Digital Arts
Connect a love of creating with human interaction and storytelling in Malone’s digital arts program
This interactive, project-based program equips you to create and engage stories through a range of digital media and graphic design avenues. Small class sizes foster a sense of community and collaboration among students and professors. Our curriculum is experiential and hands-on, allowing you to develop your skills by knowing and doing.
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Become a graphic designer or digital media leader in Ohio and beyond: Illustrating your story through innovative design
Tailor an education that fits your skills and paves the way toward achieving career aspirations. You will take a variety of courses that enable you to become well-rounded and versatile so you’ll be prepared to enter the workforce. Our students graduate not only as competent artists and designers but also as agents of truth, reflection, transformation, and reconciliation who are ready to make a difference in ways that celebrate God’s grace and faithfulness.
- Complete at least one internship
- Showcase the culmination of your portfolio in our campus art gallery
- Diversify skills by pairing this program with a minor in a complementary area
Jobs and career paths with a digital arts degree
As part of our digital arts program, you’ll be introduced to a wide variety of career opportunities, including:
- Fine Art
- Photography
- Film
- Video Production
- Graphic Design
- Web Design
- Media Production
“Studying digital arts at Malone expanded my skill set and enhanced my marketability after college by allowing me to integrate knowledge from various areas of the digital world in a cohesive manner for the work I do today. The hands-on exposure to the diverse practices within digital arts caused me to be stretched and challenged in areas I had never experienced before, like co-curating an art exhibition. These challenges equipped me with a versatile skill set that I continue to leverage in my professional life.”
Selah Lau ’24
Program Distinctives
L.A. Film Studies Center
This program directly introduces students to life and work in Los Angeles by connecting them with industry professionals. LAFSC provides opportunities to pursue interests in a safe and encouraging environment for exploring art, faith, and filmmaking. A number of our alumni are thriving, currently making films in the area.
The Malone Art Gallery (MAG) showcases student expertise
Our campus art gallery provides students with a setting to view professional works as well as display their own art. The gallery showcases four exhibitions a year, with one Senior Portfolio Exhibition at the end of the spring semester. The MAG strives to bring contemporary art, both local and national, to the Malone community to expand our students’ ability to access fine art.
Digital Arts Internship Opportunities
Our location in Canton, Ohio, and its close proximity to Cleveland and Akron, provides ample opportunities for internships and experiences.
Our students have interned at a variety of interesting locations, including:
- Akron Rubber Ducks (videography)
- Canton First Friends Church (social media and graphics)
- Mirabel Productions (digital arts)
- Grace Church (media and videography)
Digital Arts Minors
Have you chosen another major but want to enhance your studies with a digital arts minor? You can do that at Malone!
Supplement the creative design and production skills gained through your digital arts major with a minor in a complementary field. Some possible options are listed below:
Communication Arts minor
Immerse yourself in the field of communications in our program that develops skills for group and interpersonal interaction, writing, and public speaking in mediated contexts. This will help you build your capacity to empathize with others in intentional and meaningful ways.
Creative Writing minor
Engage in a full range of literary endeavors including creating poetry, stories, and essays while you learn to manage the editing, designing, and publishing of online and print materials. These skills pair perfectly with developing creative design and production concepts.
Professional Writing and Editing minor
Experience a variety of hands-on learning opportunities that help you hone your creativity as a writer in professional settings. These skills pair perfectly with developing professional design and production concepts.
Selected courses in this program
- ART 232 – 2D Design and Color Theory
- ART 271 – Digital Design: Adobe Suite
- ART 314 – Digital Photography
- ART 323 – Visual Communication in Graphic Design
- COMM 230 – Mass Media and Society
- COMM 231 – Introduction to Media Production
- COMM 375 – Cinematography and Editing
- COMM 452 – Scriptwriting
Faith Integration
At Malone, our Christian faith is an integral part of all digital art classes. Through completion of creative works, you will explore what it means to be a person of integrity while pursuing the career to which God has called you.
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Apply to Malone today and take your first steps toward becoming a Digital Arts expert!