Knowledge Media Design (Collaborative Program)
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School of Graduate Studies
Degree Programs Offered
Architecture – MArch
Computer Science – MSc, PhD
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning – MA, MEd, PhD
Information Studies – MISt, J.D/MISt, PhD
Landscape Architecture – MLA
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering – MASc, MEng, PhD
Medical Science – MSc, PhD
Sociology – MA, PhD
Urban Design – MUD
Visual Studies – MVS
Overview
The Collaborative Program in Knowledge Media Design (KMD) was launched in 2002 as the teaching arm of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI). The Collaborative Program provides a specialization for graduate students from a variety of academic backgrounds to engage in the design, prototyping, evaluation, and use of knowledge media. In keeping with KMDI's human-centred approach, students explore the design and use of new media in the context of real world practices of individuals and communities. Access to an intensely collaborative and cross-disciplinary faculty encourages students to take a broader view of technological and social change and to be constructively critical of technological utopian and dystopian visions alike. The goal is for students to take into account heritage and history, to understand the realities of today, and to design for tomorrow.
Students have access to a community of scholars and the network of relationships that the Institute coordinates. They gain first-hand experience of a living network of innovation, an environment in which the resources are people and knowledge and the social capital and value that are generated through collaboration.
The Collaborative Program is open to master's and PhD students in the collaborating graduate programs listed above.
Contact and Address
Web: http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/graduate-study
E-mail: program@kmdi.utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 946-8515
Fax: (416) 978-5634
Collaborative Program in Knowledge Media Design
Knowledge Media Design Institute
Bahen Building, University of Toronto
7th Floor, 40 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4
Canada
Degree Programs
Master’s Degrees
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Students wishing to apply to the Collaborative Program must be enrolled, or anticipate being enrolled, in a collaborating degree program in one of the collaborating graduate programs. Applying to the Collaborative Program is a separate procedure. Consult the KMDI Web site for application guidelines. Admission will be subject to the approval of the graduate department concerned and the Program Committee of the Collaborative Program.
Program Requirements
- Students must meet all the requirements of their home department.
- Master's students must successfully complete KMD 1001H, KMD 1002H, and 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE). Of the 1.0 FCE, at least 0.5 FCE must be from the KMD 2001-2004 series or, in exceptional circumstances, a designated cognate course. The remaining 0.5 FCE may be from a list of recognized department courses.
- Master's students are encouraged, but not obligated, to complete a thesis/research project component in their home department, the topic of which should be relevant to the field of knowledge media design.
- Collaborative program courses may count towards the home department degree requirements or may be in addition to the degree requirements, depending on the participating department's individual program regulations.
Doctor of Philosophy
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Students wishing to apply to the Collaborative Program must be enrolled, or anticipate being enrolled, in a collaborating degree program in one of the collaborating graduate programs. Applying to the Collaborative Program is a separate procedure. Consult the KMDI Web site for application guidelines. Admission will be subject to the approval of the graduate department concerned and the Program Committee of the Collaborative Program.
Program Requirements
- Doctoral students are required to take KMD 1001H and KMD 1002H if not already taken in the master's program, 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) from the KMD 2001-2004 series, or, in exceptional circumstances, a designated cognate course
- The dissertation topic must be in the field of knowledge media design. The thesis advisor and at least one other committee member must be from participating units.
- The home graduate unit and the student's supervising committee will determine further requirements. The collaborating units cooperate in jointly developing a program that is individually tailored to meet the needs of each student.
Courses
For courses offered in a particular year, check the Collaborative Program Web site: http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/graduate-study
Knowledge Media Design
Required
KMD 1001H Core Seminar in Knowledge Media Design I—Fundamental Concepts
KMD 1002H Core Seminar in Knowledge Media Design II—Contexts and Practices
Electives
KMD 2001H Human-centred Design
KMD 2002H Technologies for Knowledge Media
KMD 2003H Knowledge Media and Learning
KMD 2004H Knowledge Media, Culture and Society
Participating Department Electives
Existing courses from the participating departments that satisfy KMD requirements are listed below. These courses may not be offered every year. Courses that are mandatory for a student’s degree from the home department cannot normally be counted. Some of the elective courses may require a significant amount of background knowledge and experience. Enrolment in such courses may require the permission of the instructor.
ARC 1033H Architecture, Media and Communications
C&T 1004H Communications: History/Theory/Technology
C&T 1005H Understanding McLuhan
C&T 1009H New Media and Policy
CSC 2105H Software Engineering
CSC 2106H Requirements Engineering
CSC 2501H Computational Linguistics
CSC 2502H Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
CSC 2504H Computer Graphics
CSC 2507H Conceptual Modelling
CSC 2509H Data Management Systems
CSC 2511H Natural Language Computing
CSC 2514H Human-Computer Interaction
CSC 2518H Spoken Language Processing
CSC 2524H Topics in Interactive Computing
CSC 2527H The Business of Software
CSC 2536H Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSC 2537H Hypermedia
CTL 1602H Introduction to Computers in Education
CTL 1603H Introduction to Knowledge Building
CTL 1608H Constructive Learning and Design of Online Environments
CTL 1923H Technology Supported in Situ Learning
FAH 1478H Art and Animation
FIS 1210H Information and its Social Contexts
FIS 1230H Management of Information Organizations
FIS 1340H Introduction to Information Systems
FIS 1341H Analyzing Information Systems
FIS 1342H Designing Information Systems
FIS 1343H Introduction to Database Management and Design
FIS 2149H Administrative Decision-Making in Information Organizations
FIS 2150H Advanced Management of Information Organizations
FIS 2165H Social Issues in Information and Communication Technologies
FIS 2169H User-Centred Information Systems Development
FIS 2179H Interacting with Information Systems
FIS 2183H Knowledge Management and Systems
JAC 1001H Media, Mind and Society I
MIE 1402H Experimental Methods in Human Factors Research
MIE 1403H Analytical Methods in Human Factors Research
MIE 1407H Engineering Psychology and Human Performance
MIE 1502H Information Technology and Systems: Management Strategies
MIE 1504H Management of Technological Change
MSL 2325H Museums and New Media Practice
SOC 6008H Network Analysis I
SOC 6108H Network Analysis II
SOC 6303H Field Methods
SOC 6312H Social Aspects of Technology and Work
SOC 6501H Research Design and Hypothesis Testing in Sociology
VIS 1010H Contemporary Art Since 1960
VIS 1020H Contemporary Art: Theory and Criticism
VIS 2002H MVS Contemporary Art Issues
Program Committee
John Danahy - BLA, CUrbDes, MScUrb&DesPl - Architecture, Landscape, & Design
Gerald Penn - BSc, MSc, PhD - Computer Science
James Slotta - MA, PhD - Curriculum Teaching & Learning (Program Director)
Nadia Caidi - BA, MA, MLS, PhD - Information Studies
Andrew Clement - BSc, MSc, PhD - Information Studies
Mark Chignell - BSc, MSc, PhD - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Barbara Soren - BPHE, BEd, MSc(T), PhD - Museum Studies (Graduate Administrator)
Zaheer Baber - BSc, MA, MPHil, PhD - Sociology
Lisa Steele - RCA, honourary PhD OCAD - Visual Studies History of Art