Graduate Catalog 2011-2013 - SUNY Institute of Technology

Master of Science in Information Design and Technology
IDT 554
IDT 555
IDT 585
IDT 590
IDT 591
IDT 592
Web Development and Design
Ethical and Legal Issues of the Information Age
Seminar in Emerging Technologies
Topics in Information Design and Technology*
Independent Study
Internship
* Students may take additional sections of IDT 590 as long as the topics
covered are not the same.
Unrestricted Electives (6 credit hours)
In consultation with an adviser, students choose two additional graduatelevel
electives or an internship and one elective.
Thesis/Project (3 credit hours)
IDT 599 Thesis/Project
Working with faculty member teaching the course, or an adviser,
students either write a thesis or complete a project for the program.
Special Program Notes
• Students must receive a “B” (3.0) or better in all core
courses.
• Unless otherwise noted, all graduate courses are 3 credit
hours.
• Over the course of their studies, students can only apply
two “C” grades in courses taken toward the degree.
• All students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher to graduate.
• Students may transfer up to six credit hours,
if applicable, from another graduate program.
• Students must maintain continuous registration, equal
to or greater than one credit while working on their final
thesis or project. MS IDT students can do this by
registering for CMT 600- Continuous Registration.
This may be taken up to six semesters at which time
it is expected that all program requirements will have
been met.
Faculty
Russell L. Kahn
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University at Albany
Social, political, business and educational implications of the web,
web design, and computer software documentation
Steven Schneider
Professor
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer-mediated communication and computer-mediated
instructional systems, social impact of technologies, Web archiving
and analysis, political science
Kathryn Stam
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Syracuse University
Online learning, cross-cultural communication, computer-supported
cooperative work, social and ethical aspects of information
technology, anthropology of work, Thai studies
Ibrahim Yucel
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Penn State University.
Video game design and development, online communities and
culture, human computer interaction, serious games, AI and
intelligent agents
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