The Master of Fine Art in Digital Media is the terminal degree in the field and is designed for students who are passionate about creating original digital content in the creative economy. The MFA in Digital Media, is designed to serve the professional creative community by both advancing learning and skills, and providing credentials for career transitions. This degree would help graduates to further develop professional, technical, and artistic skills to break into an increasingly competitive industry. M.F.A. in Digital Media at ETSU utilizes a hands-on problem-solving approach with a professional focus to prepare students to be professional digital media practitioners.

There are twelve credit hours in the degree dedicated to advancing the individuals’ skills in their digital media specialization (DIGM 5301 Solo Studio in Digital Media). There are an additional twelve credit hours dedicated towards team work in digital media projects for internal and external clients (DIGM 5302 Group Studio in Digital Media). Since digital media is a swiftly evolving field, there are six credit hours dedicated to experimenting with new technologies (Experimental Media I and II). Additionally, there are twelve credit hours dedicated to the culminating experience where individual students further develop and finalize a professional body of work for peer and faculty review (DIGM 5970 Culminating Experience).

Core Requirements: 42 credits DIGM 5901 - Digital Media Applied Research and Curriculum Development (4 credits) DIGM 5910 - Experimental Media I (3 credits) DIGM 5915 - Experimental Media II (3 credits) DIGM 5301 - Solo Studio in Digital Media (4 credits) (Repeated 3 times for a total of 12 credits) DIGM 5302 - Group Studio in Digital Media (4 credits) (Repeated 3 times for a total of 12 credits) DIGM 5303 - Seminar in Digital Media (1 credit) (Repeated twice for a total of 2 credits) MCOM 5020 - Media and Cultural Diversities (3 credits) Any ARTH 5xxx (3 credits).