{"id":2299,"date":"2020-05-20T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=2299"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:58:27","slug":"masters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/mad-tech\/academics\/masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Art + Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Masters of Art + Design (MAD) is focused on experimental media arts and prepares students to be design directors, practitioners, visionaries, and leaders in the field who are able to respond to the social, cultural and economic shifts that current times \u2013 and global economies \u2013 demand. Our students become creative thinkers and skilled makers in an inter-disciplinary educational environment, which provides the critical knowledge and expertise to re-imagine new contexts that challenge traditional structures and assumptions guiding art and design practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We encourage graduate students to apply design thinking and innovative technologies in new directions through research, experimentation, creative production, and entrepreneurship. Graduate students are also expected to create, present and interpret their work with the intellectual expertise and refined skills required to become leaders in their professional field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Student Work <\/h2>\n\n\n