Design and Technology (BFA)
Design and Technology BFA
Take the Next Step
Explore Our Community
What our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide
Contact Us
thinkparsons@newschool.edu
212.229.5150
Program Contact
Jesse Harding, Director
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.
Program Highlights
Game Design Pathway
Explore critical game design processes, from brainstorming to publication, with an emphasis on the crucial roles of aesthetics and cultural influences in shaping engaging player experience.Creative Technology Pathway
Combine physical computing, coding, user experience, responsive environment, and immersion technology to develop innovative design solutions and creative expression.Original Projects
Work on projects ranging from wearable technology and socially conscious video games to digital art and products that address accessibility.Industry Insights
Visit and engage in projects with industry leaders and organizations like Apple, Atari, Rockwell Interaction Lab, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, MTV, Nickelodeon, Siemens, and UNESCO.
- DegreeBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
- Credits120
- FormatFull-time
- Duration4 years
- Other program statusSTEM-designated
Curriculum
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.
Career Paths
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.
Explore Our Community
Discover what our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide.
Cloud Salon Series
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.
Parsons faculty represent a broad range of expertise and are acknowledged as leading practitioners and scholars in their fields.
Student Work
Design and Technology (BFA)
Design and Technology (BFA)
Creative Technologies, Interaction Design, Physical Computing/Wearable Technology, Toy Design Design and Technology (BFA)
Design and Technology (BFA)
Branding, Creative Technologies, Design, Graphic Design, Social Media, Visual Culture, Mobile Media Design and Technology (BFA)
Data Visualization, Web Design Design and Technology (BFA)
Computer Graphics (CG), Creative Technologies, Design Research, Education, Entrepreneurship, Information Design, Service Design, Transdisciplinary Design, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Mobile Media Design and Technology (BFA)
Creative Technologies, Education, Information Design, Leadership, Programming, Systems, Theory, Web Design Design and Technology (BFA)
Beyond the Classroom
Internships
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.
Making & Academic Resources
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.
Industry Engagement
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.
Study Abroad
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.
Related Programs
Undergraduate
Explore sample opportunities to create an interdisciplinary path of study around this major:
Graduate
