Igniting Opportunity for Curious Minds in Design and Creative Technologies
Driven by critical thinking, fueled by creativity and craft, and obsessed with emerging technologies — our future-forward program is designed for the ambitious.
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B.S. in Arts and Entertainment Technologies
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Deadlines
Undergraduate
First-Year: December 1, 2023
External Transfer: March 1, 2024
Internal Transfer: May 1, 2024
Graduate
M.F.A. in Design: January 24, 2024
M.A. in Design: April 29, 2024
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Creativity at Work
Graphic design, immersive media, digital technologies, and more.
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Upcoming Events
In this virtual workshop, learn about different professional platforms/methods for presenting work online as an artist with the experts at website creation platform Wix.
Virtual (Zoom)
Join us for this in-person event during which David Shields will guide us through the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection.
Reimagine Elisabet Ney's iconoclastic life and brilliant art through the lens of Austin's contemporary artists, including Arts and Entertainment Technologies faculty Yuliya Lanina.
From Campus to Career
“The industry is always changing and SDCT reflects that in our classes to keep students on top. I also like that early on SDCT faculty and professors encourage you to start networking, getting internships and they keep you focused on the industry.”
“Now recently graduated, I wanted to thank you and express how [SDCT] was the first place at UT that really scratched the itch I was looking for in college that matched my passions.”
Featured Stories
From Tall Ladders to Wiz Khalifa: Professor Matt Smith’s Destiny to Design
On the first day of his high school technical theater class, Professor Matt Smith’s teacher pointed up. 17-year-old Smith craned his head back to the theater’s high ceiling and observed what would be life-changing light fixtures. His teacher informed the class that, simply put, people have careers in designing the movement and placement of lights.
Double-trophy victory for SDCT! Professor Jiabao Li and M.F.A. student Brad Hakes awarded at Biodesign Challenge Summit 2023
This summer, SDCT tackled record-breaking temperatures and swept industry-leading awards. Jiabao Li (Assistant Professor of Design) won Outstanding Instructor at the Biodesign Challenge Summit (BDC) 2023. Her student Brad Hakes (M.F.A. in Design) secured Runner-Up for the competition with his project “Orbweaver.”
The War on the Walls in AET Assistant Professor of Practice Yuliya Lanina's Mother / Land
In her new multimedia installation 'Mother/Land,' now on view at the Austin Public Library, Lanina processes the personal impact of the Ukrainian invasion.