Current and former art and design students are employed at Engineering Animation, Inc., in positions ranging from Director of Animation Technologies and Senior Project Manager in charge of interactive programming, to student internships. Employees include artists, illustrators, graphic designers, senior animators and digital modelers. Graduates of the Department of Art and Design are increasingly employed in developing fields with technological and multidisciplinary textures. Their employers include multimedia companies, textile design industries, architecture firms, and animation firms in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Singapore and Seoul. The MFA is traditionally recognized as a terminal degree in art and design studio programs in colleges and universities, and it is an expected minimal degree preparation for employment.
Opportunities exist in many fields including teaching at the college and university level.
This significant number reflects a growing demand for education in visual arts and technology. Students who select the MFA in IVA degree will develop their own creative skills in artistic demonstrations. The changing nature of professional options necessarily reflects changing expectations in art and design education. The new MFA in IVA will respond to these needs in both credential and content. College Art Association of America, 1996.