
Digital Multimedia Design, B.Des.
B.Des. in Digital Multimedia Design
Design. Discover.
We want to help you create a better digital world. Prepare for jobs or the future by developing your versatile leadership and problem-solving skills. This is more than a program. It is an approach to interdisciplinary thought. Apply contemporary design methods to engage in real-world issues through art!
Earn a Bachelor of Design in Digital Multimedia Design at Penn State
Want to turn your digital skills into a digital degree?
The Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) in Digital Multimedia Design (DMD) is an online undergraduate degree delivered in collaboration with the College of Arts & Architecture, the College of Communications, and the College of Information Sciences and Technology, through Penn State’s World Campus.
The major prepares individuals to be leaders in digital media technologies and multimedia industries. This interdisciplinary degree develops students’ design thinking through courses in art and design, critical thinking through courses that promote active, critical and ethical use of communications media and technologies, and systems thinking through courses in information technology and human interaction.
Next Steps
Is the B.Des. in Digital Multimedia Design right for you?
Are you are inspired by learning processes that challenge you to explore knowledge beyond given boundaries? Do you want to build alternative options for bringing different media together, or collaborate with others to find new ways of communicating ideas?
When the changing face of digital media and the open-ended nature of digital design are brought together in settings involving information science and technology, communications, and visual arts, the outcome is beyond your imagination. Challenge yourself to prepare for the future of design with us!

Considering the B.Des. in Digital Multimedia Design? Consider this.
The Digital Multimedia Design degree expands your access to a range of learning communities – those typically out of reach for students enrolled in one program within one discipline.
- You take courses across three colleges–Arts and Architecture, Communications, and Information Science.
- We are preparing a generation of 21st-century learners and leaders in art and digital design.
- The fully integrated scope of this program will equip you with skills considered central to many 21st-century design careers.



alumni spotlight
Alix Gaytan
“My time at SoVA taught me to go beyond my limits and demonstrated how proud I should be of being an artist”
Alix Gaytan’s current work explores the abject and its relation to irrational human behavior using painting, printmaking, and drawing techniques. She will be one of the exhibiting artists for the upcoming 39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition hosted by Bradley University. Currently, she is an assistant professor of instruction for the art foundations and painting department at the University of Texas at El Paso. She has exhibited nationally in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.