Master of Fine Arts [M.F.A] [Design - Graphic Design Track] From California College of the Arts

Built on a firm foundation of technical skills, pushing the limits of cutting-edge tools and technologies alongside traditional craft-based techniques, MFA in Design students work to reimagine the methods, modes, and meanings of design in contemporary culture.

Whether intended to be commercial, civically minded, personal, or experimental, your course of study is technically sophisticated, culturally engaged, and even socially disruptive. It is driven by research and richly informed based on a thorough examination of users and contexts.

It is also both formally and conceptually inventive. We provide you with foundational technical, formal, and conceptual skills coupled with contextual understanding. We also prepare you for a range of personal, private, and public careers in design including advanced work in creative leadership, whether in commercial, civic, and curatorial arenas.

Today?s designers need to move nimbly across ideas, disciplines, and skills. We combine three concentrations?-- graphic design, industrial design, and interaction design -- to create an open and adaptive design environment in which you share a studio (with dedicated desk space, shared prototyping facilities, and gallery space -- all accessible 24/7) with students from these design disciplines.