New for 2024 Admission, MFA applicants may apply to the DAIM or DRD program with an open topic, or select a curated project from the list below.
In the Statement of Intent, identify a curated project for your research and creative work, and address why you are interested in this specific project. Describe how it aligns with your interests, skillset, and experience. Articulate why you are the best MFA applicant to be selected for this project. Demonstrate how you are prepared for advanced study in the field of design. What makes Ohio State the best place to support your aspirations? Those admitted into the MFA program will be assigned to only one project and students are expected to find their own angle on the topic.

Includes young people from pre-K through early adulthood in a variety of groups. The future belongs to kids so they must be involved in its creation

FUTURES: Development of a web-based reproductive health education program for adolescent and young adult males with sickle cell disease.

Includes young people from pre-K through early adulthood in a variety of groups. The future belongs to kids so they must be involved in its creation

FUTURES: Development of a web-based reproductive health education program for adolescent and young adult males with sickle cell disease.

The Stuff of Design Education: Understanding the evolution of design education through material culture

Community-engaged design starts with community, either place-based or as a group of people brought together by common cause.

The Stuff of Design Education: Understanding the evolution of design education through material culture

Community-engaged design starts with community, either place-based or as a group of people brought together by common cause.

Circle: The strength of collaborative games is that they distribute activities between players and encourage them to work together to achieve a common goal.

Green Acres: The project seeks to create game mechanics based on true-to-life scenarios that players can interact with to help communicate the complexity and effects of policy making.

Mesa is an interactive animation that explores concepts of human impact on ecological wellbeing and habitat loss using non-linear storytelling methods and real-time computer graphics.

Circle: The strength of collaborative games is that they distribute activities between players and encourage them to work together to achieve a common goal.

Green Acres: The project seeks to create game mechanics based on true-to-life scenarios that players can interact with to help communicate the complexity and effects of policy making.

Mesa is an interactive animation that explores concepts of human impact on ecological wellbeing and habitat loss using non-linear storytelling methods and real-time computer graphics.