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 and global economies 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Students with a strong background in interactive and experimental media arts. Track 1 students define a practice-based final project with research that supports its development. Students in this track submit a final project and written document that explains the background to the project, theories informing it, references, process and next steps.