Graphic and Multimedia Design Technology Programme (GMDT)
The prevalent use of both interactive and visual graphics/multimedia/animations within education, e-commerce, promotion, digital marketing, DVD production, mobiles, games, websites and entertainment is increasing both in quantity and the quality of the media. This programme addresses these requirements by providing a structured curriculum that integrates and relates the key methodologies, techniques, and technologies of computer graphics, multimedia and animation design, production and workflow. The programme however underpins these with a solid grounding in the theoretical and practical underpinnings of computer science as a discipline to enable graduates to continue to efficiently work within an ever evolving, changing and complex sector both in terms of the technology as well as end-user/customer requirements.
Career Opportunities
Graphic and Multimedia Design technology graduates have a broad range of Potential job opportunities in the professional sectors of image production, based on the execution of projects in the field of audiovisual, motion picture, television, photography, theater and multimedia.
General Admission Requirements
To be admitted in the programme the applicant should have a general secondary school certificate or or Technical Baccalaureate Certificate (BT3), on condition that such students enroll in the field of specialization relevant to the technical track as determined by the Lebanese Ministry of Higher Education
Programme Duration
The minimum number of semesters for a Bachelor degree is Six regular semesters or Six regular and two summers.
The maximum number of semesters for a Bachelor degree is twenty-four semesters (twelve academic years) excluding summers.
Method of Delivery
The method of teaching for the programme is full time teaching/ blended learning.
Lectures' attendance is mandatory at least once a week (or twice for some courses) for each registered course. Tutorials are offered from 8:00am to 9:00pm and can be scheduled into 1 or 2 days per week to accommodate working students.
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite | Remarks |
AR113
| Arabic Communication Skills III
| 3
| | Granted for holders of Lebanese Bac. |
GB102
| Principles of Entrepreneurship for Non-Specialists
| 3 | AR111 |
|
| EL111 | English Communication Skills I | 3 | EL099 | |
| EL112 | English Communication Skills II | 3 | EL111 | |
GR118
| Life Skills and Coexistence
| 3 | | Granted for holders of Lebanese Bac.
|
GT101
| Learning and Information Technology
| 3 | EL099 | Granted for holders of Lebanese Bac.
|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| LM102 | Mathematics for Graphic Design
| 3
| EL111
|
GL260
| Ethics and Law in Graphic and Multimedia Design
| 3 | |
Level 1
|
| |
|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite
|
| GD101 | Drawing
| 4
|
|
GD102
| Basic Design and Composition
| 4
| EL111 + GD101
|
GD103
| Introduction to digital media design | 4
| EL111 + GD101
|
GD104
| Digital photography | 4
| GD103
|
GD105
| Typography I | 4
| GD102 +GD103 |
GD106
| Design Thinking & Research Methodologies | 4
| EL111 |
GD107
| Motion graphic | 4
| GD102 + GD103
|
MD111
| Introduction to Multimedia Design
| 4
| EL111
|
| Level 2 |
|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite
|
GD202
| UX/UI
| 4
| GD105
|
GD203
| Video editing | 4
| GD104 + GD107 or MD211 or MD212
|
GD204
| Introduction to 3D
| 4
| GD103
|
MD211
| Cinematic Styles | 4
| MD111 |
MD212
| Cinematography
| 4
| MD111
|
GD209
| Typography II | 4
| GD105
|
MD213
| 3D Production
| 4
| GD204
|
GD222
| Branding | 4
| GD209
|
| Level 3 |
|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
GD305
| Internship/Portfolio | 4
| GD222
|
GD306
| Digital marketing | 4
| GD106
|
| MD311 | Art direction | 4
| GD222
|
GD312
| Packaging | 4
| GD222
|
MD321
| Filmmaking
| 4
| MD211 - MD212- GD203
|
MD322
| Design innovation and entrepreneurship | 4 | EL112
|
GD307A
| Graduation Project -A
| 4
| GD222 + MD212
|
GD307B
| Graduation Project -AB
| 4
| GD307A |
| | | |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
GR77
| Skills for Success
| 1
|
GR99
| Learning with Technology
| 1
|
EAW1
| English Academic Writing 1
| 0 |
EAW2
| English Academic Writing 2
| 0
|
EAW3
| English Academic Writing 3
| 0
|
EL119-P
| English Speaking and Listening
| 0
|
| University Requirements / Mandatory | 9 | 18
| $105 |
| University Requirements / Elective | 0 | 3
| $105 |
| Faculty Requirements / Mandatory | 6 | 6 | $105 |
| Faculty Requirements / Elective | 0 | 6 | $105 |
Core Modules
| 96 | 96 | $105 |
Practicum Courses
| 2
| 2
| $140
|
| Total Credits | 113 | 131 |
|
Tuition increase is based on local economic conditions and inflation rate
Additional feesOperational Fees
| 100$
| *NSSF
| 8,400,000 LBP
|
Technical Fees
| 125$ | | |
Registartion fees
| 150$
|
| |
Note: Exemption from NSSF Fees
New and continuing students have the option to pay their tutition fees in installments following an installment plan.
Refunds in case of withdrawal from courses
During the “Add and Drop" period announced in the university calendar, you may withdraw or add some courses within the study plan in a way that does not conflict with the minimum or maximum required registration load.
The Financial procedure for withdrawing courses is as follows:
Before the start of the semester
During the Add/Drop period | 100% (Full Fees) |
| After the Add/Drop period | 50% |
| After the third week | 0% (nothing is refundable) |
