Media Design & Production

New Media, Motion Graphics, Video and Web Design, prepares students for careers in corporate, government, or private media centers and production facilities. Future employment may include project developers, script writers, video editors, web designers, and web computer graphics designer.

Provides exposure to the technique and tools of new media. Core studies in new media provide a strong foundation for the specialized courses in Digital Video Production and Post Production, Motion Graphics and Web Design.

Innovations in computer technology continue to rapidly change and expand the multimedia field. Therefore, the following courses of study may be subject to change in order to offer training based on current industry standards.

This program is approximately four quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.

In addition to the program course requirements, students must also complete the general education requirements for the degree they seek to obtain. The two degree options in this program are the Associate of Applied Technology (AAT) or the Associate of Applied Science –T (AAS-T). The different requirements for each degree are listed below:

AAT Degree General Education Requirements (15 credits):

1. ENGL& 101 English Composition or CMST& 220 (or higher)
2. MAT 105 Math for Industrial Professions (or higher)
3. PSYC& 100 General Psychology (or other social science or humanities class)

AAS-T Degree General Education Requirements (20 credits): 

All AAS-T degrees must have a minimum of 20 credits of transferable general education. These credits replace the academic courses required for the AAT degree. Required credits include:

1. 5 credits in Communication: ENGL& 101

2. 5 credits in quantitative reasoning: MATH 110, MATH& 141, MATH& 142, MATH& 146 or MATH& 151

3. 10 credits in social science, humanities or science (choose two from the following): PSYC& 100, PSYC& 200, PSY 210, PSYC& 220, SOC& 101, ART& 100, MUS& 105, ASL& 121, BIOL 118, BIOL& 241, BIOL& 242, CHEM& 121, CHEM& 110, GEOL& 110, PHYS& 121, ECON 101, ECON& 201, or ECON& 202
   

Students pursuing an AAT or AAS-T degree must complete all college degree requirements prior to graduation. This includes courses that meet the capstone project, diversity, and computer literacy requirements.

Prerequisites: Basic competency with personal computers and MS Office software applications. To enroll in electives, students must have a cumulative 2.0 GPA or Instructor permission.

Admission Dates: Fall and Spring quarters. Part-time admission into individual courses permitted any quarter, based on seat/room availability (Instructor permission required).

AAT Program Requirements

AAS-T Program Requirements

Media Substitute

Electives: can be substituted for other classes, Instructor approval

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