Interactive Arts majors learn how to integrate art with technology, build robots, make games, work with VR/AR, and create performances and unique experiences, all in a variety of media and materials. Through a process of creative inquiry based on learning by doing, you will become comfortable with new and emerging technologies and prepare for careers in the fields of experience/interactive design or as fine artists who work with interactive media.
You can gain professional experience through internships, and some of our majors have recently landed at Discovery Communications; Digital Harbor Foundation; The Smithsonian; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and CODE2040, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities find professional and entrepreneurial success in technology. IA majors have an excellent track record of starting their own businesses (Friends of the Web, Brinkbit), as well as working at a wide range of firms and agencies where they tend to focus on emerging media and experience design.
Interactive Art's newest course, Soundscape, provides an introduction to field recording and field recording composition (phonography), acoustic ecology and concepts of deep listening through the exploration of multiple acoustic environments throughout Baltimore City and its surrounding counties.
MICA’s innovative curriculum, state-of-the-art facilities and world-class faculty come together to support a single purpose: provide a no-holds-barred education and experience that will prepare you to be a creative leader in the 21st century. If you would like to receive more information, please click on the link below to fill out a form.
