Multimedia and Game Technologies, Master's Programme

• Fullført og bestått bachelorstudium i Akademisk e-sport
• Fullført og bestått bachelorstudium i multimedieteknologi og -design eller tilsvarende utdanning eller
• Fullført og bestått bachelorstudium i ingeniørfag eller annen teknisk utdanning, der det inngår grunnleggende objektorientert programmering og 3D-modellering eller teknisk tegning eller
• Fullført og bestått lærerutdanning med 60 studiepoeng multimediefag, grunnleggende objektorientert programmering og 3D-modellering eller teknisk tegning.

Det stilles krav om vektet gjennomsnittskarakter på C eller bedre.

A compulsory course in Health, Safety and Environment is required for students admitted to the programme.

It is a requirement that all students at UiA have their own portable computer (laptop) for use in teaching and examinations, see Examination Regulations, University of Agder, §12d

Together with the students the university regularly arranges trips abroad for the students to visit relevant firms and universities. These trips are voluntarily and not a requirement in the study programme. The students must cover the expenses of the trip themselves.

If a student gets the opportunity to work with a company in their location, or if a student chooses to work together with a company in a course, the student will have to cover the travel expenses.

Har du en bachelorgrad innenfor multimedia, akademisk e-sport eller lignende felt og ønsker du å videreutvikle dine ferdigheter når det gjelder bruk av ulike dataverktøy, løsninger for e-læring og ny teknologi? Vil du i tillegg også kunne utvide din horisont til å se hvordan bruk av spill og spillteknologi kan bidra til å læse mange av de utfordringene samfunnet står ovenfor i fremtiden? Da vil masterprogrammet i multimedia og spillteknologi være det riktige valget for deg.

Om studiet

Verden rundt oss er i konstant endring. Den største endringen ligger i tilgjengelighet og bruk av teknologi. Digital teknologi endrer måten vi jobber på, og hvilke verktøy vi bruker. I tillegg flettes utdanning, jobb og interesser enda mer sammen gjennom løsninger som dukker opp. Det å beherske og forstå disse teknologiene og ikke minst være i stand til å videreutvikle dem og bruke dem vil bli stadig viktigere i tiden fremover. Både i privat og offentlig virksomhet vil det være et stadig økende behov for dette. De senere årene har også spillteknologien vært sentral i utviklingen både som underholdningsfenomen og som bidragsyter for det vi kaller overførbare ferdigheter.

Masterutdanningen i multimedia og spillteknologi er blant de første i sitt slag og er bygget opp med varierte undervisnings-, og vurderingsformer samt en høy grad av studentaktivitet og studentinvolvering. UIA har vel utstyrte rom for undervisning i dette fagfeltet samt egen e-sport lab samt arkaderom for både undervisning, forskning og rekreasjon.

Hva lærer du?

Masterprogrammet fokuserer på hvordan man i utviklingen av e-læringsmateriell kan integrere teori og teknologi, og praktisk anvende dette innenfor ulike fagområder:

• Dette omfatter opplæring i interaksjonsdesign, 3D-visualisering, grunnleggende kunnskap om utvikling av digitale kurs
• Spillifisering, hvordan programmere og anvende «Virtual Reality» og «Augmented Reality»
• Utvikling av spill for opplæring og undervisning
• Samt bruk av smarttelefoner, nettbrett og lignende for formidling av innhold

En viktig del av programmet er masteroppgaven som gir deg mulighet for å utvikle og forske på teknologiske løsninger og digitalt innhold for informasjon, formidling og opplæring.

Jobb- og karrieremuligheter

Med fullført mastergrad kan du søke på jobber i multimedieindustrien og i alle typer virksomheter hvor informasjonsformidling står sentralt.

Sentrale arbeidsområder vil være utarbeidelse av digitale opplæringssystemer for både offentlig og privat sektor. Eksempler kan være utdanningssektoren, offshoreindustri, arkitekt- og anleggsbransjen (visualisering), museer/gallerier, reklamebyråer, aviser, film, TV eller annen medieindustri.

The programme delivers candidates with high competence in multimedia and educational technology. The emphasis in the programme is on knowledge of existing and new technology, new tools and new methods for dissemination of knowledge through the use of modern educational technology. The teaching will reflect the wide range of branches the candidate can work in after graduation, ranging from the development of E-learning material for traditional school and university education, training of employees in firms and as employees in companies using E-learning and educational technologies. The programme focuses on educational technology, and all topics are helping to underpin the knowledge necessary to develop good E-learning modules and topics.

A thesis of 30 credits in the sixth semester and a project in the fifth semester, give the students the possibility for specialization in a particular field of industry.

The master's thesis is normally carried out in the Spring semester. On application, the Faculty may approve that some students carry out their master's thesis in the Autumn semester. This is given that the student meets all the prerequisites, and that there are available supervisors.

Multimedia is an area where companies and professionals both cooperate and compete internationally as well as nationally. The literature in the programme is in English, and English is the language of teaching. This will prepare the students for an international working life and teach them to communicate about their field of expertise in an international environment. Many of the students will also come from international programs initially.

The students are given the opportunity to take parts of the programme at partner universities abroad. Full-time master´s students can take the third and/or fourth semester at a partner university abroad. Credits awarded at the foreign university may be transferred into the student´s programme at the University of Agder (UiA). In order to become an exchange student, the courses/thesis work that the student is planning to undertake at the foreign institution must be given a preliminary approval by the student´s programme manager at UiA, and a written student contract must be signed with the International Education Office. The Faculty of Engineering and Science has a large number of partner universities with which student exchange can be arranged in an efficient manner. The master´s programme is open to incoming exchange students from foreign universities, who may follow one or two semesters of the programme.

University of Agder (UiA) goes in for an increase in the use of digital tools in its study programmes. The aim is to utilize new forms of communication and to try new arrangements for teaching and academic supervision. Students at UiA will to an increasing extent be using computers in their daily academic work. A transition to digital examinations is an important part of this process.

This study programme is part of a pilot project where the computer plays a particularly important role in the teaching throughout the semester. In most courses the examination will also be carried out digitally.

From Autumn 2017 it is a requirement that all students at UiA have their own portable computer ('laptop') for use in teaching and examinations, see Examination Regulations, University of Agder, §12d.

For more information about the demands concerning PC and Mac, alternatively the borrowing of such, see: www.uia.no/it/studentpc

Students who have been given conditional admission to the programme must meet all the admission requirements before they can pass into the 2nd year of the programme. The student must have passed at least 70 ECTS in the Master´s programme before registering for the Master´s Thesis. All courses that lead directly to the thesis work must be successfully completed. Every semester the students must prepare and update individual education plans. Students are expected to take full responsibility for their own learning and personal progress in keeping with their individual education plans.

The requirements that the students have to meet in order to graduate are described in the different course descriptions under the headline "Examination requirement" and "Assessment methods and criteria".

On successful completion of the master's degree, candidates will be able to move directly into the field of multimedia industry and enterprises where information is central. Central areas of work will be development of digital learning systems for the public and private sector, for example the public education system, the movie-, TV- or other media industry, the structural engineering, offshore industry, museums/galleries and advertising agencies. The Master´s programme in multimedia and educational technology provides the basis for continuing in education and research in Norway or abroad, for example with a doctorate.

The Faculty has its own doctoral programme in engineering and science, and a candidate from a master´s programme in multimedia and educational technology will be qualified for this programme.