Major in Digital Media

The digital media major offers in-depth study of emerging interactive and nonlinear styles of narrative, as well as individual and collaborative experience in producing digitally mediated forms, both aesthetic and utilitarian.  Students gain extensive experience in using a variety of authoring systems to develop large-scale websites, web-based hypertext products, computer games, interactive fiction and poetry, and digitally mediated visual worlds.  Knowledge of programming is often helpful, but not necessary.

Major advisor:
Nick Montfort
14N-233, 324-1429
nickm@nickm.com

How to Major in Digital Media 

• To see the full degree program requirements go to the MIT Office of the Registrar website at web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.writi.shtml.
• The Writing degree chart can be viewed at web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.ch21w.shtml.
• For joint major in Humanities and Engineering/21E or Humanities and Science/21S, go to web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.human.shtml. 

Featured Subjects and Instructors for the Major in Digital Media

 Introductory

21W.732    Science Writing and New Media

• Introduction to Digital Media– Ed Barrett 

 Advanced

21W.750  Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction - Nick Montfort

21W.763J (CMS.309J)  Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction - Beth Coleman

21W.764J (CMS.609J)     The Word Made Digital – Nick Montfort

21W.765J (21L.489J)      Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice – Nick Montfort

21W.767J (CMS.612)  Writing for Videogames - Clara Fernandez Vara

21W.768J (CMS.616)  Social and Cultural Facets of Digital Games - Mia Consalvo

21W.772   Digital Poetry - Ed Barrett

21W.782J (STS.014J)     Principles and Practice of Science Communication – John Durant

21W.784     Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change – Ben Miller

21W.785    Communicating with Web-Based Media – Ed Barrett, Vivek Bald

21W.786J (CMS336J)     The Social Documentary: Analysis and Production – Vivek Bald

21W.787    Film, Music and Social Change – Vivek Bald

21W.788J South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History - Vivek Bald

21W.789    Communicating with Mobile Technology – Ed Barrett

21W.791J (CMS.614) Identity and the Internet - Mia Consalvo