What Is NMCC?

The New Media and Culture Certificate (or NMCC) is a transdisciplinary program open to graduate students working at the intersection of new media and culture in any master's or doctoral program at the University of Oregon. This innovative certificate blends scholarly research on new media topics with hands-on experience creating new media content and using digital research tools.

Taking advantage of creative opportunities possible within existing degree programs across campus, the certificate features an array of courses in the history, criticism, aesthetics, and production of new media technologies. NMCC trains scholars, designers, and media practitioners in the skills and credentials appropriate for 21st-century workplaces in academia and beyond.

NMCC also serves as a hub for new media scholarship and activities across campus. We coordinate courses, provide venues for professional development activities, and connect communities of scholars and practitioners engaged in like-minded work. The certificate program was initiated more than a decade ago as a collaborative venture among the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Design, and the School of Journalism and Communication. Coordinated centrally through the UO Division of Graduate Studies, we currently serve students in six of UO's seven Colleges and Schools with graduate programs. We are open to all graduate students across campus whose studies are focused on, or adjacent to, new media.