Program Overview
In today’s fast-changing digital world, there’s high demand for creative professionals who can craft compelling multimedia experiences. The Digital Media Design Master’s Degree Program helps you build the skills to thrive in this dynamic field.
- Learn to design and develop interactive websites, videos, games, and digital content.
- Explore tools and techniques used by industry professionals across media platforms.
- Strengthen your creative and technical abilities through hands-on, project-based learning.
- Build skills in web design, content development, video production, and more.
- Earn a Harvard University degree: Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies in the field of Digital Media Design.
Courses
You can customize your course curriculum on your path to earning your degree. Learning is hands-on. Online classes and the on-campus precapstone feature collaborative activities and group projects.
Example Courses
- Introduction to Web Programming Using JavaScript
- Introduction to Game Development
- Exploring Digital Media
- Digital Media: From Ideas to Designs and Prototypes
- Fundamentals of Website Development
Stackable Certificate
As you work your way toward your master’s degree, you can take courses that also count — or “stack” — toward a graduate certificate. It’s a cost-effective, time-saving opportunity to build specialized skills and earn more professional credentials. For each certificate, you can choose courses that best fit your goals.
Admissions
The path to your degree begins before you apply to the program. You’ll earn your way in through our performance-based admissions, completing coursework for admission and earning credits toward your degree right away.
Next Start Term
You can enroll in your first admission course this fall. Course registration opens July 21.
Featured Faculty
Our digital media design instructors bring a genuine passion for teaching, with students giving our faculty an average rating of 4.5 out of 5.
Alexandra Seckar-Bandow
Video Editor, Verse Video Education
Athir Mahmud
Consultant
Bakhtiar Mikhak
Co-Founder, Media Modifications, Ltd.
Career Opportunities & Alumni Outcomes
Every organization needs to tell a digital story, making graduates of our Digital Media Design Master’s Program valuable employees in a wide range of industries. Our alumni work in the fields of IT, media production, and publishing. They also work in management consulting, higher education, healthcare, and government administration.
Career-Aligned Skills for Advancement
Our master’s degree program covers a broad range of digital media design topics, opening several different career path options for our graduates. Skills you can build include:
- Web design and development
- Multimedia production
- Content development
- Mobile app develoment
Sample Alumni Job Titles
- UX Developer
- Vice President, Product Design
- Senior Digital Product Manager
- Associate Creative Director
- Front End Developer
- Marketing Manager
- Principal Software Architect
- Our alumni work at a variety of leading organizations, including:
Sample Alumni Employers
- ADP
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Deloitte
- Hewlett Packard
- Liberty Mutual
Program Benefits
Experience a rigorous curriculum. 96% of recent graduates would recommend the program.
Develop a capstone project with peers and real-world industry partners.
Access career advising and other services through Harvard’s Mignone Center for Career Success.
Explore entrepreneurial opportunities through the Harvard Innovation Labs
Become a member of the worldwide Harvard Alumni Association (400,000+ members) and Harvard Extension Alumni Association (29,000+ members).
Harvard Extension School saved my life, not just academically, but in a manner much more profound and transcendental.
Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in the field of Digital Media Design, '23
Tuition & Financial Aid
Learn more about the cost of attendance.
FAQs
Who Pursues the Master’s Degree in Digital Media Design?
Our students in the Digital Media Design Master’s Degree Program are established professionals looking to deepen their expertise, advance their careers, or change careers. About half of the students enrolled in the program have professional experience in the field and work across various industries.
How Do I Know if The Digital Media Design Master’s Program Is Right for Me?
This is an advanced degree program, so it is helpful to have an undergraduate degree in business, management, graphic design, communication design, digital media, education, fine arts, information technology, or data analytics.
You should also have a minimum of two years of work experience and be comfortable using technology and web development tools like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You should also have strong visual communication skills and an eye for design.
How Will the Digital Media Design Master’s Program Help Me Advance in my Career?
A graduate degree in digital media design will provide you with an advanced understanding of the field and help you develop the skills and knowledge required to create multimedia applications and content.
Many employers prefer — or even require — candidates with advanced degrees for higher-level roles. If you aspire to become a leader in your organization, a master’s degree in digital media design may be essential for advancing your career.
How Long Will It Take Me to Complete the Program?
Program length is ordinarily anywhere between 2 and 5 years. It depends on your preferred pace and the number of courses you want to take each semester.
For an accelerated journey, we offer year round study, where you can take courses in fall, January, spring, and summer.
While we don’t require you to register for a certain number of courses each semester, you cannot take longer than 5 years to complete the degree.
