The curriculum is shaped with the knowledge that the creation and manipulation of images using digital tools has become an industry completely apart from the eventual application of the images themselves. Among our renowned faculty are animation artists, designers, illustrators, medical researchers, software developers, visual effects supervisors, and art directors. Our faculty draws inspiration from the Bauhaus school of art and architecture, founded in Germany in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius, whose faculty included such artists as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Breuer. Please click HERE for MS in Digital Imaging and Design course descriptions. The scope of the Master of Science in Digital Imaging and Design is unusual in that it covers a broad spectrum of design, illustration, and production.
All courses emphasize production in an advanced laboratory environment.
The second phase of study builds on the first as students move into more advanced work in the same areas. Students select courses that respond to their particular interests or focus on the industry of their choice. Finally, working closely with a faculty member, each student completes a thesis project that includes a reel and an accompanying paper that describes conceptually the problems the student has solved. Thesis students take an advanced seminar in digital imaging that considers, in a more general and philosophical way, the broader social and historical impact of the evolution of new technologies. Career Prospects for Graduates From its beginnings, the Center for Advanced Digital Applications has resisted association with one single industry.