Masters of Science

The Master of Science in Visualization Sciences is designed to prepare students for long-term careers in visualization. The program helps students develop the focused expertise and broad foundation knowledge needed in this rapidly developing field. The program's core curriculum is designed to give all students a basic grasp of the artistic, scientific, cognitive, and technical foundations of the discipline. Beyond this broad training, the program requires students to develop a strong focus area of advanced expertise, and to complete a research thesis in this focus area.

The program centers on the digital computer as a primary tool for visualization with strong offerings in animation, modeling and simulation, image generation and manipulation, design communications, time based media, and supporting technology. Opportunities for thesis work range across a broad spectrum, from multidisciplinary themes to those that would fall more directly into such fields as computer animation, computer science, cinematography, art and design, and psychology. The program typically has 50 active students at any given time.