It brings together areas such as sound, video, and animation to shape how we tell stories and share experiences.
As a Creative Media Production major at MICA, you’ll build both technical fluency and creative range. You’ll develop core skills in recording, editing, animating, and coding, personalizing your degree by selecting courses in the areas that appeal to you most, from film and animation to game design, sound art, and interactive media.
With access to expert mentorship and state-of-the-art resources, you’ll graduate with the portfolio power to carve out a rewarding career in the media arts.
As a Creative Media Production major, you’ll have the flexibility to personalize your degree, choosing from courses that cover a wide range of tools, methods, and ideas.
You can pursue a co-major in a number of specialized areas.
Or you can follow a transdisciplinary path that combines multiple areas of interest, allowing you to explore how different subjects and mediums connect.
Either way, you’ll apply what you learn through project- and studio-based courses and industry partnerships. This hands-on approach will help you build a creative practice grounded in collaboration, impact, and innovation.
Co-majors provide additional depth in a specialized area without the full credit load of a double major. You can pursue a co-major in:
The BFA in Creative Media Production breaks down traditional silos. Students work across film, animation, sound, game design, AR/VR, and more. With a flexible curriculum and optional co-majors, you can tailor your degree to your creative goals and interests.
You’ll get real-world experience through project-based courses, internships, and studio classes in state-of-the-art facilities like the JHU-MICA Film Center. And you’ll work collaboratively on creative challenges with peers, professionals, and community partners.
The BFA in Creative Media Production prepares students for a broad range of roles in media production, gaming, sound design, visual effects, editing, and fine arts. You’ll graduate with in-demand skills in creative strategy, production, and project management and a polished, client-ready portfolio or reel.
You’ll work in cutting-edge spaces and use industry-standard software and tools. Facilities include dedicated spaces for animation, recording, production, interactive arts, and game design, along with a large sound stage, editing suites, and post-production facilities at the JHU-MICA Film Center, plus darkrooms and printing labs.
“MICA's students are always pushing forward, whether into new approaches within their media or into important and challenging conversations in the classroom.”
Nadia Hironaka serves as the Department Chair of Undergraduate Animation and Media Arts, and is part of MICA’s Filmmaking MFA faculty. She received her Masters of Fine Art from The Art Institute of Chicago and her Bachelors of Fine Art from The University of the Arts. In 2015 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellow and received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 2006.
Jason Sloan is Area Head for Interactive Arts and professor of Sound Art at MICA. As a musician and sound artst, his work explores immateriality and its relationship to memory, systems and the virtual world. Besides his notoriety in the ambient and space music scenes for close to two decades, Jason has released over a dozen solo albums, collaborations and has been included on multiple various artist collections.
Sam Sheffield is a game designer and artist, serving as Area Head of Game Design and part of MICA’s Interactive Arts faculty. His work has been shown internationally, most recently as part of Playpublik in Krakow, Poland, Now Play These at the Wellcome Collection in London, Alt.Ctrl.GDC at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, Ca. and Play at Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, Va.
As one of the most influential art and design hubs in the U.S., MICA immerses you in a vibrant, supportive community. You’ll learn from expert faculty, collaborate with peers, and hone your skills in state-of-the-art facilities, preparing you to thrive in the creative economy — and shape what’s next.
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