Program Overview

Introduction to Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication

The Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) and Media Arts and Design (MAD) programs are designed to inspire students to blend art, technology, design, engineering, science, and the humanities to create innovative solutions. These programs focus on design and creative practice, offering a range of degrees and concentrations.

Degrees and Concentrations

The available degrees and concentrations include:

• BA with Emerging Media Arts concentration
• MFA Creative Practice pathway
• MA concentrations:
  • Emerging Media Studies
• MFA concentrations:
  • Creative Practice
• PhD
• BA Concentrations:
  • Critical Media Studies
  • Emerging Media Arts
• Certificates:
  • Certificate in Applied Experience Design and Research

Program Details

The Emerging Media Arts program offers students coursework in digital arts areas such as:

• Digital fabrication
• Projection mapping
• New media art and performance
• Sound
• Time-based media
• Video The Creative Practice program explores the production of new art and technology in a studio or design practice in an idea-driven maker-culture environment.

Career Paths

Career paths with a degree in Design and Creative Practice include:

• 3D modeler
• Artist
• Audio technician
• Digital musician
• Graphic designer
• Motion graphics artist
• New media artist
• Photographer
• Videographer
• Video editor

Student Organizations

Student organizations related to the program include:

• The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) UTD
• The Animation Guild
• The Student Game Developer Association
• The UX Club

Research

The lab and studio culture blends art, technology, design, engineering, science, and the humanities to create an incubative environment rich with possibilities. Research areas include:

• 3D Studio
• Anechoic Chamber and Transmedia Studio
• ArtSciLab
• experimenta.l.
• Animation Lab
• LabSynthE
• MENARAH
• Mograph Lab
• Narrative Systems Research Lab
• Public Interactives Research Lab (PIRL)
• The Studio for Mediating Play
• VAST Lab
• Research in Art, Rematerialization + Ecology (RARE)

Certificate in Applied Experience Design and Research

The Certificate in Applied Experience Design and Research gives students the opportunity to explore the fast-growing field of user experience (UX) design and research. This certificate offers insight into how intuitive digital experiences are created and is a valuable credential for anyone interested in the intersection of design, technology, and real-world application.

Faculty

ATEC and MAD Faculty include world-renowned artists, scholars, and creative practitioners with expertise in areas such as games studies, arts education, global media studies, science and technology studies, critical media studies, and animation studies.