MULTIMEDIA ART
The Department of Multimedia Arts offers a Bachelor of Multimedia Art degree, specializing in Animation, Game Design, and Extended Reality. With an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach, the program integrates traditional and modern art practices, exploring connections between Fine Art, Design, Film, and Art History. Multimedia, in all its forms, is an indispensable feature of the cinema, television, internet, gaming, and new media industries. The Multimedia program is designed to provide multidisciplinary knowledge for various professions associated with the digital world of today and tomorrow—where Fine Arts, Design, and Technology intersect to produce the next generation of innovative digital media creators. Graduates of this program will acquire creative, conceptual, and technical skills, enabling them to address problems creatively and ethically through applied research and a comprehensive understanding of theoretical, cultural, and philosophical paradigms.
In the second year, students are introduced to all three major areas. This foundational and exploratory phase allows them to engage deeply with the possibilities of each field before selecting one specialization to pursue in the third and fourth years.Throughout this process, courses such as Studio Drawing and the Multimedia Seminar help students cultivate a personal and critically informed creative practice.
The Department of Multimedia Arts uses contemporary tools, techniques, and methods, adopting a human-centered approach that incorporates creative and design thinking to present innovative solutions for current media spaces. The department provides a creative, liberal, and design-oriented environment, where students are encouraged to explore and work with technology to develop new and effective design solutions. To support this, the program provides instruction in artistically sophisticated 2D and 3D animation, game design, game engines, and extended reality (XR), with a focus on real-time applications that ensure communicative messages effectively reach their intended audiences.
The Multimedia Art program emphasizes storytelling, encouraging students to develop visual narratives inspired by their regional and broader Asian contexts, while meeting contemporary industry demands. The curriculum emphasizes indigenous themes across new media, including installations, multimodal spaces, interactive and immersive environments, audiovisual performances, video mapping, and virtual and augmented reality works. Our goal is to produce creative and technically proficient multimedia professionals, with a strong focus on market oriented skills, entrepreneurship, and self-employment in the multimedia industry.
New media and our digital culture have evolved, bringing with them new design challenges. The Department of Multimedia Art use contemporary tools, techniques, and methods, adopting a human-centered approach that incorporates creative and design thinking to present innovative solutions for current media spaces. The department provides a creative, liberal, and design-oriented environment where students are encouraged to explore and work with technology to develop new and effective design solutions. The program will provide knowledge in artistically sophisticated 2D and 3D animation, game design, and extended reality (XR), focusing on innovative real-time applications, ensuring that communicative messages effectively reach target audience. Our program emphasizes storytelling, encouraging students to create multilayered narratives inspired by their regional and broader Asian contexts. These narratives are designed to resonate with audiences across various platforms while addressing contemporary market demands.
We focus on indigenous themes across new media, including installations, multimodal spaces, interactive and immersive environments, audiovisual performances, video mapping, and virtual and augmented reality works. Our goal is to produce creative and technically proficient multimedia professionals, with an emphasis on marketoriented skills, entrepreneurship, and selfemployment in the multimedia industry.
CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES
1st Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| FNDN-1101 |
Drawing I |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| FNDN-1102 |
Spatial Intelligence I |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| FNDN-1103 |
Design and Moving Image I |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| FNDN-1104 |
Sculpture I |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| COMP-1101 |
Functional English |
Compulsory |
Theory |
3 |
| COMP-1102 |
Ideology and constitution of Pakistan - Pakistan Studies |
Compulsory |
Theory |
2+2 |
| FNDN-1105 |
History of Art I |
Compulsory |
Theory |
1 |
| COMP-1104 |
Introduction to the Arts I |
Compulsory |
Theory |
1 |
| COMP-1105 |
Civic and Community Engagement |
Compulsory |
Theory |
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
23 |
2nd Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| FNDN-1201 |
Drawing II |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| FNDN-1202 |
Spatial Intelligence II |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| FNDN-1203 |
Design and Moving Image II |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| FNDN-1204 |
Sculpture II |
Foundation |
Studio |
3 |
| COMP-1201 |
Expository Writing |
Compulsory |
Theory |
3 |
| COMP-1202 |
Islamic Studies - Fehm-ul-Quran |
Compulsory |
Theory |
2+2 |
| FNDN-1205 |
History of Art II |
Compulsory |
Theory |
1 |
| COMP-1204 |
Introduction to the Arts II |
Compulsory |
Theory |
1 |
| COMP-1205 |
Entrepreneurship |
Compulsory |
Theory |
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
23 |
3rd Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| MMA-2101 |
Introduction to Multimedia Studio I (Animation I and Extended Reality) |
Major |
Studio |
4 |
| MMA-2102 |
Multimedia Seminar I |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
| MMA-2103 |
Drawing I |
Major |
Studio |
3 |
| NCA-2101 |
History of Art I |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
| COMP-2101 |
A Science of Society |
Compulsory |
Theory |
2 |
| COMP-2102 |
Information Communication Technologies in Education |
Compulsory |
Theory |
3 |
| COMP-2103 |
Exploring Quantitative Skills |
Compulsory |
Theory |
3 |
|
Interdisciplinary |
Interdisciplinary |
|
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
21 |
4th Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| MMA-2201 |
Introduction to Multimedia Studio II (Animation II and Game Design ) |
Major |
Studio |
6 |
| MMA-2202 |
Multimedia Seminar II |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
| MMA-2203 |
Drawing II |
Major |
Studio |
3 |
| NCA-2201 |
History of Art II |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
| COMP-2201 |
What is Science/ The Science of Global Challenges |
Compulsory |
Theory |
3 |
| COMP-2202 |
Tools for Quantitative Reasoning |
Compulsory |
Theory |
3 |
|
Interdisciplinary |
Interdisciplinary |
|
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
21 |
5th Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| MMA-3101 |
Multimedia Studio (Animation I/Game Design I/Extended Reality I) |
Major |
Studio |
5 |
| MMA-3102 |
Multimedia Production I |
Major |
Studio |
2 |
| MMA-3103 |
Sound Design I |
Major |
Studio |
1 |
| MMA-3104 |
Drawing III |
Major |
Studio |
3 |
| NCA-3101 |
History of Art III |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
|
Interdisciplinary |
Interdisciplinary |
|
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
15 |
6th Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| MMA-3201 |
Multimedia Studio (Animation II/Game Design II/ Extended Reality II) |
Major |
Studio |
5 |
| MMA-3202 |
Multimedia Production II |
Major |
Studio |
2 |
| MMA-3203 |
Sound Design II |
Major |
Studio |
1 |
| MMA-3204 |
Drawing IV |
Major |
Studio |
3 |
| NCA-3201 |
History of Art IV |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
|
Interdisciplinary |
Interdisciplinary |
|
2 |
|
Internship |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
Total |
18 |
7th Semester
| Code |
Courses |
Category |
Type |
Credits |
| MMA-4101 |
Multimedia Studio (Animation III/Game Design III/ Extended Reality III) |
Major |
Studio |
4 |
| MMA-4102 |
Multimedia Production III |
Major |
Studio |
4 |
| MMA-4103 |
Pitch and Presentation skills |
Major |
Studio |
2 |
| MMA-4104 |
Drawing V |
Major |
Studio |
3 |
| MMA-4105 |
Research Methodology |
Major |
Theory |
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
15 |
8th Semester
Thesis 15 credits
CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES FACULTY
Faran Faisal
Incharge Foundation Studies
Assistant Professor
Prof. Dr. Murtaza Jafri
Prof. Dr. Syeda Farida Batool
Prof. Shehnaz Malhi
Tausif Zain Ul Abedin
Muhammad Arshad Saeed
Saadia Amin Raja
Wasim Akhtar
Ali Baba
Ammara Khalid
Ali Zafar
Syed Muhammad Hassan Zaidi
Rizwana Irfan
Sumaira Ameen
Naveen Zehra
Mujahid Shoaib Butt
Nariman Aziz
Ateeq ur Rehman
Zohreen Murtaza
Ghazala Raees