PURPOSE

This program is designed to prepare students for employment in entry-level positions in New Media, Multimedia, and Digital Media as a Presentation Specialist or Multimedia Production Assistant.

This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in digital media, new media, and multimedia positions. The content includes an overview of the skills needed for entry-level positions in these career fields through practical experiences in digital photography, Web page design, digital video editing, and presentation development. Specialized skills in multimedia presentations and production such as video editing, audio input, and simple animation are used to produce a variety of multimedia projects.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following rudiments of the digital media/multimedia industry: collaboration/teamwork, presentation planning, elements of presentation design, storyboarding, integration of video, graphics, digital image manipulation, animation, and audio elements into new media projects/presentations.

Courses

• Computing for College and Careers OR Introduction to Information Technology
• New Media and Digital Imaging Fundamentals (same as Digital Design 1) *
• Digital Video and Sound Fundamentals
• Web Design 1