovations in art and technology. In this program, students both experiment with and research the media and artistic practices that they study.

MFA: Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices

The MFA in Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices, a terminal degree, is a three-year program in which students learn and experiment with a variety of documentary media practices as they work toward the completion of a thesis project. The core of the program is the Documentary Lab, in which students from a wide range of disciplines develop and workshop projects at various stages of completion. The program also takes advantage of masterclasses and other opportunities offered by the Center for Document...

Graduate Certificate: Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices

The Graduate Certificate in Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices (ETMAP) is a 9 credit hour certificate program that is open to any student pursuing a graduate degree in any department at the University of Colorado Boulder. In the program, students integrate media practices, theories and innovations in art and technology into their research. Students both experiment with and research the media and artistic practices that they study. The program will be of particular interest to students whose medi...

Graduate Certificate: Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices

The Graduate Certificate in Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices (ETMAP) is a 9 credit hour certificate program that is open to any student pursuing a graduate degree in any department at the University of Colorado Boulder. In the program, students integrate media practices, theories and innovations in art and technology into their research. Students both experiment with and research the media and artistic practices that they study. The program will be of particular interest to students whose medi...