Full Sail University

Media Design

Master of Fine Arts – Online

Combine design and strategy to build successful brands.

If you're ready to evolve into the next stage as a creative professional, learn the elements of branding to give new depth and strategy to your work. Full Sail University's Media Design master of fine arts program's project-based curriculum takes you through a full-scale branding project, teaching you how to identify client needs, develop well-researched creative work, and craft an effective pitch.

Brand Development

Courses Include:

  • Brand Development - You will explore the history and processes of brand development in media design through case studies and learn how to utilize some of the basic tools used in the marketing profession.
  • Design Integration - In this course, research, critical thinking, discussion, and critique help to provide you with a solid foundation from which to proceed as you explore new directions in your design projects.
  • Brand Development
  • Design Integration

Design Strategy

Courses Include:

  • Defining Client Needs - You will explore the designer-client relationship and investigate research strategies and methods for developing effective multi-media campaigns.
  • Effective Copywriting and Communications - This prepares you for the profession by teaching the nuances of writing for advertising, corporate communications, and presentations.
  • Design Research - You will learn the process of exploring and evaluating design options as they investigate many of the research methods and tools used in the profession.
  • Design Strategies and Motivation - You will refine the concepts developed in previous courses with the objective of maximizing the impact and effect of their communications.
  • Measuring Design Effectiveness - In this course you will examine multiple points of view, further your research, and apply higher-level critical thinking skills through a variety of assignments and discussions.
  • Defining Client Needs
  • Effective Copywriting and Communications
  • Design Research
  • Design Strategies and Motivation
  • Measuring Design Effectiveness

Production Workflow

Courses Include:

  • Organizational Structures - You will learn to organize, process, and evaluate information obtained from your research while also creating media applications derived from earlier investigations.
  • Multi-Platform Delivery - You will develop a plan for creating professional-quality deliverables from the research and exploration completed in previous courses.
  • Thesis: Presentation of Design Solution - In this course, you will present your projects and explain how your research, preliminary investigations, and applications contributed to the process used to arrive at your final design solutions.
  • Professional Practice - This course provides the platform and the tools to achieve your goals, and helps you as a designer to find and navigate the pathways to success in the media design profession.
  • Organizational Structures
  • Multi-Platform Delivery
  • Thesis: Presentation of Design Solution
  • Professional Practice

Our Florida Campus

- Winter Park, Florida -

Expansive 210+ acre campus · 110+ studios and collaborative production environments · Professional-level recording and game studios · Spacious Hollywood-style back lot · Multiple live venues which host events, concerts, and more.

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