At the University of Southern California there are three Master of Science degree programs that will let the student focus on multimedia technologies
For information about these programs, including who should be interested in them, click on their titles.
Who Should be Interested: Electrical Engineering students who want the value of the traditional MSEE degree and the added value of a focus on the dynamic area of multimedia and creative technologies.
Four required courses: Multimedia Systems Design, Immersive Audio, Introduction to Digital Image Processing, and Introduction to Digital Signal Processing or Introduction to Digital Media Engineering
Rest of courses: must be chosen from a prescribed list of courses that are felt to be appropriate for multimedia and creative technologies. Includes courses from EE, CSCI, Biomedical Engineering, Cinema Television, and the Information Technology Program.
Research opportunities: Up to 6 units can be taken as directed research. Work with faculty from the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), the only NSF Engineering Research Center on multimedia technology.
Details: Click here
Specific Questions: Contact Ms. Regina Morton at morton@sipi.usc.edu
Who Should be Interested: Computer Science students who want the value of the traditional MSCSCI degree and the added value of a focus on the dynamic area of multimedia and creative technologies.
One required course: Multimedia Systems Design
Focus on one technology track: Must complete at least two courses from one of the following two technology tracks:
- Graphics and Visualization
- Networks and Databases
Each track has a prescribed list of courses that are felt to be appropriate for it.
Rest of courses: must be chosen from the prescribed list of courses for the two technology tracks, or from another list of core and elective courses that are associated with the MSCSCI degree.
Research opportunities: Up to 6 units can be taken as directed research. Work with faculty from the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), the only NSF Engineering Research Center on multimedia technology.
Details: Click here
Specific Questions: Contact Ms. Regina Morton at morton@sipi.usc.edu
Who Should be Interested: Students who want to maximize the interdisciplinary nature of their graduate program, and break away from the constraints of the traditional MSEE or MSCSI degrees.
One required course: Interactive Multimedia Production, which will prepare you to create a portfolio, something that industry is expecting from a graduate of a "multimedia" program.
Focus on two technology tracks: The field of integrated media systems has been broken into four areas of specialization:
- Media processing and hardware design
- Graphics and visualization
- Interconnection Networks
- Multimedia Information Management
Each area has two entry-level courses.
Students must choose two of the areas of specialization and take one of each of their entry-level courses. Students must then take at least two more advanced courses from both of the two chosen areas of specialization.
Remaining courses: Many possibilities, e.g., take more courses from one or both of the already chosen two areas of specialization, take an entry-level course from another area of specialization as well as advanced courses in it, directed research of up to six units, a combination of directed research and course work.
Research opportunities: Up to 6 units can be taken as directed research. Work with faculty from the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), the only NSF Engineering Research Center on multimedia technology.
Details: Click here
Specific Questions: Contact Ms. Regina Morton at morton@sipi.usc.edu