Visual and Media Arts - Media Communication - Bunker Hill Community College

Visual and Media Arts - Media Communication from Bunker Hill Community College is a Campus Associate Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. The Media Communication Program provides a well-integrated learning environment to prepare students for careers as professional digital media producers and well-informed mass media consumers. Our mission is to lay the foundation for professional careers as digital media producers, managers, and technical staff through extensive academic and technical experiences related to digital media industries and production, including video and audio production, Web page design, and multimedia programs. The Media Communicaton Program promotes creativity, independence, and critical thinking as valuable life skills in a fast-changing and technology-driven world. This program seeks to promote creative problem-solving skills as well as a thorough technical background aimed at providing students with educational and professional career opportunities in both artistic and commercial settings. Courses in theory, organization, and applications complement the lab courses. In addition to basic program requirements, students participate in an internship in a commercial setting and take a course in career-related electives appropriate to career goals. Career Outlook: Graduates of this program qualify to continue their education in programs leading to a bachelor's degree . Graduates also qualify for employment in educational media centers, media service organizations, corporate media departments, cable television, libraries, and hospitals. Upon completetion of this program graduates will be able to: * Write clearly and intelligently about mass media issues. * Demonstrate an understanding of the processes involved in planning, scripting, shooting, and editing a media production. * Demonstrate an understanding of the basic technical aspects of the video camera, lighting for video, audio recording, videotape recording and editing. * Demonstrate a basic level of skill in using the video camera, various kinds of microphones, a lighting kit and analog and nonlinear editing systems. * Demonstrate a knowledge, understanding and basic skill in the use of television studio production and audio production elements. * Demonstrate a knowledge, understanding and basic skill in the production of multimedia projects using various computer software programs. View more details on Bunker Hill Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.