Digital Worlds Institute

Masters in Digital Arts & Sciences (MiDAS)

Jump start your career with this one-year accelerated masters program in emerging technologies.

Digital World Institute’s Masters in Digital Arts & Sciences (MiDAS) degree program provides students with the technical, design, and professional skills needed to enter and thrive in contemporary interactive media industries. This one-year accelerated master’s program focuses in the area of emerging technologies including Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR / VR) beginning late Summer and graduating the following Spring.

This program is designed for individuals from diverse backgrounds seeking to further their professional career goals at the intersection of interactive media, innovation, and emerging technologies.

Working in a collaborative environment with personal attention from faculty and content area experts, MiDAS students create industry-standard projects that provide the basis for their professional portfolios to be career-ready upon graduation.

What’s covered in this professional degree?

  • Technical Skills
    • Game Engines and Development (i.e. Unity 3D)
    • Software and Hardware Integration
  • Design and Interactivity
    • Visual Design Tools/Tech, 3D for VR/AR
    • UI-UX, Audio, Digital Compositing
    • Digital Storytelling
  • Professional Skills
    • Project Proposals, Production Pipelines, Project Management
    • Critical Thinking and Analysis

For more information please email advising@digitalworlds.ufl.edu.

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