UT Dallas 2013 Graduate Catalog

School of Arts and Humanities

Graduate Programs in Arts and Technology

The program leading to the MA in Arts and Technology is designed both for individuals engaged in professional practice wishing to enhance their knowledge and skills and for students intending to pursue a doctorate in a related field. It offers advanced studies in interactive media and computer-based arts that emphasize the fusion of creative with critical thinking and theory with practice. Students must complete thirty-six semester hours of coursework and an advanced project.

Master of Arts in Arts and Technology

36 hours minimum

Major Core Courses: 6 hours

ATEC 6300 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Arts and Technology

ATEC 6331 Aesthetics of Interactive Arts

Students are expected to complete these courses as early as possible in their degree plan.

Prescribed Electives: 27 hours

Twenty-seven hours chosen from the following courses:

ATEC 6332 Design Principles

ATEC 6333 Computational Design

ATEC 6334 Information Design for New Media

ATEC 6335 Research in Sound Design

ATEC 6341 Game Design

ATEC 6342 Game Studies

ATEC 6343 Interactive Environments

ATEC 6345 Game Production Lab

ATEC 6351 Digital Arts

ATEC 6352 Motion Capture

ATEC 6353 Visualization Research

ATEC 6354 Virtual Environments

ATEC 6355 Animation Production Lab

ATEC 6361 Creating Interactive Media

ATEC 6372 Approaches to Emerging Media and Communication

ATEC 6373 Emerging Media Studio I

ATEC 6374 Digital Textuality

ATEC 6375 Topics in Emerging & Cognitive Design

ATEC 6376 E-Business Environment Design

ATEC 6382 Special Topics in Interactive Media

ATEC 6383 Special Topics in Sound Design

ATEC 6384 Special Topics in Game Studies

ATEC 6385 Special Topics in Animation

ATEC 6389 Topics in Arts and Technology

HUAS 6313 The Business of the Arts

HUAS 6312 Art and Society

HUAS 6330 Studies in the Visual Arts

HUAS 6339 Painting/Digital Imaging/Video

HUAS 6375 Imagery and Iconography

HUAS 6391 Creativity: Visual Arts Workshop

HUAS 6392 Creativity: Image/Text Workshop

HUAS 6393 Creativity: Time-Based Arts Workshop

HUSL 6308 Studies in Literary Forms and Genres

HUSL 6370 Studies in Literature and Ideas

Final Project: 3 hours

ATEC 6V95 Advanced Project Workshop

Having completed at least 30 hours of coursework, students will complete and present an advanced project in digital arts for evaluation by a master's committee.

Master of Fine Arts in Arts and Technology

54 hours minimum

The program leading to the MFA in Arts and Technology is designed both for students wishing to teach arts-and-technology-related courses in colleges and universities and for those intending to engage in professional studio or design practice. While maintaining a commitment to interdisciplinary education fusing critical with creative thinking, this program places greater emphasis on the creation and application of computer-based arts and narrative. Students must complete fifty-four semester hours of coursework and a substantial advanced project.

Major Core Courses: 6 hours

ATEC 6300 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Arts and Technology

ATEC 6331 Aesthetics of Interactive Arts

Students are expected to complete these courses as early as possible in their degree plan.

Prescribed Electives: 24 hours

Twenty-four hours chosen from the following courses:

ATEC 6332 Design Principles

ATEC 6333 Computational Design

ATEC 6334 Information Design for New Media

ATEC 6335 Research in Sound Design

ATEC 6341 Game Design

ATEC 6342 Game Studies

ATEC 6343 Interactive Environments

ATEC 6345 Game Production Lab

ATEC 6351 Digital Arts

ATEC 6352 Motion Capture

ATEC 6353 Visualization Research

ATEC 6354 Virtual Environments

ATEC 6355 Animation Production Lab

ATEC 6361 Creating Interactive Media

ATEC 6372 Approaches to Emerging Media and Communication

ATEC 6373 Emerging Media Studio I

ATEC 6374 Digital Textuality

ATEC 6375 Topics in Emerging & Cognitive Design

ATEC 6376 E-Business Environment Design

ATEC 6382 Special Topics in Interactive Media

ATEC 6383 Special Topics in Sound Design

ATEC 6384 Special Topics in Game Studies

ATEC 6385 Special Topics in Animation

ATEC 6389 Topics in Arts and Technology

HUAS 6312 Art and Society

HUAS 6313 The Business of the Arts

HUAS 6317 Art and Authorship

HUAS 6330 Studies in the Visual Arts

HUAS 6339 Painting/Digital Imaging/Video

HUAS 6352 Creating Television and Movie Scripts

HUAS 6373 Studies in Film, Television, and Digital Media

HUAS 6375 Imagery and Iconography

HUAS 6391 Creativity: Visual Arts Workshop

HUAS 6392 Creativity: Image/Text Workshop

HUAS 6393 Creativity: Time-Based Arts Workshop

HUAS 6354 Creating Short Fictions

HUSL 6308 Studies in Literary Forms and Genres

HUSL 6370 Studies in Literature and Ideas

Free Electives: 9 hours

Nine hours of electives in any organized courses.

Independent Study: 9 hours

Final Project: 6 hours

ATEC 6V95 Advanced Project Workshop

Having completed at least 45 hours of coursework, students complete and present a substantial advanced project in digital arts for evaluation by a master's committee.

Doctor of Philosophy in Arts and Technology

60 hours minimum beyond the master's degree

The program leading to the PhD in Arts and Technology is designed both for students wishing to teach arts-and-technology-related courses in colleges and universities and those who wish to develop new artistic, cultural or commercial applications of digital technology/emerging media. This program emphasizes the fusion of creative with critical thinking and theory with practice. Students seeking a PhD in Arts and Technology will normally complete a minimum of 60 semester hours (42 hours in coursework and 18 hours in dissertation) beyond a master's degree or its equivalent, pass doctoral field examinations, and complete and defend a dissertation.

Major Core Courses: 9 hours

ATEC 6300 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Arts and Technology

ATEC 6331 Aesthetics of Interactive Arts

ATEC 7331 Research Methodology in Arts and Technology

Students are expected to complete these courses as early as possible in their degree plan.

Prescribed Electives: 21 hours

Twenty-one hours chosen from the following courses:

ATEC 6341 Game Design

ATEC 6351 Digital Arts

ATEC 6361 Creating Interactive Media

ATEC 7340 Advanced Studies in Arts and Technology

ATEC 7V81 Advanced Project Workshop

ATEC 7V82 Advanced Projects in Interactive Media

ATEC 7620 Advanced Projects in Simulation and Game Design

ATEC 8305 Independent Research in Arts and Technology

HUAS 6375 Imagery and Iconography

HUHI 7387 Science and Technology in Western Culture

HUSL 6384 Digital and Visual Rhetorics

Free Electives: 12 hours

Twelve hours of electives in any organized 7000-8000 level courses offered by the Schools of Arts and Humanities, Engineering and Computer Science, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Management, Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, Natural Science and Mathematics, or Interdisciplinary Studies.

Doctoral Field Examinations

After completing all these requirements, students proceed to the doctoral field examinations, a sequence consisting of three written sections and one oral section. The examining committee, composed of three regular members of the faculty, oversees definition and preparation of the three examination fields within guidelines established by the program. At least seven days before the exams themselves, the faculty members submit examination questions to the Arts and Humanities office, which schedules and administers the examination. The maximum time allowed for a student's completion of the examination sequence is 20 business days.

Dissertation (18 hours minimum)

Students are formally advanced to PhD candidacy when they have successfully completed the qualifying examinations and received final approval for dissertation topics. A four-person supervising committee is formed, normally from the examining committee plus another regular faculty member proposed by the student, to oversee dissertation work.

Each candidate then writes a doctoral dissertation, which is supervised and defended according to general university regulations. Every student must register for a minimum of nine hours of dissertation credit in two successive semesters and must maintain continuous enrollment thereafter for at least three semester hours during consecutive long semesters until the degree is completed. Any exception to this requirement is granted only by petition to the school's Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.

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