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Program checklist · MA

Media Study BA Production Concentration/Arts Management MA

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

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Program
Award
MA
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
50.0607
Credits (computed from items)
283
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_816e049d
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Course Requirements

0 items

    Three Basic Production courses (12 credits)

    4 items
    1. DMS 103SEM
      Film Production 1
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 105SEM
      Basic Documentary
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 210LEC
      Programming in the Digital Arts
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. DMS 121SEM
      Basic Digital Arts
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Two Intermediate Production courses (8 credits)

    8 items
    1. DMS 321SEM
      Web Development
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 332SEM
      Game Development
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 341SEM
      Fiction Film Workshop
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. DMS 423SEM
      Game Programming
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. DMS 335SEM
      Interactive Storytelling
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    6. DMS 338SEM
      Virtual Worlds
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    7. DMS 462SEM
      Advanced Game Design
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    8. DMS 463SEM
      Electronic Literature
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    One Advanced Production course (4 credits)

    6 items
    1. DMS 401SEM
      Adv Cinematography
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 402SEM
      Post-Production 2
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 420SEM
      Advanced Digital Arts Production
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. DMS 439SEM
      Advanced Virtual Reality
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. DMS 441SEM
      Innovative Screens
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    6. DMS 347SEM
      Sound Design
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Four Basic Theory courses (15 credits)

    4 items
    1. DMS 107LEC
      Film & Media History 1
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 311LEC
      PLASMA: Performance, Screenings, and Lectures in Media Art
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. DMS 220LEC
      Machines, Codes and Cultures
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. DMS 259SEM
      Understanding Media Study
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    One Advanced Theory course (4 credits)

    5 items
    1. DMS 303LEC
      Video Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 411SEM
      Film and Media Theory
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. DMS 426SEM
      Sound Media Poetics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. DMS 448SEM
      Games, Gender and Culture
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. DMS 474SEM
      Media Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Two Elective courses (6 credits minimum)

    1 item
    1. Any DMS course at the 300/400 level may be used to fulfill elective requirement including special topics, or internships.
      Not resolved to a course

    Breadth Requirement (9 credits)

    0 items

      Arts Management Graduate Core (39 credits)

      10 items
      1. AAP 501
        Why Manage the Arts?
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. AAP 508
        Arts & Cultural Policy and Diplomacy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. AAP 509
        Research in Arts Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. AAP 511
        Fieldwork in Arts Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. AAP 551
        Introduction to Nonprofit Management I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. AAP 552
        Introduction to Nonprofit Management II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. AAP 585
        Legal Issues in Arts Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. AAP 560
        Managing Arts Spaces
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. AAP 512
        OR AAP 513: Final Project or Thesis Guidance
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. AAP 500+ electives
        Not resolved to a course
        12

      Additional Degree Requirements Include

      2 items
      1. Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
        Not resolved to a course
      2. Elective courses as needed to complete the 105 undergraduate credits total
        Not resolved to a course

      Academic Requirements

      0 items

        Program Distinction

        0 items

          Curricular Plan

          44 items
          1. Basic Theory Course 1
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          2. Scientific Literacy 1
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          3. Math and Quantitative Reasoning
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          4. ENG 105LEC
            Writing and Rhetoric
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          5. UB Seminar
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          6. Scientific Literacy & 2
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          7. Scientific Lab
            Not resolved to a course
            1
          8. Basic Theory Course 2
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          9. Pathway Course
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          10. Basic Production Course 1
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          11. Basic Production Course 3
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          12. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          13. Basic Theory Course 3
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          14. Basic Production Course 2
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          15. Basic Theory Course 4
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          16. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          17. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          18. DMS 311LEC
            PLASMA: Performance, Screenings, and Lectures in Media Art
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          19. Intermediate Production Course 1
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          20. Breadth Course 1
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          21. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          22. Communication Literacy II
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          23. Intermediate Production Course 2
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          24. Advanced Analysis/Theory
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          25. UBC 399MNT
            UB Curriculum Capstone
            Not resolved to a course
            1
          26. Breadth Course 3
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          27. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          28. Breadth Course 2
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          29. Advanced Production
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          30. AAP 552LEC
            Arts Marketing and Analysis
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          31. AAP 551LEC
            Arts Business and Finance
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          32. AAP 501SEM
            Why Manage the Arts?
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          33. DMS 300
            Level Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          34. DMS 300
            Level Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          35. AAP 509SEM
            Research in Arts Mgmt
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          36. AAP 585SEM
            Legal Issues in Arts Mgmt
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          37. AAP 511TUT
            Fieldwork in Arts Mgmt
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          38. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          39. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          40. AAP 508SEM
            Arts/Cul Pol & Diplomacy
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          41. AAP 560TUT
            Managing Arts Spaces
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          42. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          43. AAP 512TUT
            Project Guidance
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          44. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          Source. University at Buffalo, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalogs.buffalo.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=21&poid=8199&returnto=1177. Captured page pages/0383.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.