Prospective students in the Digital Arts and New Media program will have a foundation in the arts with some demonstrated interest in technology or a foundation in technology with demonstrated background in the arts. Many, but not all, entering students will have completed a Bachelor of Arts program in one or more of the arts disciplines (art or art history, film, multimedia, music, theater, video, etc.) or a Bachelor of Science program in computer science or computer or electrical engineering. Other successful applicants will have a BA or BS in another field but will be able to show substantial achievement in the arts, in technology or in digital arts.
In certain cases, students who demonstrate excellent potential for the program but lack proficiency in a “cross discipline” will be admitted to the program with the understanding that they will take courses during their first two quarters of study to make up that deficiency. An arts student lacking sufficient programming experience, for example, will be expected to take one or two programming courses in their first two quarters in addition to the DANM program requirements.
Students will apply online through the Division of Graduate Studies web site between October and January for the following fall quarter. In addition to submitting an online application, students will be expected to submit an online portfolio. Further information can be found at: http://graddiv.ucsc.edu.
There is no foreign language requirement.
As of spring 2007, GRE scores are no longer required when applying to the DANM MFA Program.
Our computer programming requirement has been changed. There is no computer programming requirement.
Students in the Digital Arts & New Media Program are required to have a laptop computer with wireless support (WiFI 801.11b/g). You will be expected to view web pages, open Post Script Documents (pdf) and be able to edit text with a word processing type application. There is no operating system requirement. The UCSC Arts Division is almost entirely Apple Macintosh based.