Message from the Chair

Message From the Chair

The Digital Media Arts Department offers professionally oriented B.A degree program in Audio Engineering and Film & Television Production. The purpose of these programs is to:

1. Provide an academic program that gives students a solid base in the theory and technology skills required for professional careers in the media industry.
2. Provide hands-on experience in the basic software and hardware tools utilized in digital media production.
3. Provide the opportunity for students to work in teams, applying their producing, directing, writing, composing, editing and engineering skills to produce a variety of professional-quality digital media products.
4. Develop interpersonal skills and professional demeanor that will enable students to work effectively and cooperatively as team players on collaborative projects.

The Digital Media Arts curriculum is geared for students who wish to have marketable job skills to enter professional careers in the media industry. These career goals include producer, director, writer, composer, editor, lighting director, sound technician, camera operator, studio recording engineer, sound design, audio/video post-production, sound reinforcement, and electronic graphics designer. Data from needs assessment surveys of the media industries indicate that there is a high demand for graduates that possess the hands-on, technical production skills that this curriculum offers.

The Certificate in Television Arts (21 units) and Certificate in Audio Technology (24 units) are geared for part-time, working students or students who already hold a bachelor’s degree whose primary objective is immediate training in the field of film/television production or audio engineering, as opposed to a college degree. These programs allow students to concentrate on developing marketable job skills in preparation for entry level employment in their respective industries within a three-semester time span.