M.S. in Multimedia, Photography and Design
Syracuse, USA
DURATION
12 up to 18 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Jul 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 1,872 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Tuition increases approximately 3% each year. Graduate students are charged a health fee and activity fee per semester plus a one-time program fee.
Key Summary
Introduction
If you’re passionate about visual storytelling, there’s a place for you in the multimedia, photography and design program. Our curriculum covers a wide range of expertise areas, including photography, videography, cinematography, graphic design, motion design, immersive design, UIUX design and multimedia. You will gain experience and prepare for careers with publications, corporations, non-profit organizations and other settings. (37 credits)
Admissions
Curriculum
What is the focus of the program?
- Photography (photojournalism/documentary, advertising/illustration, fashion, portraiture).
- Videography/cinematography (latest methods in short-form fiction and non-fiction audio and video collection and production).
- Editing and postproduction for still photography and video (story structure, image/clip editing, non-linear video editing, colour correction, compression, and output).
- Design (motion graphics, publication, web, tablet, mobile, branding, typography)
- Story (concept, structure, management, fiction, and non-fiction).
- Entrepreneurial/business skills (writing, social media, marketing, ethics, law).
What makes the program unique?
- Emphasis on building an exceptional portfolio/reel.
- Engaged and inspiring professors with impressive industry credentials and contacts.
- Intimate class size, which allows for more individual attention.
- Strong sense of community and shared purpose among classmates and faculty.
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars in photo/audio/video/HDSLR gear for checkout, a two-story, fully equipped digital photo studio, and seven Mac labs with the latest software.
- Weekend workshops and other special projects, both overseas and in the United States.
- Strong Newhouse Network of alumni and friends and interaction with notable industry professionals. Our industry friends regularly visit, speak with our students, review portfolios and help students as they launch into the working world.
Scholarships and Funding
Various scholarships, fellowships and instructional associate positions are awarded to incoming Newhouse students to help offset the cost of attendance. Since Newhouse does have limited funding to offer, the majority of these awards are partial and only applicable for the academic year (excluding the summer sessions). It is also a competitive process, and all awards are merit-based.
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Career Opportunities
Where are recent graduates working and what are they doing?
Many graduates find success as independent storytellers/freelancers. Others have gone on to work for production houses, top-tier advertising studios and large organizations such as:
- Time.com
- National Geographic
- NPR
- MediaStorm
- Harper’s Bazaar
- The Washington Post
- The New York Times
- The New York Yankees
- Elle magazine
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dateline NBC
- Businessweek
English Language Requirements
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