{"id":866,"date":"2025-05-29T15:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/design-technology\/?page_id=866"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:34:49","slug":"graduate-orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/design-technology\/graduate-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p>Dean\u2019s Welcome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are delighted to welcome you to the Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media at Clark University. You may be looking to enhance your portfolio, to complete an unfished project; perhaps you dream of teaching game development to others, or maybe you just want to better prepare yourself for a job in interactive media. No matter what the reason, you are here because you are passionate about video game design \u2013 so are we! Regardless of your game background, or where on the interactive media spectrum your interests lie, this MFA program has you covered. Game artists, game programmers, game designers, VR\/AR or UI\/UX designers and more, all have an opportunity to explore their personal horizons and produce industry-quality evidence of their skill sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MFA program at Clark University\u2019s Becker School of Design and Technology is highly ranked, hands-on, and imminently flexible \u2013 allowing you to work full time while you complete your studies. No other program of its kind has access to a full studio-based curriculum. We are looking forward to helping you fully develop your vision and game-making skills. We can\u2019t wait for you to show us your next great idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/paul-cotnoir-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Cotnoir, Dean and Professor of the Practice\" class=\"wp-image-6883\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul D. Cotnoir, Ph.D.<\/strong><br><em>Dean and Professor of the Practice<\/em><br>Becker School of Design &amp; Technology at Clark University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Personal invitations to the Becker School of Design &amp; Technology orientation events will be sent to your Clark email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Email:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240913060812\/mailto:PCotnoir@clarku.edu\">PCotnoir@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Checklist<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/international-students-scholars\/coming-to-clark\/\">International students<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-dark-teal-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/audience\/students\/#graduate\">Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-dark-warm-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d6395ac5caddfae764b00f6dec54e2c5 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-building-hours\">Building hours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday &#8211; Thursday<\/strong><br>9.am. \u2013 midnight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong><br>9 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><br>Noon \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong><br>Noon \u2013 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean\u2019s Welcome We are delighted to welcome you to the Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media at Clark University. 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