Curriculum

All required courses are offered in a highly collaborative, asynchronous online environment, allowing you to interact with your peers, the professor, and the course material at your convenience. Typically, you’ll take one course at a time over a five-week period, building to a final research and development project.

The program begins and ends with a three-day session in Ithaca, New York, each August, providing a welcome and introduction for new students and an opportunity for graduating students to present their research and development projects to the entire student and faculty community. In the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Ithaca provides an inspirational location in one of America’s most progressive college towns.

Introductory and Capstone Combined On-Site and Online Courses
Innovation and Collaboration - introductory course taken the first year by incoming students (3 credits)
R&D Project I (for 2nd year students) (3 credits)
R&D Project II - capstone course that culminates in final presentation in Ithaca and is run concurrently with the initial meetings of the Innovation and Collaboration class for incoming students (3 credits)

Online Courses
Interaction and Interface Design (1 credit)
Emerging Media: Principles and Theories (1 credit)
Transmedia Storytelling (1 credit)
Ethics of the Media (1 credit)
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis and Decision Making (1 credit)
Government Regulation of Communications (1 credit)
Intellectual Property and Business Contracts (1 credit)
Audience Research Tools and Sources (1 credit)
Consumer Behavior: Theory and Application (1 credit)
Communication Economics and Entrepreneurship (2 credits)
Communication Theory for Global Leadership and Product Development (2 credits)

Selected Topics
In addition to the required online courses, fellows choose five selected topics from about 10 offered during the two-year program. These courses feature guest speakers and industry hosts and are offered every few months at locations worldwide, allowing learners to choose topics and schedules that fit their needs. Sample intensive course topics may include mobile media held in Singapore, transmedia entertainment platforms held in Los Angeles, and social media strategies offered in New York City. (at least 10 credits)