KMDI - Knowledge Media Design Institute
Knowledge media are building blocks of a knowledge society
About the KMD Collaborative Program
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KMDI's graduate courses attract students interested in the interaction between media, technology, design and society. Project-based courses allow students to work with experts in other fields, gain more insight into complex problems, and learn how to communicate across disciplines. Students also are able to engage in each stage of the design process - brainstorming, prototyping, and evaluation. Projects often become published papers, conference presentations, competition winners, and start-up businesses. All graduate students can take a Knowledge Media Design (KMD) course, and some choose to apply for the Collaborative Program and complete a Specialization in KMD. This Specialization is in addition to their masters or doctorate degree in their home faculty or department. |
Program Requirements
The Collaborative Program in Knowledge Media Design offers an interdisciplinary specialization to a regular departmental degree program. Students must satisfy the following requirements
Degree - Meet all the requirements of a masters or doctoral degree in their home department.
Courses - Successfully complete KMD 1001H, KMD 1002H, and 0.5 full-course equivalent from the KMD 2001-2004 series or a list of recognized affiliated courses. Collaborative program courses may count towards the home unit degree requirements or may be in addition to the degree requirements, depending on the faculty or department.
Research - Complete a thesis or research project component in their home department, the topic of which should be relevant to the field of knowledge media design. For PhD students, the dissertation topic must be in the field of knowledge media design. Their thesis advisor and at least one other committee member must be from participating units.
Portfolio - Submit a portfolio that includes completed student research in Knowledge Media Design. The Program Committee of the Collaborative Program will review all portfolios for their quality and contribution to the field. The KMD portfolio will be a component of a student's research project or thesis.
The home graduate unit and the student's supervising committee will determine further requirements. The collaborating units cooperate in jointly developing an individually tailored program, which meets the needs of each student.
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