Master of Arts in Design and Innovation (MDS) - About the Industry

The Master of Arts in Design and Innovation program at CSUN seeks to provide students with the expertise and insights necessary to thrive within evolving creative industries.

Emerging modalities of engagement and consumption paired with changing technology and production processes are going to require serious shifts in California’s educational and workforce development infrastructure for the creative economy workforce to better represent the diversity of the state and global consumer.

In California, according to the Otis Creative Economy Report, the creative economy “outperforms industry sectors like government, manufacturing, healthcare, and retail trade…” Our program will continue to support and cultivate talent in all creative industries which account for 25.6% of the share of overall employment in California.