Integrated Digital Media, BS
Accelerated BS/MS
The Department of Technology, Culture and Society can help motivated students utilize NYU-Poly’s BS/MS program to simulatenously earn a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Integrated Digital Media in an accelerated manner.
(Photo by Sharon Shin, IDM '13)
With a careful selection of high school courses to earn AP credit, some summer classes, and plenty of hard work, a student may earn both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Integrated Digital Media. The benefits of the combined BS/MS program are that students may begin their study of graduate courses while they are still undergraduates and it is possible to receive both degrees in five calendar years. See http://www.poly.edu/academics/BSMS for more information.
Each student must complete the full requirements of each degree, but how a particular student will do so depends on what AP credits he or she has earned, how many summer classes he or she can take, and the student’s ability to stay on track toward the goal. In order to participate in the program, a student must apply at the end of his or her sophomore year. Illustrated below are two different ways to complete a BS/MS degree in Integrated Digital Media:
One way to complete the BS/MS program is through AP credits and summer courses. This plan requires a student to take summer classes in order to finish the BS/MS in five years. Please note that the courses in the following matrix are not prescriptive, and each student will be choosing courses in accordance with his or her interests and in consultation with the IDM advisor.
1. Transfer Credit and Summer Courses
AP Credit before entering NYU-Poly
US History: 3 credits as Humanities or Social Science elective
Music Theory: 3 credits as Humanities or Social Science elective
Biology: 4 credits for BMS 1004 as Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Calculus AB: 4 credits for Calculus I as Math and Science
First-year Fall
MA 1424 Integrated Calculus II, Credits: 4.00
CS 1213 Introduction to Programming With Java, Credits: 3.00
DM 1113 Audio Foundation Studio, Credits: 3.00
DM 2xxx DM Studio elective
EW 1013 Please Refer to Catalog
EG 1001 Engineering and Technology Forum, Credits: 1.00
First-year Spring
PH 1213 Motion and Sound, Credits: 3.00
DM 1123 Visual Foundation Studio, Credits: 3.00
DM 2/3xxx DM Studio elective
DM 2/3xxx DM Studio elective
EW 1023 Please Refer to Catalog
First-year Summer
Humanities or Social Science elective
Sophomore Fall
PH 1223 Electricity and Light, Credits: 3.00
DM 2/3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
MD 2163 Media Studies 1, Credits: 3.00
Free elective
Sophomore Spring
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
MD 3163W Media Studies II, Credits: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science elective
Free elective
Sophomore Summer
Free elective
Junior Fall
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
MD 4163W Media Studies III, Credits: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science elective
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Junior Spring
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
Humanities or Social Science elective
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Free Elective
Junior Summer
Free elective
Senior Fall
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 6033 Media Organizations, Credits: 3.00
DM 6043 Media Studies Seminar, Credits: 3.00
Senior Spring
DM 4033 Internship, Credits: 3.00
DM 7033 Media Law Seminar, Credits: 3.00
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio elective
DM 9103 Special Topics in Digital Media, Credits: 3.00
Master’s Fall
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio elective
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio elective
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio elective
DM 997x MS Thesis in Digital Media
Master’s Fall
DM 997x MS Thesis in Digital Media
2. Extra Courses Each Semester
Another way to complete the BS/MS is to take an extra course each semester. While most students in IDM take five courses (15-16 credits) per semester, a student may take six courses each semester and then begin the graduate work. Due to the extra workload, this option only work for the motivated, focused student. The following matrix describes one way of accomplishing the BS/MS in IDM, but as before, each student will be choosing courses in accordance with his or her interests and in consultation with the IDM advisor.
First-year Fall
MA 1324 Integrated Calculus I, Credits: 4.00
CS 1213 Introduction to Programming With Java, Credits: 3.00
DM 1113 Audio Foundation Studio, Credits: 3.00
EW 1013 Please Refer to Catalog
DM 2xxx DM Studio elective
EG 1001 Engineering and Technology Forum, Credits: 1.00
First-year Spring
MA 1424 Integrated Calculus II, Credits: 4.00
PH 1213 Motion and Sound, Credits: 3.00
DM 1123 Visual Foundation Studio, Credits: 3.00
DM 2/3xxx DM Studio elective
DM 2/3xxx DM Studio elective
EW 1023 Please Refer to Catalog
Sophomore Fall
PH 1223 Electricity and Light, Credits: 3.00
DM 2/3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
MD 2163 Media Studies 1, Credits: 3.00
Humanities and Social Science elective
Sophomore Spring
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
MD 3163W Media Studies II, Credits: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science elective
Humanities or Social Science elective
Free elective
Junior Fall
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
MD 4163W Media Studies III, Credits: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science elective
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Free Elective
Junior Spring
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
DM 3/4xxx DM Studio elective
Humanities or Social Science elective
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Free Elective
DM 7033 Media Law Seminar, Credits: 3.00
Senior Fall
DM 6033 Media Organizations, Credits: 3.00
DM 6043 Media Studies Seminar, Credits: 3.00
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio elective
Humanities or Social Science elective
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
Free Elective
Senior Spring
Humanities/Math/Natural Science
DM 4003 Senior Project in Digital Media, Credits: 3.00
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio Elective
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio Elective
DM 9103 Special Topics in Digital Media, Credits: 3.00
DM 997x MS Thesis in Digital Media
Master’s Fall
DM 6/9xxx DM Studio elective
DM 997x MS Thesis in Digital Media