Emergent Digital Practices (MA, MFA)

Our graduate degrees in Emergent Digital Practices (EDP) bring together inclusive digital design, electronic and new media arts and technology, and creative coding to contribute to our investigations of culture and society, the arts and sciences, media philosophy, science fiction, trans-global politics, and social justice.

The two-year, master’s in Emergent Digital Practices degree allows you to develop your critical, technical and artistic skills by creating new technological applications. You may choose to explore interdisciplinary ideas and practices, including digital design, tangible interaction, data visualization, 3D animation, sonic environments and modeling. Graduates have established careers as game designers, open hardware and software creators, art directors or technology critics.

In the three-year, master of fine arts (MFA) program, you'll master diverse digital tools and focus on creating an art and design practice that is critically and socially engaged, preparing for a career of professional practice in media arts and design.  Our MFA is a technically advanced degree in which you'll explore art forms ranging from interactive to visual to sonic and use new technologies to produce creative works. Graduates have established fulfilling careers as open software or hardware designers, installation artists, curators, technology critics, gallery owners and academics.