The Integrated Media Master’s programme focuses on artistic forms (e.g. media art, music videos), cultural practices (e.g. online communities) and legal challenges (e.g. copyright in the information society) that are becoming socially relevant in the context of media convergence and interactivity. The curriculum covers both media art and commercially oriented media productions and processes. The programme is geared towards professional practice in various areas of media work. The subject Master’s degree programme is designed as an interdisciplinary degree programme and is offered by two institutes within School III: the Institute of Music and the Institute of Art and Visual Culture.

Learning objectives

The Integrated Media Master’s programme imparts the following skills:

• practical media skills, media theory, organisational and communication skills,
• knowledge of current developments in integrated visual and audio aspects of media, their aesthetic characteristics and economic foundations
• as well as the legal framework,
• the ability to design and communicate both artistically oriented and commercially organised media processes.

The four-semester degree programme is a full-time degree programme and comprises 120 credit points (CP), which are earned across a total of seven modules. Each module is worth 15 CP. The Master’s thesis module (Master’s thesis: 27 CP and colloquium: 3 CP) counts as 30 CP. The degree programme leads to a Master of Arts degree.

Further information on the degree programme, a sample study plan and the admissions regulations can be found here.

The Master of Arts in Integrated Media degree programme runs for four semesters and commences in the winter semester. The degree programme comprises 120 credit points (CP), which are earned across a total of seven modules. Each module is worth 15 CP . The Master’s degree module (Master’s thesis: 27 CP and colloquium: 3 CP) counts as 30 CP. The degree programme concludes with the award of a Master of Arts degree.

All modules are normally studied during the 1st to 3rd semesters. In the second or third semester, students have the option of spending time abroad at a university offering similar degree programmes or of transferring to another German university or higher education institution to take advantage of specific courses on offer there (e.g. film music production at the HFF Potsdam-Babelsberg, Cultural Informatics/University of Lüneburg, Media Production/Cologne Academy of Media Arts) are available. In the fourth semester, students complete the final Master’s module, comprising a Master’s thesis and a colloquium.

Further information on the degree programme, a sample study plan and the admissions regulations can be found here.

The core areas of the Master’s programme in Integrated Media are the art- and music-related courses offered by the Institute of Music and the Institute of Art and Visual Culture, particularly the modules inm710: Artistic and Technical Media Competence and inm760: Media Experiments and Mediation. The programme focuses on practical exercises in multimedia, image/video, editing/sound and sound processing, resulting in the creation of artistic-technical productions and/or academic-artistic works.

Media theory modules with a focus on visual media or a focus on auditory media (inm720/730) are offered as compulsory elective modules. To facilitate academic diversity and necessary specialisations, students may make a selection from the aforementioned modules, although each module also incorporates intermedia aspects.

Courses relating to inm750: Media Economics and Media Law are supplemented by courses offered by School II - School of Computing Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Law.

The module inm740: Media Analysis is offered as a specialisation module . It addresses the complex forms of analysis of visual and auditory elements in specific media contexts (e.g. film music, sound design, radio drama music, music videos, musicals, performances, theatre productions, video installations, and integrative phenomena in media art).

The area of specialisation (foreign languages, key skills) forms part of the curriculum. Internships and the accompanying courses are included within this area of specialisation.