Graduate courses must be chosen in consultation with the supervisor(s) and approved by the CMD Director.
Students are required to achieve a grade of at least B in all courses taken to fulfil CMD course requirements.
Seminar Requirement: Students are required to give a CMD seminar presentation on a topic related to their graduate research/creative practice.
Master of Science
a) Course Requirement: Computational Media Design Research Methodology (half-course equivalent).
b) One Computer Science graduate level half-course equivalent.
c) One graduate level half-course equivalent from Art, Environmental Design or Music, and
d) Two additional graduate level half-course equivalents, for a total of five half-course equivalents.
e) Additional courses can be required on a case-by-case basis.
f) Supervision as specified in section 9.
g) Master's Thesis.
h) Master's Thesis Oral Examination as specified in section 11.
Doctor of Philosophy
a) Course Requirements: At least three graduate level half-course equivalents must be taken while the student is enrolled as a PhD student in Computational Media Design at the University of Calgary.
b) Breadth Requirements:
- Course Requirement: Computational Media Design Research Methodology (half-course equivalent)
- Two Computer Science graduate level half-course equivalents
- Two graduate level half-course equivalents from Art, Environmental Design and/or Music, and
- Three additional graduate level half-course equivalents, for a total of eight half-course equivalents.
c) An alternative breadth program that satisfies the student, the supervisor(s), the supervisory committee, and the CMD Directors may be proposed in special cases.
d) Supervision as specified in Section 9.
e) PhD Thesis.
f) PhD Candidacy examination as specified in Section 10.
g) PhD Thesis oral examination as specified in Section 10.
Exit requirements: MSc students
a) CMD MSc course requirements (see above).
b) Appropriately scoped for an interdisciplinary MSc, original research and/or creative practice body of work.
c) A seminar on the research and/or creative practice body of work conducted during the CMD MSc.
d) CMD MSc thesis and thesis defence (see sections 10 and 11 below).
Exit requirements: PhD students
a) CMD PhD course requirements (see above).
b) CMD PhD candidacy exam (see section 10 below).
c) Appropriately scoped for an interdisciplinary PhD, original research and/or creative practice body of work.
d) A seminar on the research and/ or creative practice body of work conducted during the CMD PhD.
e) CMD PhD thesis and thesis defence (see sections 10 and 11 below).