Program Overview

Bachelor of Media Arts and Design

The Bachelor of Media Arts and Design is a program that investigates emerging technologies, art, and design to identify opportunities for design innovation.

Program Overview

Undergraduates pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Design start with foundational courses in UX/UI design, motion graphics, digital fabrication, and media histories. They can then concentrate in Critical Media Studies or Emerging Media Arts, or continue to follow a generalist degree plan to explore all Media Arts and Design has to offer.

Concentrations

• Critical Media Studies: focuses on analyzing and critically examining media and their historical evolution
• Emerging Media Arts: focuses on digital arts, including digital fabrication, projection mapping, new media art and performance, sound, time-based media, and video

Career Paths

Graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Design can pursue a variety of exciting, creative career paths in fields like:

• Advertising
• Journalism
• Public relations
• Media
• Communication
• Technology
• Education
• Administration
• Management
• Marketing
• Broadcasting
• Public relations
• Law
• Social advocacy
• Digital content management

MAD Careers

• 3D artist
• Art director
• Concept artist
• Content creator
• Digital fabrication specialist
• Environment artist
• Grant writer
• Graphic designer
• Illustrator
• Journalist
• Media artist
• Motion graphics designer
• Project manager
• Social justice advocate
• Social media specialist
• Technical artist
• UX designer
• VFX artist

Undergraduate MAD Program Options

• BA in Media Arts and Design
• BA in Media Arts and Design with Critical Media Studies Concentration
• BA in Media Arts and Design with Emerging Media Arts Concentration

Degree Requirements

The BA in Media Arts and Design requires 120 semester credit hours.

Fact Sheet

A fact sheet for the BA in Media Arts and Design is available.

Scholarships & Awards

• The Greater Texas Foundation Tech Titans Removing Educational Barriers Scholarship
• The Marjorie Duckworth Endowment Award
• The Anthony (Tony) Cross Memorial Student Support Fund

Minors

Related minors include:

• Minor in Design
• Other minors in fields such as African American and African Diaspora Studies, Art History, Arts Management and Leadership, Asian Studies, Audio Production, Communication Studies, Creative Writing, Dance, Design, Ethnic Studies, Film Studies, History, Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights, Latin American Studies, Literature, Medicine, Arts, Science, and Humanities (MASH), Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish, Theatre, Visual Arts

Undergraduate MAD Courses

The general Media Arts and Design degree plan is interdisciplinary, offering students the flexibility to explore a variety of elective options. Students can delve into classes in animation and games, critical media studies, design, emerging communication, and emerging media arts.

Student Organizations

Student organizations include:

• The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) UTD
• The UX Club

MAD News

News stories about the Media Arts and Design program include:

• Alumni success stories
• Collaborations and partnerships
• Faculty and student achievements

MAD Faculty

The Media Arts and Design faculty includes:

• Danielle M Avram, Assistant Professor of Instruction Contemporary Gallery and Exhibition Studies
• Anne Balsamo, Professor
• Isi Barreiro, Assistant Professor of Instruction Design + Creative Practice
• Kris Behr, Lecturer I - Arts Humanities & Technology
• Steven Billingslea, Lecturer I - Arts Humanities & Technology
• Jessie Budd, Lecturer I
• Xtine Burrough, Professor
• Heidi Rae Cooley, Associate Professor of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication
• Norm Cox, Professor of Practice
• Val Curry, Lecturer I
• S. Diane Durant, Professor of Instruction and Director of the Jerry & Marilyn Comer Collection of Photography
• Eric Farrar, Associate Professor
• Paul Fishwick, Distinguished Chair Emeritus of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
• Hal Gupta-Fitzgerald, Associate Professor of Practice
• James Michael Fraley, Assistant Professor of Instruction
• Audra Heaslip, Assistant Professor of Instruction
• Sharon Hewitt, Assistant Professor of Instruction
• Brynn Higgins-Stirrup, Assistant Professor of Instruction Visual Arts, Drawing
• Laura Imaoka, Associate Professor of Instruction
• JW Kim, Assoc. Prof. of Practice - Arts Humanities & Technology
• Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Global Performance Studies
• Gia Kirk, Lecturer I
• Roger Malina, Professor
• Amanda Marder, Assistant Professor of Instruction
• David Edward Marks, Assistant Professor of Practice
• Luis Martinez, Lecturer I - Arts Humanities & Technology
• Mark McKinney, Professor of Instruction
• Christi Nielsen, Associate Professor of Instruction
• Adam Polansky, Lecturer I
• John Pomara, Professor
• Jeff Price, Associate Professor Game Development and Virtual Reality
• SV Randall, Assistant Professor
• David C Rheams, Lecturer I
• Diana Rojas Ponce, Assistant Professor Sound
• Andrew Scott, Associate Professor
• Karl Sengupta, Lecturer I
• Kenneth Starzer, Lecturer I
• Kevin Sweet, Assistant Professor Design & Interactive Arts: Immersive Experience
• Lorraine Tady, Associate Professor of Instruction Visual Arts
• Dean Terry, Professor
• Christine Veras, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
• Marilyn Waligore, Professor
• Zeke Williams, Assistant Professor of Instruction Digital and Creative Practice
• Hong-An Wu, Associate Professor

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