Overview

You’ll graduate from Ball State University as a highly-trained professional in the high-demand fields of strategic communication, user-centered design, user experience research, transmedia storytelling, design thinking, public relations, advertising, healthcare, corporate business, education and more.

Features

You’ll engage audiences in two-way storytelling and create multimedia stories built for strategic communication, work with real-world clients to develop compelling content and deploy emerging technology to support storytelling and design. We offer our classes in the evening to accommodate our students' personal and professional schedules. The program offers both full-time and part-time options on campus, as well as a part-time, low-residency program that is ideal for working professionals.

Low-residency Emerging Media Design and Development students attend a once-per-semester workshop at the Center for Academic Innovation at Launch Fishers (in Fishers, Indiana), and the remainder of the coursework is completed online. Our award-winning faculty are agile and adaptive, embracing a fast-changing media landscape that pushes innovation and entrepreneurial learning.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Usability and Evaluation Research Methods

Theories and Frameworks in Human-Computer Interaction

Emerging Media and Design Thinking

Nonlinear and Interactive Storytelling

Transmedia Storytelling and Publishing

Interactive Media Design and Development

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-05-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00 , International

More details

National: Your application must be completed two weeks before the start of the semester you’re planning to enroll.

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Blended, Online

Campus Location

Muncie, United States

Disciplines

Media Studies & Mass Media Digital Media View 257 other Masters in Media Studies & Mass Media in United States

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

A cumulative baccalaureate grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

A 1000-word statement of purpose that indicates the specific area of concentration the applicant wants to pursue, the reasons for undertaking graduate study in this department, and the relationship of such study to the applicant’s long-term personal and professional goals and interests.
Either an academic or professional writing sample(s) that best illustrates the applicant’s ability to write and to think critically and logically, and is no less than 2,500 words and no more than 5,000 in total.
A creative or design portfolio.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

27918 USD / year

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Out-of-State

27918 USD / year

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In-State

10208 USD / year

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Living costs

Muncie

United States

876 - 1417 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Funding

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