BDes Digital Arts and Media Design at Pennsylvania State University

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) in Digital Arts and Media Design (DART) is a multidisciplinary digital arts and design undergraduate degree in the College of Arts and Architecture's School of Visual Arts. Digital Arts and Media Design approaches design through the lens of the visual arts, as a critical, creative, and experimental studio-based practice. The major prepares students to become leaders in digital media fields, where their commanding knowledge of emerging technologies will allow them to contribute and innovate in creative media design careers.

Faculty: College of Arts and Architecture | Duration: minimum 121 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

The degree requires a minimum of 121 credits, including General Education and the requirements for the major. Required courses include Ideas as Visual Images, Ideas as Objects, Introduction to Digital Art and Design Criticism, History and Theory of Digital Art, Introduction to Digital Art & Media Design, Creative Research in Digital Arts & Media Design.

Career pathways

The Digital Arts and Media Design (DART) program explores and applies digital arts technologies to challenge your curiosity and creativity by expanding how you might think in a digital studio space as you develop new languages of visual expression and communication. Skills in visual thinking, computer programming, graphic communication, and interactive systems are core competencies that have universal application in multiple places of learning, culture, business, entertainment, and industry and are highly prized capabilities.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entrance Procedures Students interested in pursuing Digital Arts and Media Design (B.DES) should follow the appropriate change of major or transfer application instructions found under Visual Arts at https://arts.psu.edu/how-to-apply/#specific .

Undergraduate applications are accepted for Fall, Spring and Summer entry; the application opens August 1 for Fall and Summer and June 1 for Spring.

Early Action: apply by November 1 to receive a decision by December 24. Recommended submission deadline for all applications: December 1. Applicants apply through the MyPennState application or the Common App. A nonrefundable application fee is paid by credit card; fee waivers are available to eligible students.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.psu.edu/apply/

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