Interactive Media, MFA

Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media Overview

The Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media program offers an innovative studio-based curriculum that is flexible and customizable, allowing students the opportunity to master tools, theory, and practice associated with their own vision to design and develop publishable titles and lead their own studio team.

Our program requires 15 units and prepares students for careers in the competitive and ever-changing fields of game development and interactive media, or a career path in higher education, teaching, and research.

The Master of Fine Arts in interactive media curriculum requires 15 one-unit courses. MFA course work includes self-directed project development, research, and thesis writing. In the second year of the MFA, students will act as Creative Director and Team Lead for an undergraduate Game Studio team. The graduate student, along with this team, will work to complete an original work of Interactive Media to be exhibited at the end of the year along with the MFA student’s thesis defense.

Course of Study

Core Courses (4 units)

IMED 3000 - Interactive Media Seminar I  

IMED 3100 - Interactive Media Seminar II  

IMED 3010 - Graduate Studio  (two semesters)

Praxis (4 units)

IMED 3999 - Interactive Media Praxis  (two semesters)

IMED 3900 - Thesis  (two semesters)

*MFA students may apply for nonresident status if they need more time to complete their Praxis.

Elective (7 units from the following)

Or any Clark University graduate course for which they qualify

IMED 3950 - Independent Study  

IMED 3500 - Special Topics in Interactive Media  

IMED 3240 - Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR)  

IMED 3220 - Game Prototyping  

IMED 3230 - UI/UX Design  

MSC 3010 - Visual Communication Design  

IMED 3300 - Interactive Media Entrepreneurship  

IMED 3200 - Procedural Art  

IMED 3210 - Digital Storytelling  

IMED 3250 - Interactive Media Advanced Drawing  

IMED 3270 - Resistance Games  

IMED 3275 - Embodying Virtual Avatars  

IMED 3280 - Pixel Art  

MSC 3211 - Communicating Responsibly  

MSIT 3840 - IT Project Management Fundamentals  

TOTAL = 15 Units

Program Adviser

Amanda Theinert

For questions about the MFA program contact atheinert@clarku.edu