About New Media in the School of Visual Arts (SoVA) at Penn State 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art: New Media 
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art: New Media

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Graduates pursue careers in the widest array of technology-based directions--some with a fine art focus, others with the application focus of designers. The fields open to New Media graduates include design for Web-based communications, 3-D modeling and animation as art forms, design of digitally-based teaching and marketing, games and virtual worlds, and digital fabrication for architectural and theatre design. There are many emerging areas that rely on people experienced in the use of many digital tools. New Media graduates will not only be responding to this changing scene, but will also be the people inventing new areas where the technologies can be used.

The range of job settings suitable for New Media graduates is broad. It includes working as a solo artist or in private and public design and production studios ranging in size from two or three to several hundred people. The size of the organization usually relates to its breadth; the larger the studio, the broader its project types and geographical area of practice. Large design and production studios are often international in project scope and interdisciplinary in approach, collaborating with artists, scientists, writers, engineers, graphic designers, and others.

This New Media Program is part of the Penn State School of Visual Arts
a division of the College of Arts and Architecture
at The Pennsylvania State University

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