At MICA, students in our BFA and MFA media arts programs work side by side in a vibrant, interdisciplinary environment. You’ll collaborate, experiment, and build the artistic and technical skills to produce work that connects with audiences and makes an impact in your life and the world.
From Ideas to Impact, MICA creatives make breakthroughs, make meaning, make waves, make connections, and make the things that make the world better. And you can too. From application steps to portfolio requirements, learn everything you need to know about applying to MICA.
Explore fields such as sound, video, and animation while building core production skills. Choose a co-major in Film and Video, Game Design, or Sound Art, or follow a transdisciplinary path that blends multiple areas of interest.
Gain the skills to produce, examine, and critique moving images. Study the history of artists working in the medium and build technical film and video skills through projects in the field and the studio.
Study the visual, conceptual, and functional foundations of games and learn to apply them in a range of real-world contexts, from commercial game development to applications in science, education, and exhibition design.
Combine art, media, and technology to create interactive experiences. Work with robotics, projection mapping, and AR and Mixed Reality, engaging with mediums such as sound, performance, and installation.
Build the foundation for a sustainable career in film and media through a curriculum that blends cinematic history with hands-on experience. Study writing, production, editing, post-production, and distribution, working within Baltimore’s rich cinematic culture.
The JHU-MICA Film Centre, provides BFA and MFA students with access to industry-standard spaces and equipment. Resources include a 49-seat screening room, a recording studio, a sound stage, individual high-definition editing suites, and an equipment cage stocked with lights, microphones, dollies, and more than 40 camera packages.
From Ideas to Impact, MICA creatives make breakthroughs, make meaning, make waves, make connections, and make the things that make the world better. And you can too. From application steps to portfolio requirements, learn everything you need to know about applying to MICA.
