MA Design & MA Visual and Critical Studies Three-Year Curriculum
First Year, Fall (15 units)
- Form Studio (IA/ID/CD tracks)
- 6 units
- Contemporary Issues
- 3 units
- Writing
- 3 units
- Design Research
- 3 units
First Year, Spring (15 units)
- Design Studio + Seminar 2** (choose one of the following tracks):
- 6 units
- ** (2D) Communication Design;
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- ** (3D) Industrial Design; or
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- ** (IA) Interaction & Scripting
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- History of Media
- 3 units
- Entrepreneurship, Ethics & Intellectual Property
- 3 units
- Elective (choose one): Sites, Perceptions, or Strategies
- 3 units
Second Year, Fall (15 units)
- Design Studio 3: Transdisciplinary (choose one of the following tracks)
- 6 units
- ** (CD + IA);
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- ** (ID + CD); or
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- ** (ID + IA)
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- Thesis Presearch
- 3 units
- Futurism
- 3 units
- Elective (choose one): Strategies, Identities, or Perceptions
- 3 units
Second Year, Spring (15 units)
- Thesis: Production
- 3 units
- Thesis: Studio
- 3 units
- Thesis: Research
- 3 units
- Elective (choose one): Sites, Perceptions, or Strategies
- 3 units
Third Year, Fall (9 units)
- Master's Project 1
- 3 units
- Reviews (if not yet completed)
- 3 units
- Elective (choose one): Strategies, Identities, or Perceptions
- 3 units
Third Year, Spring (9 units)
- Master's Project 2
- 3 units
- Master's Project 3
- 3 units
- Elective: Sites, Perceptions, or Strategies (if not yet completed)
- 3 units
78 total units
These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2008 and spring 2009.
** Visual Criticism Master's Project 1 and 2 courses count for Graduate Design Thesis Writing and Presentation courses.
Current Courses
See the Course Schedule for current courses and their descriptions.