The Computational Media (CM) Research Plan follows the Institute model to allow students to incorporate research experiences into the major program of study. Students will complete nine hours of credit research work on various aspects of the computer as a medium, working in such areas as computational principles, the representation and manipulation of digital media, software design, visual and interactive design, digital art, and media theory and history.

As in the basic CM program, students following the Research Plan will take thirty-six hours of courses in CS and thirty hours of courses in LCC (in addition to the basic humanities requirement). Students will also:

complete nine hours of undergraduate research and
complete LCC 4700 Writing the Undergraduate Thesis.