American Design Schools Are a Mess, and Produce Weak Graduates
American Design Schools Are a Mess, and Produce Weak Graduates
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I entered a BA design program alongside a group of students entering an MA design program at the same school. In the end, it was the BA students who had employable portfolios. The MA students spent so much time on a thesis (with little design background in history and practice) project that they lost sight of the goal (a good job). Although I wanted the MA, I'm beyond glad that I went for the BA and was able to create a ton of portfolio pieces instead of a single thesis and an inflated ego.
- Yeah MA is a theory degree, you only need it to teach. Seems people withherzo
- We were lucky enough to have classes that were conducted more like actual design studios would.doublespaced
- no design degrees go that route so they don't have to do a 2nd bachelors.herzo
- But MA degrees do not teach the fundamentals that Bachelors programs do.herzo
- I almost got suckered into the MA program instead of the 2nd BA. The 2nd BA was priceless in comparisondoublespaced