Develop your creative practice and personal voice as an artist in IMGD. The Master of Fine Arts program offers a terminal degree through WPI’s renowned IMGD program where our academic approach, resources, and connections will refine your artistic practice and innovate using new creative technologies with WPI’s new MFA in IMGD.
Curriculum
The MFA in interactive media & game design is a 51-credit hour program. Courses are studio-based, classroom-based, and career-focused. A final project requires students to show a game in a public setting—a full portfolio is required for degree completion. The range of skills required for the final project is broad and based on the chosen project. Potential IMGD MFA projects could range from digital games to interactive theatre, so each academic plan is customized to the student.
Requirements for the MFA in interactive media & game design:
- Design studio (12 credits)
- Core courses (21 credits)
- Professionalization (6 credits)
- Elective courses (3 credits)
- Project (9 credits)
- Statement of purpose
- Portfolio
Research
Students in the MFA program will work with IMGD faculty members and industry partners to produce a distinct body of work and to develop a personal artistic style.
Our faculty expertise spans these diverse research areas:
- animation
- 3D modeling
- artificial intelligence
- computer graphics
- figurative painting
- networking and multiplayer games
- illustration
- electronic music and music composition
- artistic / musical robotics
- interactive museum exhibits
- location-aware media
- procedural content generation
- mobile gaming
- serious games
- virtual and augmented reality
As a studio-based degree program, students in WPI’s MFA program have access to resources in the Worcester Art Museum and the Worcester Center for Crafts. WPI offers an ideal combination of arts education with cutting-edge interactive media & game design resources.
If art, gaming, experience design, and creative computing are among your passions, this program will give you the freedom to develop your personal artistic style while gaining the professional acumen to be successful in academia, the game industry, and other industries. Not quite ready to pursue an IMGD MFA? Explore our Interactive Media & Game Development master of science. This technical master’s in game development has an emphasis on design, technology, and the development of interactive environments.
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