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The College of Media Arts and Design: Undergraduate CATALOG 2013-2014 UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE catalog.drexel.edu Table of Contents About the College of Media Arts and Design: Undergraduate ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Undergraduate Programs .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Animation and Visual Effects ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Architecture ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Dance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Design & Merchandising ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Entertainment & Arts Management ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Fashion Design ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Film & Video ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Game Art and Production .................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Graphic Design ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Interactive Digital Media ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Interior Design ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Music Industry ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Photography .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Product Design ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Screenwriting and Playwriting .............................................................................................................................................................................. 53 TV Production & Media Management .................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Westphal Studies Program .................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Additional Minors ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Art History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Digital Media - 3D Modeling and Animation ............................................................................................................................................................... 61 Digital Media - Interactive Media ................................................................................................................................................................................ 62 Fine Art ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 62 Jazz and African-American Music .............................................................................................................................................................................. 63 Music ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Music Performance ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Music Theory and Composition .................................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Performing Arts ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Sustainabililty in the Built Environment ...................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Television Industry and Enterprise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Theatre ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 67 Video Production ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Writing for the Media .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Certificate Program ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 69 Dance Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 69 About the College of Media Arts and Design: Graduate .................................................................................................................................................. 70 Graduate Programs ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Arts Administration ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Digital Media ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Fashion Design ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Interior Architecture and Design ................................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Television Management .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 75 Certificate Program ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 79 Digital
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