Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Today's design, media and performing arts are enormously competitive and rapidly changing industries. Drexel's Westphal College offers a unique approach that prepares students to succeed in these creative and challenging fields. We do this through focused programs that empower students to learn by doing. We teach in small studio settings. Our faculty is noteworthy for their wealth of industry experience and their passion and commitment to teaching. In short, we teach creative students creative disciplines in creative ways.
Our programs encourage student enterprise. Among the many examples of this include: Music Industry students run MadDragon Records, a nationally distributed music label, and a variety of enterprises related to the promotion and management of the label's artists. Design & Merchandising students create a four-color, glossy magazine to rival any on the news stands. Students in Film & Video produce a two day film festival to exhibit their work. Architecture students design and build bus shelters located throughout the Drexel University campus.
Well before graduation, all Westphal students participate in Drexel's signature Co-op program which has students working in their chosen field in real jobs, gaining a wealth of experience, and contacts. And, our curriculum is tied to Drexel's sciences and humanities curriculum which ensures that our students enjoy the benefits of a comprehensive university education.
There are countless opportunities to appear in theater or dance productions, musical ensembles, to exhibit work in our gallery, or to be part of the college's television and radio stations. And let's not forget to add that we enjoy the advantages of being located in Philadelphia, a great city with a thriving cultural scene and a booming creative economy.
The best way to learn about what makes the Westphal College special is to take some time to look around our Web site. The site is loaded with information about our programs and our faculty, but we believe you'll learn the most by looking at the extensive student work we've posted. The work of our talented and hard working students speaks best to what we're achieving here at the Westphal College.
