Digital Media Design Degree

Program Overview

The degree includes 12 courses, with at least one taken on campus.

• Get started. You begin by completing two stipulated degree courses as outlined on the degree requirements page. This is your opportunity to demonstrate your commitment and ability to perform well as a Harvard student.
• Apply to the program. While you are completing your second degree course, you submit the admission application. We have application cycles in the fall, spring, and summer.
• Continue your studies, online and on campus. As you progress through the program, you choose from courses offered on campus or online, year round in the fall, spring, or summer. To fully experience Harvard, you take at least one course on campus. Weekend on-campus options available.
• Complete a capstone project. You'll apply knowledge and skills obtained in the program to produce an innovative digital media prototype, ordinarily in web design, video production, or learning technology and present it to a faculty committee for artistic and technical critiques.
• Graduate with your Harvard degree. You participate in the annual Harvard Commencement, receiving your Harvard University degree: Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies, field: Digital Media Design.