To prepare students for careers such as: television and film production; advertising; corporate communications; broadcasting and digital journalism; podcasting and audio journalism; marketing; motion graphics and animation; sports media programming; editing for film, television and multimedia; digital cinematography, and directing for film and TV, the courses in the Digital Media program advance the following program learning outcomes.
Students who graduate with the B.A. degree in Digital Media will be able to:
- Articulate theoretical and historical contexts of media, including its impact on culture and society, and perform critical analysis of media
- Demonstrate critical media literacy by creating successful media messages employing a variety of media elements
- Select and employ video and audio editing language and related effects appropriate to both content and audience
- Demonstrate skills related to all stages of media production process, from writing script to establishing venues of distribution
- Collaborate effectively in diverse and interdisciplinary teams and work with an awareness of diverse audiences
- Produce work in a variety of media formats using relevant technologies, culminating in a original capstone project suitable for their professional portfolio