Branding, Creative Technologies, Design, Graphic Design, Social Media, Visual Culture, Mobile Media Design and Technology (BFA)
What our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide
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In the Design and Technology BFA program at Parsons, code becomes your second language and an expressive way to connect with others. Choose one of two pathways — Game Design or Creative Technology — and solve design problems by remixing software, hardware, art, and design in new and creative ways. Experiment with AI, VR, Unity, bioart, TouchDesigner, and more. You develop a sustainable process for researching, experimenting, designing, prototyping, iterating, and producing projects that keep pace with evolving technology.
Your BFA begins with Parsons’ first-year curriculum, which serves as the academic foundation for all undergraduate programs at Parsons. From your second year on, you dive into courses in your major field of study. Art and design history and theory courses develop your research, writing, and critical reasoning skills, and university electives broaden your perspectives.
Graduates of the BFA Design and Technology program are equipped for careers in game design, virtual reality and immersive experience design, motion graphics, animation, video production, front- and back-end Web design, design research, and graphic arts.
Discover what our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide.
This Design and Technology webinar series invites artists, designers, technologists, and industry professionals to present their projects, often work engaging with issues of social justice and critical practice. Past speakers have included Lauren McCarthy, Zach Lieberman, Audrey Bennett, New Red Order, and Yuri Suzuki.
New York City’s thriving creative industry and cultural institutions are part of your Parsons education. Our Career Services Office is deeply connected to the art and design industries and can help you advance your career with industry-oriented internships.
Enjoy access to extensive resources including New School libraries, computer labs, archives, and studios, along with Parsons’ state-of-the-art Making Center, facilities offering a broad array of tools to support your creative and academic growth.
Connect to the organizations, businesses, and entrepreneurs driving global creativity and commerce. In classes, internships, and extracurricular projects, you gain marketable problem-solving skills in sectors ranging from government and nonprofits to tech and creative industries.
Enrich your learning and prepare for work in global contexts with study abroad that exposes you to new perspectives and settings in which to apply your creativity. Our study abroad destinations include, Paris, London, Florence, and more.
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