Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs

MICA's graduate students are the center of their own education.

They design their learning paths, construct meaning from new information, pull from prior experience, and push the boundaries of their own practice to engage meaningfully in contemporary art and design. Our programs, faculty, visiting artists, facilities, resources and our growing peer group of more than 300 students from almost every state and more than 20 countries are all here to fuel your self-expression.

Master of Arts
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Graphic Design

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MICA's M.A. in Graphic Design (GDMA) program offers students an intensive immersion in graphic design.
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Illustration

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MICA's M.A. in Illustration is a one-year program for those interested in a career in illustration or in refining their existing illustration practice.
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Social Design

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A one-year intensive master’s program that will prepare you to influence change, advance equity, drive social justice, and pioneer new professional pathways in any field
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Teaching (MAT)

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MICA's M.A.T. program is nationally recognized for its success in preparing art education professionals who integrate personal artistry with the skill and understanding to direct the art making of others.
Master of Fine Arts
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Community Arts

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The M.F.A. in Community Arts program prepares artists to use their artmaking as a means of civic, youth, and community development, activism, education and more.
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Curatorial Practice

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The first M.F.A. of its kind in the country, MICA's M.F.A. in Curatorial Practice prepares students to expand the role of curators—engaging audiences more effectively by proposing alternative models of exhibition-making, institution-building, and social justice through art.
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Filmmaking

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MICA’s MFA in Filmmaking prepares the next generation filmmaker to enter and sustain in a field that has expanded beyond Los Angeles, beyond New York and is energized by the Cinematic Culture of Baltimore.
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Graphic Design

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MFA graphic designers at MICA use text, image, form, and storytelling to construct engaging experiences across media.
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Illustration Practice

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The M.F.A. in Illustration Practice has at its core a philosophy of necessary reexamination and reinvention, both in your work and thinking and in the paradigm of what it means to be an illustrator.
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LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting

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LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting is one of the nation's most selective graduate programs.
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Mount Royal School of Art (Multidisciplinary MFA)

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Mount Royal School of Art is a multidisciplinary MFA program that supports student artists in developing an intensive, critical, and imaginative art practice – in an exciting and diverse community enriched by a broad selection of established artists, museum curators, and collectors. 

Photography + Media & Society

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Photography + Media & Society @ MICA is a vibrant Master of Fine Arts program where mature, self-motivated candidates for the degree explore photography and media as an interdisciplinary medium informed by the liberal and visual arts and the record of the human story.
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Rinehart School of Sculpture

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Rinehart School of Sculpture: research on spatial constructions with an emphasis on architectural, environmental, and sustainable practices.
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Studio Art (Summer Low Residency MFA)

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MICA's M.F.A. in Studio Art Low-Residency (MFAST) program is designed for experienced artists, teachers, and other art professionals who want to pursue graduate study without disrupting their ongoing careers.
Graduate Emphasis
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Curatorial Practice

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The Curatorial Practice Emphasis allows Graduate students to earn a mark of distinction that demonstrates their pursuit of exhibition-making as a creative discipline.
Master of Business Administration/Master of Art
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Design Leadership

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To succeed in business, you must embrace the opportunity to look at things differently. The Design Leadership MA/MBA is rooted in the philosophy that the best business minds are open ones.
Master of Professional Studies
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Business for Creatives

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The business degree for creators!
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Data Analytics and Visualization

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Mine the data. Find the narrative. Tell the story.
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User Experience (UX) Design

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Explore both the design and computer science sides of the user-experience equation. Master analytical problem solving and design thinking of UX principles that figure significantly in today's tech-focused marketplace.

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