Media Arts

The Media Arts Certificate of Achievement is an interdisciplinary certificate between digital art and design, photography, and journalism. The certificate is designed to provide students with opportunities to work in multiple areas of digital media. Offerings help prepare students for multiple opportunities to produce work for public consumption. Classes cover digital art, web design, photography, video, image manipulation, multimedia journalism, desktop publishing and more. Students will have access to cameras, studio photography equipment, Mac computers and design software, the Adobe Creative Cloud and more. Students will build their portfolios to prepare to begin careers as videographers, photojournalists, multimedia journalists, news page designers, web designers, digital editors and more.

Students completing this degree/certificate/skill award will:

1. Apply the use of contemporary technological tools in design, video, audio and photography to gather and disseminate news through text, imagery and graphics.

2. Develop a body of work demonstrating excellence in the technical, aesthetic and ethical aspects of multimedia production.

3. Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze media content and its influence on society.

Estimated Annual Completers

10-15

The multimedia landscape of journalism, photography and digital design requires employees to have a diverse set of understanding about numerous aspects of media. The Media Arts Certificate of Achievement demonstrates a student's ability to understand, display mastery of and apply skill sets to several different types of media. Such diversity in skills training makes students who complete the certificate attractive to both potential employers and transfer programs.

The Media Arts Certificate of Achievement is an interdisciplinary certificate between digital art and design, photography, and journalism. The certificate is designed to provide students with opportunities to work in multiple areas of digital media. Offerings help prepare students for multiple opportunities to produce work for public consumption. Classes cover digital art, web design, photography, video, image manipulation, multimedia journalism, desktop publishing and more. Students will have access to cameras, studio photography equipment, Mac computers and design software, the Adobe Creative Cloud and more. Students will build their portfolios to prepare to begin careers as videographers, photojournalists, multimedia journalists, news page designers, web designers, digital editors and more.

Learning Outcome Assessments

	Assessment
Outcome 1	Through lab production of assigned projects in various media.
Outcome 2	Through contributions to the school’s publications, including the Clarion newspaper, Logos magazine and associated websites.
Outcome 3	Through reading, viewing, discussing and writing about contemporary and historical media.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
ART 153	Digital Media Production I	3	S1
ART 167	Web Design I	3	S2
COMM 230	Desktop Publishing	3	S1
COMM 250	Multimedia Reporting	3	S2
PHTO 202 PHTO 204	Photojournalism Video for Photographers	3 3	S1 S2

This interdisciplinary program incorporates existing courses in journalism, photography and digital design.

Radio and Television: LA Valley, Long Beach, Mt San Antonio, Santa Monica, Fullerton, Saddleback, Santa Ana, Santiago Canyon. Television (including combined TV/Film/Video): Compton, El Camino, Glendale, LA City, LA Pierce, LA Valley, Long Beach, Mt San Antonio, Pasadena, Cypress, Fullerton, Orange Coast, Saddleback, Santa Ana. Film Production: Cerritos, LA City, LA Valley, Long Beach, Santa Monica, West LA, Orange Coast, Saddleback. Digital Media: East LA, LA Mission, LA Trade, Long Beach, Coastline, Golden West, Irvine.

Estimated Annual Completers 10-15