The Master of Science in Fiction and Entertainment is a one-year, three-semester program where students work with world-renowned professionals in the entertainment industry to develop expertise in world-building, storytelling, film, visual effects, and video games, to build new forms of creative practice.

Creating Stories for a Changing World

Our perception of the world is unquestionably determined by the extraordinary shared languages of fiction and entertainment, through which we exchange ideas and engage with our environments. Given the critical importance of media in the production of culture, there is an urgency to widen the scope of architecture beyond the built environment. Fictional worlds have always been sites within which we can prototype new scenarios and emerging cultures.

SCI-Arc’s MS program in Fiction and Entertainment provides the opportunity for students to learn the techniques of popular media as well as employ a broad range of digital tools to imagine, visualize, and produce alternative worlds. Deeply embedded in the entertainment industry of Los Angeles, SCI-Arc’s Fiction and Entertainment program challenges students to develop provocative narratives that critically examine emerging conditions of contemporary life.

Building Futures in Fiction and Entertainment

The Fiction and Entertainment curriculum simultaneously creates space for students to develop their own interests, passions, and agendas while directly focusing on preparation for careers that will continue to propel their professional practice after graduation.

Students are exposed to a broad cross-section of professionals in film, game development, commercial production, visual effects, and other design industries, while supported to develop a body of work that will help them to transition into their chosen field.

Recent graduates from the program are developing careers in production design, creative direction, video games, visual effects, commercial and TV production, media art, and design research. Several Fiction and Entertainment alumni have shared their trajectories upon completing the program in the Graduate Experiences section below.