and renamed the School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies in 2000. The BAPDST course was refined and began offering specialization tracks in Multimedia Arts and Business Entrepreneurship. The SDEAS is one of only six institutions in the Philippines that offer postsecondary education to the deaf. In 2001, the SDEAS partnered with the Postsecondary Education Network-International, a global partnership of colleges and universities funded by the Nippon Foundation of Japan that aims to provide deaf students the appropriate postsecondary education for them to achieve their full potentials. Two learning centers were established since the partnership: The PEN-Multimedia Learning Center (2003) and the PEN-Learning Center (2006), both at Duerr Hall. School of Design and Arts The School of Design and Arts (SDA) was established in 1995 and is one of the largest schools of the college with its thirteen-degree program offerings and a student population of about 2,000. It has approximately 145 faculty members per trimester and 90 percent are part-timers because they are also active industry practitioners at the same time. The SDA seeks to develop the creative and business skills of students adept in the arts. Because of the increasing number of students, a new building was constructed to accommodate the growing student population. The SDA offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in Animation (ABANI), Arts Management (ABAM), Digital Filmmaking (ABFILM), Multimedia Arts (ABMMA), Music Production (ABMP), Photography (ABPHOTO), Production Design (AB-PROD), Technical Theater (ABTHA), and Fashion Design and Merchandising (AB-FDM); Bachelor of Science degrees in Architecture (BS-ARCH), Industrial Design (BS-ID) and Interior Design (BS-IND); and a Bachelor of Performing Arts degree in Dance (BPAD). Two of its programs are offered in consortium with other schools and organizations, the Interior Design program with the Philippine School of Interior Design and the Dance program with the Ballet Philippines Dance School of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The Multimedia Arts and Technical Theater degrees are the first of their kind in the Philippines. The Technical Theater program teaches the technical aspects of production on stage, film, and television. It also provides in-depth coverage on the applications of various technical equipment used in set production, while the Multimedia Arts program incorporates various art forms with the latest in multimedia technology. Areas of study include graphic design, photography, 2D and 3D animation, web design and development, and video production. It is also one of the three most popular SDA programs, along with Fashion