{"id":1646,"date":"2023-12-04T06:56:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/?page_id=1646"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:07:28","slug":"the-mfa-design-degree-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/the-mfa-design-degree-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The MFA Design Degree Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"image-title-container\">\n    <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"\"\n                              class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--headline-with-link \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--headline-with-link\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Application Deadline<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fall application deadline for the MFA Design program is January 15.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/graduate-admission\/  aria-label=\"Read more about Apply Now\">Apply Now<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roski\u2019s MFA Design<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This five-term, studio-based MFA Design program supports you in developing a unique and sustainable personal contemporary practice through a critical examination of issues, theories and ideas relevant to design and studio practice right now.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MFA Design Experience<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USC Roski enrolls a very small cohort of MFA Design candidates each year, who work closely together and with the school\u2019s internationally acclaimed design faculty in the Roski Graduate Building\u2014an expansive hub in the L.A. Arts District. You\u2019ll also work with an expanded community of leading professionals\u2014designers, artists, historians, critics, curators and culture makers.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                  \n      \n        \n          <div class=\"column\">\n              <ul>\n                                                            <li>\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=21&#038;poid=30417&#038;hl=Design+%28MFA%29&#038;returnto=search target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about MFA Design Course Catalog\">MFA Design Course Catalog<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n\n        \n        \n      \n        \n          <div class=\"column\">\n              <ul>\n                                                            <li>\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/graduate-info-sessions\/  aria-label=\"Read more about MFA Design Info Sessions\">MFA Design Info Sessions<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n\n        \n        \n      \n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Why Roski?<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MFA Design program offers curricular depth combined with USC Roski&#8217;s intellectual and artistic reach and the geographical influence of its position on the Pacific Rim and in one of the world&#8217;s major arts and design capitals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">A Great Location<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-3tFxFzo6rv\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-3tFxFzo6rv\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                              \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its postwar influx of prominent Bauhaus figures, Los Angeles has long had a strong footing in design. In the past several years the scene has blossomed, with a community of designers and a roster of events. With its location in the L.A. Arts District, the USC Roski Graduate Building is in the heart of a cultural hub with an international gallery and museum scene and hundreds of design and advertising companies nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/contact-us\/\">The L.A. Arts Scene<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">The Graduate Building <\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-3tFxFzo6rv\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-3tFxFzo6rv\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                              \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The USC MFA Design studios are housed in the Roski Graduate Building, a 15,000-square-foot retrofitted hub for artists, designers and scholars that encourages collaboration and cross-pollination. The building also serves as the site for most Roski public programming, including artist and designer talks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Graduate Building, you\u2019ll have access to a dedicated media editing room, a shared project space for the creation of expanded installations, and the Makerspace. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll also be assigned a large, open-concept workstation in the Graduate Building\u2019s design studios\u2014space that simultaneously encourages focus and collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Private Visits and Dialogues<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-3tFxFzo6rv\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-3tFxFzo6rv\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                              \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll work with visiting design professionals through a series of private conversations. Visits typically occur weekly, but may occur more or less frequently, as determined by individual student needs and faculty advisors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Visiting Designer Forum\u2014linked to the school&#8217;s annual Roski Talks lecture series\u2014features group discussions following public presentations by prominent artists, designers, writers, scholars and curators. As a first-year graduate student, you may also attend a closed-session seminar to engage in intensive dialogue on issues posed in the talk and have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with the visitor, present your work and benefit from their professional expertise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Designer in Residence Forum, offered in the spring, provides advanced MFA Design students a chance to engage in-depth with a visiting designer, artist, scholar, curator, historian or critic, including inviting the visitor to engage through studio visits, group critiques, seminars and individual mentoring sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/roski-talks-history\/\">Past Roski Talks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Curricular Depth<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-3tFxFzo6rv\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-3tFxFzo6rv\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                              \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MFA Design curriculum matches practical skills with a deep dive into theories and ideas. You\u2019ll expand your knowledge and abilities in several areas, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your ability to analyze graphic design (along with architecture, fashion, art and other cultural production), communicate design ideas effectively, examine their formal elements, and engage in research to understand their contemporary and historical contexts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your knowledge of the creative process, as exemplified by the study of specific works in design history, with a focus on understanding various creative methodologies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your understanding of how political, cultural and social conditions affect the practice of all aspects of design. You\u2019ll have the opportunity to see how practitioners in the field create work that speaks to specific audiences using innovative graphic forms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your knowledge of the theoretical, historical and aesthetic decisions behind a range of work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your connection with the field of design in order to enhance your ability to create work and establish a practice that is engaged with the world at large.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-3tFxFzo6rv\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Valuable Relationships<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-3tFxFzo6rv\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-3tFxFzo6rv\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                              \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USC and the Roski <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School boast an array of cross- and interdisciplinary opportunities, offering an unparalleled environment for advanced study and practice. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a student, you\u2019ll benefit from our collaborative partnerships with design firms and collectives, as well as formal affiliations with four notable museums of contemporary and Asian art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n\n      \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your Thesis<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For your capstone, you\u2019ll write a thesis providing a rigorously researched, and theoretically and historically grounded set of arguments relating to your proposed final project. You\u2019ll also mount a practice component such as an exhibition, public presentation, community project or a proposal for a new course or new program, and join a cohort public presentation in the spring of your second year. Students are guided by a faculty committee, including a thesis supervisor and two other members.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MFA Design Faculty<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Roski School\u2019s Design professors and lecturers are a dynamic team with extensive experience. You\u2019ll be on a first-name basis with professionals who\u2019ve practiced their skills everywhere from L.A.\u2019s agencies and studios to the international design scene.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/profile-listing\/?filter-by-keyword=&amp;area=&amp;type=faculty\">USC ROSKI FACULTY<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n  \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Preparing for Professional Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul class=\"interactive-content-pane-pagination\"><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"right\">\n    <div class=\"select-container\">\n      <label class=\"visually-hidden\" for=\"swiper-2083764262\">Select option to display slide<\/label>\n      <select id=\"swiper-2083764262\">\n                  <option value=\"0\">Design Studio Co-Lab<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"1\">Design Pedagogy<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"2\">Design Internships<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"3\">Global Art and Design<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"4\">Study Tours<\/option>\n              <\/select>\n      <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"17.5,20.3 23.7,14.1 25,15.4 17.5,22.9 10,15.4 11.3,14.1 \"\/>\n      <\/svg>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"swiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Design Studio Co-Lab\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This practical course prepares you for professional life by addressing the contextual issues, theories, movements and ideas relevant to contemporary design practice involving clients. You\u2019ll develop methodologies for customer collaboration, taking away analytical tools and design techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Design Pedagogy\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get hands-on instruction in creating design-related coursework, writing syllabi and developing in-class assignments, in preparation for a teaching assistantship in your second year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Design Internships\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roski\u2019s Field Internship Experience matches you and your interests with a design firm or independent designer, who then sponsors you for at least 150 hours of practical training and\/or field experience.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Global Art and Design\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Global Art and Design elective promotes global and interdisciplinary thinking. These seminars address visual culture in a broad international framework via a changing focus on specific regions and case studies. A sensitivity to cultural differences and contrasting ways of making and understanding the visual arts is key.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n  \n\n<a class=\"link \"  aria-label=\"Read more about \"><\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                  Study Tours\n                <\/h3>\n\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Design Study Tour is a faculty-guided, seven-day spring break trip to an American city. You\u2019ll visit a dynamic cultural hub and make stops at renowned design firms, studios and museums. Your degree requirements also include at least one two-week International Design Study Tour, taking in a European or Asian city like Berlin, Lodz, London, Shanghai, Tokyo or Warsaw.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"background-images\">\n          <div class=\"swiper swiper-background-images\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Expand Your Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll take elective units to earn your MFA Design degree, which will need to come from a combination of Roski classes and from classes across USC schools. These include the University\u2019s six top-ranked professional art schools, in addition to the Marshall School of Business, the Annenberg School for Communication, the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. 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