Mission: The MICA First Year Experience provides a rigorous, supportive environment emphasizing sequential, intellectually informed, hands-on instruction of practical and conceptual skills for students to become active lifelong learners, makers and creative risk takers in the fields of art and design.
By the conclusion of the First Year, Students will demonstrate the ability to:
ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
| COURSE | ID | CREDITS |
| Drawing: Tradition & Innovation | FF 161 | 3 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3 |
| FORUM I | FF 111 | 3 |
| FORUM II | FF 112 | 3 |
| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3 |
| Frameworks | HMST 101 | 3 |
| STUDENTS CHOOSE ONE OF THESE COLOR/DESIGN COURSES: | ||
| Color/Design: Process | FF 120A | 3 |
| Color/Design: Pattern | FF 102B | 3 |
| STUDENTS CHOOSE ONE OF THESE FORM/SPACE COURSES: | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate | FF 130A | 3 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3 |
| STUDENTS CHOOSE ONE OF THESE SYSTEM/TIME COURSES: | ||
| Haptics and Optics | FF 140A | 3 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3 |
| STUDENTS CHOOSE ONE PROGRAM ELECTIVE: | ||
| Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL FYE CREDITS | 30 |