Creative Technologies

What is creative technologies?

Creative Technologies majors at Virginia Tech explore the dynamic intersection of art, design, and emerging technologies in a forward-thinking Bachelor of Fine Arts program. Through a studio-based curriculum, you’ll engage in hands-on learning with tools like 3D animation, virtual and augmented reality, creative coding, and interactive installations. Courses emphasize both conceptual development and technical proficiency, preparing you for careers in gaming, film, animation, motion graphics, and digital media. With access to state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll collaborate across disciplines, experiment with a variety of tools and mediums, and bring your creative ideas to life.

Why study creative technologies at Virginia Tech?

Access makerspaces in the Creativity and Innovation District, including a wood shop, metal shop, paint room, and laser room.
Work with cutting-edge tools in the university library’s specialized creative spaces like the Virtual Environments Studio, 3D Scanning Studio, and Media Recording Studio.
Prepare for a career in a wide range of creative industries after graduation. Alumni pursue careers in gaming, film, animation, motion graphics, fine arts, video production, and more.
Explore ever-evolving technologies through upper-level courses on topics like 2D animation, stop motion animation, character animation, digital world-building, and animatronics.

Learn in the School of Visual Arts' 15-credit foundations studio along with other first-year students and get 24/7 access to studio spaces.
Graduate with a polished portfolio that highlights your technical and creative strengths. Majors Jason Hodge and Matt Finn utilized Newman Library’s gaming technology like motion capture equipment to develop the video game “Grey’s Sonata.”
Showcase your talent in a senior capstone experience and exhibition, where you’ll present a cohesive body of work that reflects your personal vision and growth.

Sculpture of a person with a person behind building larger wooden sculpture.

Curriculum

What courses will I take?

To learn more about the courses you’ll take as a creative technologies major, review the Program Curriculum and course descriptions in the university catalog. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to personalize your degree through major courses, electives, and Pathways courses.

Careers

Meet an alum

Ben Hornyak '25

“My goal is to expand my horizons technically and artistically by tackling my own brand of animatronics and making a series of works which feel alive. I aim to tackle animatronics in a less exacting, more expressive format, providing character and life. My goal is to use the lively medium of moving sculpture to explore the mundane beauty of people through spontaneous, expressive creation, and a childlike exploration of movement and mechanism.”