Department of Graphic Media Science and Technology

Overview

The graphic media science and technology department prepares students to excel in graphic media and communications, and to serve a broad range of industries in need of innovative thinkers and creative leaders. Through multimedia approaches, students learn to create moving graphic experiences, and are prepared to earn rewarding careers at the intersection of technology, design, and business.

Our program’s multidisciplinary curriculum explores print, web, packaging design, interactive graphics, mobile apps, functional printing, and smart media. Through a hands-on curriculum, students learn to create and manage innovative, cross-media applications, challenge creative barriers, and break into today’s interactive graphic media industry. Experiential opportunities allow students to work with new technologies and applications, preparing them for exciting and dynamic careers. Graduates of the graphic media science and technology department are helping organizations implement and manage the integration of traditional and emerging media technologies. They are well-positioned for careers as graphic media change-makers, bringing visionary expertise to production management, technology specializations, and quality assurance. Students learn-by-doing, and bring graphic projects from concept through inception and delivery. The skills earned are those sought by nearly all companies; notably, printers, brand owners, media companies, communication agencies, and technology firms.

Dedicated hands-on technology spaces to support learning and research

Paid co-op experiences provide graduates with real-world experience at major domestic and international companies

3500+

Active alumni working in industry and poised to help students and alumni in their career objectives

Latest News

October 4, 2021

RIT Graduate School Dean Twyla Cummings to retire

RIT Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Twyla Cummings will retire from RIT effective June 30. Cummings oversaw the evolution of the Office of Graduate Education to the RIT Graduate School in support of RIT’s Strategic Plan 2018-2025, and RIT added five new Ph.D. programs during her tenure.
July 20, 2021

Students produce flexographic labels in “Recognition Run”

At the end of the Spring 2021 term, students in Dr. Greg D’Amico’s Print Production course in the Department of Graphic Media Science and Technology completed the semester with a “Recognition Run,” consisting of full-color pressure-sensitive labels printed on the Department’s six-color Mark Andy flexographic press.
July 6, 2021

GMST Students receive prestigious scholarships

Ayanna Smith and Emi Knape, both second year Department of Graphic Media Science and Technology students, have been selected to receive prestigious scholarships from The Print and Graphic Scholarship Foundations

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Featured Work

Three Way Comparison of Selected Substrates Used in Wine Labels

Sanjana Babu

Sanjana Babu, a student in the graphic media and science MS degree, presented her thesis, “Three-Way Comparison of Selected Substrates Used in Wine Labels: Wood-based Paper, Synthetic Paper and Stone...

An Assessment of An Assessment of Media Consumers’ Ability to Distinguish the Level of Post-Processing in Journalistic Images

Emily Shriver

Emily Shriver, a graduate student in the master of science in print media, headed a project to assess how individuals recognize manipulated images used in news.

Grad Student Presents Thesis on Digital Painters Establishing Brand Equity

Andrew Lim

Andrew Lim, a graduate student in the master's degree in print media, presented his thesis on the "Exploration of the Process of Building Brand Equity as a Digital Painter."

Featured Profiles

Print Media Grad Helps Produce Award-Winning, Digitally-Produced Engineered Surfaces

Payal Sharma

Payal Sharma '18, earned an MS in print media and it now employed as a digital print technology specialist at Wilsonart.

Faculty / Staff

Bruce Myers

Department Chair

Robert Eller

Irma Abu-Jumah

Lecturer

Marcia Carroll

Senior Staff Assistant

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Undergraduate Programs

At the core of the interdisciplinary media arts and technology BS program is a balance of the creative, business, and technical aspects of graphic communication. The course of study allows you to explore educational areas within and outside the program — including ample chances to connect with industry — to provide a thorough experience that prepares you for a world of possibilities.

Media Arts and Technology BS

In this media arts degree, you'll become a graphic communication professional who serves the robust marketing communications, publishing, and packaging graphics industries by creating and producing integrated media across a range of platforms.

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Graduate Programs

The STEM-based Master of Science degree in Print and Graphic Media Science is offered by the Department of Graphic Media Science and Technology. It offers students seeking an advanced degree the opportunity to join a community of learners and researchers in a dynamic field with robust career opportunities. This thesis-based program involves three semesters of coursework, followed by thesis work where students work together with research professors in world-class facilities. Recent thesis topics have included technology adoption, quality control, instrument and metric analysis, management topics, and process capabilities. These embrace areas such as digital printing, textile printing, color measurement, packaging and publishing as well as gravure, flexographic and lithographic printing technologies. Resulting thesis work is published and often presented at academic conferences.

Students successfully completing the MS in Print and Graphic Media Science find themselves well prepared for study at the doctoral level as well as positioned to work at management-level positions in industry.

Print and Graphic Media Science MS

A media science degree that explores how technology and innovation are changing the graphic communications industry.

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Minors and Immersions

Media Arts and Technology Minor

The media arts and technology minor provides students with a five-course sampling of the media arts and technology major. After completing the required course, students may customize their selection of elective courses from diverse offerings related to media production, media architecture, media strategy, and media management.

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