If you have a passion for the arts but think there’s no way you can make a living in the field, think again. The Arts Production & Management program gives you the skills you need to take charge in the arts industry.
Typically $1,234 per semester
Tuition & Fees
77 credit hours
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Combining theory and practice, this 36-credit Master of Arts in Integrated Design (formerly Publications Design) program integrates conceptual thinking, design, professional writing and research across multiple forms of media. Founded in the late 1970s, the program’s evolving curriculum has consistenly prepared students to adapt to rapid changes in the fields of design and communications.
How the program works:
You’ll focus on the four pillars of visual communication:
Your courses will help you develop complementary skills in design and writing across multiple platforms, and build a solid foundation in research, creative process, professional writing and design principles and strategies.
In your final semester, you'll have the opportunity to practice what you've learned through a two-course capstone experience. In Seminar in Publications Design, you'll work in a team to address a real-world design challenge. Using the problem-solving skills you've developed throughout the program, you and your teammates will produce a complete solution and present it to judges drawn from the professional community. At the same time, you will take the Portfolio course where you will develop and refine your professional portfolio.
You’ll graduate prepared to pursue or advance a career in a corporate or nonprofit setting, in fields such as web design, graphic design, marketing communications and public relations, to name a few.
Classes are offered evenings and weekends, and some courses are offered in the summer.
M.A. student Kari Mason
Kari wanted an all-encompassing design program that would give her an advantage after
graduation. She found that in UBalt's Integrated Design master's program. Learn more
about the M.A. in Integrated Design program requirements.
Learn from the best.
Our full-time faculty are scholars, graphic and interaction designers, media critics, writers, filmmakers
and videographers who, like the program itself, combine the intellectual, the academic
and the professional. In addition, our adjunct professors come from Baltimore’s creative
community to share their expertise in writing, graphic design and business practices.
Put theory into practice.
The Klein Family School of Communications Design employs students to manage its Digital Design Studio (DDS), a state-of-the-art lab focused on design in all media and formats. DDS assistants
get paid (student assistants) or receive tuition remission and a stipend (graduate
assistants) while gaining invaluable technical experience. Learn more about working
as a Digital Design Studio Assistant.
As a graduate of this unusual program, you will follow alumni who have made their mark in a variety of local, regional and national settings as successful editors, writers, and Web and graphic designers. Some work for large corporations, some for small businesses, some for nonprofits and government agencies and others have created their own freelance and consulting businesses.
Alumni Spotlight
Jacob DeGeal
program director
email: jdegeal@ubalt.edu | phone: 410.837.6035
view Prof. DeGeal's faculty profile
Deidre Ferron
academic adviser
email: dferron@ubalt.edu | phone: 410.827.5023
When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to work for businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies that deal in, represent or interact with artists and the arts—perhaps in addition to managing your own freelance artistic career. You’ll also be well prepared for graduate-level study in business and the arts.
You’ll take courses in:
With UBalt’s location between the Station North Arts and Entertainment District and the Mount Vernon Cultural District, the neighborhood is your laboratory, and this program will allow you opportunities to work with the city’s theaters, museums, galleries, musical venues and arts advocacy groups, shadowing and assisting artists, attending exhibits and performances, and interning with an artist or arts-related organization.
