These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2024 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect
at the time they enrolled.
Transfer credits: Students in The 极乐禁地's program may transfer as many as 24 credits if changing to the MFA in Integrated Design, provided they have applied and been accepted to the program; a student cannot earn both the M.A. and the MFA in Integrated Design.
This 60-credit M.F.A. program requires the following
as of fall 2024
DESN 713 Integrated Design Studio I: Principles
DESN 714 Integrated Design Studio II: Typography
DESN 715 Integrated Design Studio III: Readings and Research
DESN 617 Creative Concepts
DESN 610 Visual & Verbal Rhetoric
DESN 612 Creative Methodologies
DESN 791 Practicum in Integrated Design
DESN 793 Proseminar in Integrated Design (MFA candidacy is a requirement for this course. This course is a prerequisite for DESN 797.)
DESN 797 Integrated Design Thesis, 6 credits total (MFA candidacy is a requirement for this course.)
Working with an adviser, choose courses that will strengthen your design skills. You
can choose from among a variety of Design (DESN) and Interaction Design and Information
Architecture (IDIA) courses. You can also choose management courses or illustration, photography, graphic design
or production courses offered for graduate credit at the Maryland Institute College
of Art.
competency in print, video and electronic design, as demonstrated by a portfolio evaluation
and an oral examination of the portfolio
completion of all coursework except DESN 793 Proseminar in Integrated Design and
DESN 797 Integrated Design Thesis
a minimum 3.0 GPA.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSURANCE OF LEARNING: MFA IN INTEGRATED DESIGN
Mission Statement
The Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Design offers innovative graduate study in graphic
and media design, a profession that demands constant reinvention. The program curriculum
provides a theoretical and conceptual base while it develops students' practical and
technological skills to design across a broad range of media, including print, video
and digital platforms. It enhances their ability to maintain currency in those skills
and prepares them for lifelong practice. The MFA degree offers graduates opportunities
for professional advancement and for teaching at the university level.
Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes
Upon graduating from the MFA in Integrated Design program, students will be able to:
construct creative, concept-based solutions to communication problems
design across a wide range of media
critique all aspects of design across a range of media
synthesize research related to design in contemporary culture
manage a communications project from initial consultation through production and delivery.
