OLLSCOIL LUIMNIGH
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
  Masters degree in Interactive Media

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Spring Semester

Principles of Interactive Media Design

Interactive media: Communication paradigms: Narrative and Game Theory: Composition, Rhetoric, story elements and structure, non-linear story telling. Scripting, Storyboarding, Multimedia Aesthetics: Multimedia Design Principles: Evaluation, Iterative design, Participatory design.

Professional Issues in Interactive Media

Evolution of human organisations; Structures of enterprises; Funding of enterprises; Intellectual Property rights; Data protection legislation.

Interactive Media Project/Workshop 2

Research and development leading up to an initial multimedia work, including well-founded principles of design and psychological and social issues.


Electives (Choose 1)


Interactive Media in Public Spaces

Developing interactive media for public environments: museums, art galleries: shopping centres etc; effective design, implementation and installation within a given environment; spatiality, lighting and acoustics ergonomics.

Programming Music Systems

Study of various programming systems and programming paradigms used in music.

Market & Enterprise Planning

Market opportunity analysis, start-up and expansion strategies industry and competitive analysis, new business development, market and enterprise planning, resource analysis, developing operational and strategic marketing plans, implementation, budgeting and control.

Operating Systems

Historical development of operating systems; kernel, memory management; file management; scheduling; introduction to distributed operating systems; UNIX