Design for the Digital Age
The program is tailored to practicing designers seeking to enhance their digital skills and leadership potential as well as professionals with relevant design experience who want to enter the field. It encompasses the full product development cycle in
communication design — from idea conception to prototyping to feedback-based refinements — and familiarizes you with business strategy.
In this one-year, 30-credit program, you develop creative problem-solving strategies for relaying and translating messages, information, and ideas. The full-time course of study is built on four components: instruction in advanced core design competencies,
practices and methods courses, external partnerships, and the core studio sequence. Parsons faculty — skilled at bringing together design thinking, aesthetics, and technology — guide you in exploring innovative composition and visualization methods,
interface design, typography, and industry best practices.
Creating Collaboratively, from Concept to Product
The specialized course of study provides coding experience and engages the iterative process and a range of collaboration and teamwork strategies. You work from design conception and pitching through post-launch critical analyses of user experience (UX)
and interface (UI). The New York City location enables you to take advantage of the city’s diverse technology and design resources while learning alongside like-minded designers in the Parsons community. You can supplement core courses with a related
university-sponsored public program and an elective offered at Parsons or another school or college of The New School, such as a class in psychology, marketing, data visualization, or another field.
Industry Ready
You graduate from the program with your own unique, forward-looking aesthetic anchored in professional skills acquired through the program, which include entrepreneurship, strategic working methodologies, and contemporary prototyping. You are prepared
for digital design work settings, with competence in various industry-standard technologies, including front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), and experience navigating professional partnerships with teams and clients.
Future Opportunities
Graduates pursue careers in Interaction Design, User Experience (UX) Design, User Interface Design (UI), Digital Product Design, and Product Management.
This program is part of Parsons' School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT). Explore the MPS Communication Design community to see what students,
faculty, and alumni are doing in NYC and around the world at amt.parsons.edu.