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The MSTCI degree program will help you exploring game development, interactive storytelling, innovation by design, and learning and media.

MSTCI Program is a 3-semester professional graduate program with defined curriculum choices and a capstone project. The first semester consists of core courses that will lay a firm foundation for students before start working on the Interdisciplinary Project. After that, students will have an opportunity to choose elective courses based on their interests.

Core courses

Fundamentals of Creative Innovation

12 units

Focus on learning skills that develop leadership, teamwork, innovation, and positive social impact. Throughout the semester, TCI faculty and industry professionals will provide historical context for entertainment technology. Students have the opportunity to begin shaping their professional networks, gain a sense of their field, and establish a fundamental understanding of how experiences engage and inform.

Interaction and Experience Design

12 units

This course provides our students a greater understanding of what interaction design entails.  Students learn the fundamental principles of interaction design, and how they can be used to develop engaging interactive experience for various activities and medium.

Startup Engineering

12 units

This course provides fast-paced introduction to key tools and techniques used in software development. We introduce students to basic programming skills and methodologies for modern software development. Students will learn to build software prototypes, applications and leveraging toolings that can help bring their startup ideas to reality.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

12 units

For aspiring entrepreneurs, this course introduce our students to innovation and startup ecosystems, key stakeholders, activities and fundraising options for early stage ventures. We will focus on the entrepreneurial process and skill development that serve as an accelerated path to startup ventures. Students will be guided through the process that can help sustain the development of their products or services.

Interdisciplinary Project

36 units per semester

The central part of the MSTCI curriculum is the project course. Students will get an opportunity to be in small and interdisciplinary teams, developing interactive projects. This is also a great opportunity to work with partners and sponsors who are among the top in the industries

MSTCI Projects occur in 3 ways:
  • Client Sponsored – in which an external group supports a project on which an MSTCI team will work.
  • MSTCI Research – in which a faculty member has a research idea on which an MSTCI team can work.
  • Student Pitch – in which a group of students go through the MSTCI pitch process and get approved.

elective courses

To cover a range of areas of interdisciplinary project work that students may be interested in, we offer tons of elective courses to equip students with what they might need.

Programming

• 3D Art and Audio Pipeline for Game Development with Unity
• Introduction to 3D Modeling and Animation with Maya
• Introduction to 3D Printing
• Introduction to VR/AR/MR
• Introduction to Unity
• Introduction to IoT with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
• Software Development Processes and Methodologies

Business and management

• Business of Gaming
• Influencer Marketing Strategy
• Introduction to New Product Development
• Legal Affairs in Entertainment
• Marketing Digital Media
• Media Distribution Channel
• Project Management

Entertainment

• Creative Producing
• Introduction to 360 Spatial Audio Production
• Introduction to E-sports
• Music Royalty, Music Streaming: How It Works
• Principles of Copywriting
• Producing Podcasts
• Production Management
• Technical Direction in Live Entertainment

Design and Technology

• Branded Entertainment
• Introduction to UX/UI Design
• Introduction to Interaction Design and Experiential Design
• Introduction to Human-centered Design
• Introduction to Motion Graphic
• Storytelling with Data

The heart of the program is learn, work and play. We focus on communication and collaboration, challenging students to learn about leadership, teamwork, innovation and positive social impact. To explore more about the MSTCI's unique curriculum:
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M.S. in Technology and Creative Innovation (MSTCI)

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