Digital Futures (MA, MDES, MFA)

The graduate program in Digital Futures will help you respond to the increasingly important role that digital technology plays as a catalyst for change in our society. The curriculum ensures that you gain core digital knowledge and skills as you explore your specific areas of interest through electives industry internships residencies and independent study.Build new futures through critical play with disruptive technologies.Industry and community partnerships will help you to build a career runway before you graduate. You are encouraged to work with partners and in internships which can connect to your thesis research.Our graduates go on to futures in the eclectic international creative digital industries encompassing design arts creative services entertainment media and cultural spaces likeApp web and games designers and developersDigital project leadersCultural industry producersManagers and coordinators between art and design departments and ITCreators and developers of your own start-upsFilm television and digital transmedia producersDigital strategists and educators

Applicants must hold a BA, BFA, BDes, BComm, BSc, BEng or comparable honours degree/certification with an average of 75 per cent (B+) or better during the last two years of study, or must demonstrate impressive experience and expertise as a practitioner in a relevant discipline. All applicants must demonstrate creative and conceptual competence at a good level, as well as the clear potential for acquiring a practical knowledge in the diverse disciplines relevant to this graduate program to create an innovative and implementable thesis project.