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PhD Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practices at University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder, United States

Programme overview

The emergent technologies and media arts practices (ETMAP) PhD is a practice-led program of scholarly research and exploration of media practices, theories and innovations in art and technology. Students both experiment with and research the media and artistic practices that they study. The ultimate goal is a substantive dissertation and media-based project that situate media art making within broad cultural and art historical perspectives.

Faculty: College of Media, Communication and Information / Environmental Design  |  Department: Critical Media Practices  |  Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

The ETMAP PhD is a four-year degree program requiring the successful completion of 72 credit hours of coursework, a first year review, comprehensive exam, prospectus defense and dissertation defense. Sample listed courses: CMDP 8991 Doctoral Dissertation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

An overview of admission requirements may be found below. For additional information, view the program page on the department website .

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are submitted online to the Graduate School; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $80 for international applicants. Deadlines are set per programme.

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