Can you give me a list of graduate schools in the United States which
offer programs similar to the ones listed ?

1) MIT Media Lab - Media Arts & Sciences Program
(http://www.media.mit.edu/mas/apply.html)
2) NYU Tisch School of Arts - Interactive Telecommunications Program
(http://itp.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home)
3) UC Irvine - Arts Computation Engineering (http://www.ace.uci.edu)
4) UC Santa Cruz - Digital Arts & New Media (http://digitalarts.ucsc.edu/apply)
5) CMU - Entertainment Technology Center (http://www.etc.cmu.edu/admissions)

I am basically interested in programs which blend creativity in the
form of arts / new media with technology and involve considerable
amount of project work. Since I am an Information Technology graduate,
majority of my colleagues are applying to Computer Science fields such
as Networking, Artificial Intelligence etc. I find these very dry
since I would not like to sit in front of the computer for 8 hours a
day or get myself involved in much of programming and theoretical
computer science. I was amazed when I saw the array of research work
being carried out at the MIT Media Lab (which is not on the lines of
theoretical computer science) So can you tell me those programs where
my background can help me technically but at the same time involve a
lot of creativity as well ? I am not looking for animation, 3D
modelling, digital imaging and stuff which again involve a lot of
hours in front of the computer. Blending other fields like mechanical
engineering and automotive engineering with information technology
will also do.