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Academics - Why DMAE? Digital Media Arts & Engineering

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Master's Degree

Mission

The goal of the DMAE major (SDMAE) is to be one of the top graduate-level interactive, media and entertainment technology programs in the world. You will work on complex team based projects solving problems using professional tools and pipelines. This initial program is designed to teach leadership, creativity, technical prowess and design excellence in digital media. Earn a Master of Science in Digital Media Arts & Engineering (MS DMAE) today!

Why should I pursue a master's degree in the field?

  • text bulletDevelop specialist skills in a focus area
  • text bulletWork with teams in a studio environment on consequential projects
  • text bulletRefine and hone technical and creative skills
  • text bulletMaximize your career potential in a competitive field
  • text bulletDiscover your leadership potential
  • text bulletAccelerate your career
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Academics

Earn a Master of Science in Digital Media Arts & Engineering for a 22 month, twelve course, 45 credit-hour intensive initital graduate level program. The development of these courses ensures that Louisiana can provide the skill sets conducive to digital media and software development industries. By addressing immediate industry needs where the knowledge demands on the workforce are increasingly becoming more technical in nature, we combine artistic and scientific training. With complex software tools such as Maya, Nuke, Unity and Houdini, the most sought after employees are able to flank both the technical and creative sides while still being able to specialize.

Undergraduate Minor

LSU’s DMAE Minor offers an interdisciplinary academic program to help students learn the skills they need for careers in the field of video game development, film, animation, web development and digital media.

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Participating Departments

The Digital Media Arts & Engineering minor is a collaborative endeavor with seven campus units at LSU. These include:

  • text bulletSchool of Art
  • text bulletDepartment of Computer Science
  • text bulletDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • text bulletDepartment of English
  • text bulletManship School of Mass Communication
  • text bulletSchool of Music

DMART Minor (21 hours)

  • text bulletDMART is an arts oriented program
  • text bulletSix credit-hours of required course work
  • text bulletTwelve credit-hours of electives including three art courses in digital media and one technological course in digital media
  • text bulletThree credit-hour capstone class

DMAET Minor (21 hours)

  • text bulletDMAET is an technology oriented program
  • text bulletSix credit-hours of required course work
  • text bulletTwelve credit-hours of electives including three technology courses in digital media and one art course in digital media
  • text bulletThree credit-hour capstone class

Equipment


Available for Classwork

This is a list of the most used software and hardware and is being added to regularly. The DMAE lab is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We also have license servers set up for the majority of software to access on a personal computer from home from a VPN connection.

Software

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Animate
  • Adobe Audition
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Substance Designer
  • Adobe Substance Painter
  • Adobe Substance 3D Stager
  • Adobe Substance 3D Sampler
  • Adobe XD
  • Autodesk Maya to Arnold 5.3.3.1
  • Autodesk Maya 2024_1_ML
  • Box for file access
  • Epic Unreal 5.1.X
  • Epic Unreal 5.2.X
  • Lastest Git
  • Latest P4V (Perforce)
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Marmoset Toolbag 4.06
  • Microsoft VS Code
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
  • Pixelogic Zbrush 2023.2
  • SideFX Houdini 19.5.716
  • Steam, Vive & Oculus drivers
  • SoundQ 2023.5.31
  • Unity 2022.3.8f1 LTS
  • YoyoGames GameMaker 2023.6.0.92

XR Brain Bar

  • Motive 3.0
  • Live FX (Assimilate)
  • NVidia Quadro Sync
  • 2 x Blackmagic Design UltraStudio HD Mini

Hardware

  • Oculus Rift S
  • Oculur Quest
  • HTC Vive
  • State-of-the-art Alienware workstations
  • Dual 4K Monitors
  • Cintiq Touch Screens
  • 4K cinema projector
  • Access to supercomputer
  • 1500 square foot Optitrack motion capture system
  • 84 Roe BPv2 LED Volume
  • Red Komodo 4K Camera
  • Audio Recording Studios
  • DJI Matrice 300 RTK Drone with L1 and P1 camera and lidar attachment
  • Arago photogrametry system
  • Faro Focus Premium lidar scanner
  • Faro Freestyle II handheld scanner

*Adobe CC licenses are only valid on campus in the labs. Houdini, Maya, Nuke, Zbrush and Substance use license servers and can be accessed off campus. GameMaker requires a login username and password that you can request. More information can be found in the classroom GitHub repository.