Dara Greenwald--artist, curator, activist, writer, member of
the Just Seeds Collective, and Rensselaer doctoral candidate in the Arts Department--died
on January 9, 2012 from cancer. Memorial Weekend
Degree in Electronic Media Arts and Communication
EMAC is an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree offered by the Department of the Arts and the Department of Communication and Media (C&M) .
EMAC offers students the opportunity to study electronic arts in relation to the communication field, and prepares them for careers in the applied arts and communication. Students take courses from the two departments, combining the strengths of C&M's degrees in Communication, Technical Communication, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Communication and Rhetoric (B.S., several M.S., and Ph.D.) with Arts' world-famous iEAR Studios (integrated Electronic Arts at Rensselaer) and M.F.A. degree.
The goal of an EMAC education is to give students the best of both worlds: skills in hands-on arts design and communication combined with a broad cultural perspective. Career options may include, but not be limited to:
- Information Design
- Graphic Design
- Web Design and Authoring
- Print and Online Publishing
- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
- Virtual Reality Design
- Video, Digital, or Installation Art
- Computer Animation and 3-D Graphics
- Digital Audio
- Game Design
- Media Production
- Marketing Communication
- Entrepreneurship
Please see the Electronic Media Arts and Communication(EMAC) Website for detailed information about this degree.