Transcript: Official transcripts should be sent directly to the Admissions Office from each issuing institution. Request your transcripts at the time of or prior to submitting your application. They will be held on file if they arrive before your application form. Transcripts from international schools that are not provided in English directly from the issuing institution must be presented both in the original language form and translated into English by a translation agency or official translator. If you have attended a non degree-granting school or program, be sure to list it on your application. Please be aware that once submitted, all documents become the property of the College and cannot be returned to the applicant. For all graduate programs a completed undergraduate degree must be verified prior to enrollment. Curriculum Vitae: Include a resume summarizing your educational and professional background. It should highlight relevant academic studies, project work, awards and achievements, and work experience. Personal Statement: Applications must include a personal statement of intent. The essay should outline the applicant’s motivation for pursuing graduate study in Media Design Practices at ArtCenter and discuss personal goals for the future, along with areas of interest and relevant experience. Applicants also need to answer the writing assignment listed below. The statement of intent should be clear and concise, between 500–1,500 words in length. Recommendation Letter: Letters of recommendation are accepted through Slideroom as part of your portfolio submission process. You will be prompted to enter the name and email address for one to three persons who will be providing letters of recommendation on your behalf. References should be from people who are familiar with your work and experience, and should speak to an ability to conceptualize, execute and communicate design. Required Essay Question: Applicants should submit an essay that addresses the following: Choose two design projects and discuss each project in terms of its questions, process, rigor, engagement, theoretical orientation, ethics, and politics. Which aspects would you take forward and which would you leave behind as you pursue new critical questions of your own? What would those questions be? We encourage you to include one of your own projects, especially if you have a self-initiated project in which you determined the process and critical direction. Portfolio: The design portfolio is the cornerstone of the application. The portfolio should be a curated body of work that demonstrates the applicant’s expertise in the conception and creation of sophisticated design and other relevant works (e.g., creative or critical writing, business plans, software, curriculum, research, grants, etc.). The portfolio must demonstrate versatility, criticality, rigor, point of view, willingness to discover, and accomplishment working with graphic, visual, interactive, spatial or experiential media. Projects can be professional, self-initiated and/or class assignments. Applicants are encouraged to include work that demonstrates process, research, experimentation and a spirit of inquiry. We encourage applicants from other fields but projects from outside of media design must demonstrate the applicant’s ability to cross boundaries and think about issues in the realm of communication and media. The portfolio should be edited to highlight the applicant’s best and most relevant work. Brief written descriptions of the projects should accompany each piece. Collaborative or commercial pieces should clearly state the applicant’s contribution or role. All projects in the portfolio should be presented through SlideRoom. No physical portfolios will be accepted. Media Design Practices prefers all portfolios in the form of either a PDF or a website. The PDF or website should include stills, screen shots or photo documentation for all projects including print, interactive, motion or video. Where possible, dynamic media projects should be accompanied by links to working examples to ensure the full depth of the project is experienced. This content can be on a personal website or third-party service such as Vimeo or YouTube.

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