Master the process and art of visual storytelling with a bachelor’s degree in media design and development.
Strong design, across all mediums, delivers powerful experiences and drives audience engagement. Earning a media design and development major means you’ll leave with a command of the necessary processes and skills to create static and interactive story designs and experience in diverse field exercises that ground you in understanding the user experience.
You’ll be connected with experiences that elevate your work and your marketability in visual communication fields. Our award-winning faculty are agile and adaptive, embracing a fast-changing media landscape that pushes innovation and entrepreneurial learning.
We teach empathy and self-awareness, not only for recognizing personal biases, but also for helping students to stay grounded in professional ethics throughout their careers. We are intentional in purpose and embed transformational experiences across our curriculum.
Through immersive projects, our student media and strategic communication agency, students gain meaningful work experience in engaging audiences using the information design process, design methodology and visual presentation techniques in storytelling.
Students tell us they arrive on campus and find more than an academic home – they find a sense of belonging. Students immediately connect with a network of faculty, students and alumni, who help launch students’ career paths.
Students majoring in Media Design and Development (MDD) are required to complete 27-33 core credits with the SJSC. In addition to these core courses, students may add one or more majors or concentrations in Journalism or Strategic Communication majors, each requiring 15-18 credits, while fulfilling the university's 120 credit requirement for graduation.
Career Paths: Graduates majoring in Media Design and Development can pursue various roles, including interaction designer, UX designer, usability analyst, UI developer, web developer, data visualization specialist, content strategist, user experience researcher, digital marketing specialist, media analyst, social media manager, SEO specialist, motion graphics designer, video editor/producer, and more.
My undergraduate experience prepared me to take risks and challenge myself every day. I learned that if you’re too comfortable, then you aren’t growing and have to search for something new. Both my journalism and Emerging Media Design & Development experiences made me a better designer, thinker, and human.
—Erika Espinoza
Journalism Graphics Major, Class of 2017
Pulitzer Prize winner, 2018
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