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Media Production, Associate in Applied Science

Overview

Narrative

Northampton's Media Production program is a highly creative course of study that allows you to explore your potential in communicating ideas through the use of electronic and digital media.

  • A degree in Media Production will help prepare you for a career in:
  • Broadcast, corporate, and social media production
  • Audio recording, engineering and recording studio production
  • Studio-based television and portable video production
  • Fiction or documentary digital cinema production
  • Digital editing and post-production
  • Radio production/post-production
  • Multimedia photography, animation and video

Features

Northampton's program includes both academic and technical aspects of Media Production. Curriculum includes courses in audio and video production, communications, and writing. Courses include television and portable video, recording studio production, editing and post production, and multimedia production. Aesthetic considerations are stressed as the program strives to develop your capacity as an electronic artist. In addition we offer the following resources:

  • Live broadcast HD television studio
  • Audio and Video Post Production Lab for Final Cut, Premiere, After Effects, and Logic
  • Pro Tools Surround Sound mixing studio
  • Panasonic camcorders and Nikon digital cameras
  • WNCC steaming radio station
  • Video Waves cable and internet TV show
  • Internship opportunities

Career Potential: Television/Radio Producer, Audio Producer/Engineer, Multimedia Producer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Disc Jockey, Scriptwriter

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Outcomes

Graduates of the program will:

  • Be skilled in the basic operation of the audio, video and multimedia equipment used to produce media presentations.
  • Know and be able to use the technical terms and "language" of media production.
  • Formulate and plan audio, video and multimedia productions and to explain their plans both orally and in writing.
  • Collaborate with and direct others in the creation of audio, video and multimedia projects.
  • Develop their creative intelligence and capacity for creative expression in the form of media arts.
  • Use various media technologies to communicate information, ideas and feelings to an audience.
  • Combine or edit basic sound and image elements to generate more complex forms of communication messages.
  • Critically evaluate media, including their own work and the work of others.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the business and operating procedures of radio, television and other electronic media and be able to work effectively in various positions in media companies, in companies with media departments or in entrepreneurial situations.
  • Analyze the effects of media on individuals, society and culture.
  • Understand and be able to describe the evolution of media technologies and industries and the forces that shaped them.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the laws applying to media and be able to apply them to real situations.

Courses

First Semester

COLS101College Success

1 credits
CMTH102Introduction to Communication

3 credits
CMTH103Mass Communication

3 credits
CMTH120Audio Production

3 credits
ENGL101English I

3 credits
Social Science: Scientific Study of Human Behavior Elective (SSHB)

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:16

Second Semester

CMTH126The Communication Arts

3 credits
CMTH170Television Production

3 credits
CMTH225GScriptwriting

3 credits
 
ENGL151LEnglish II

3 credits
OR
ENGL151REnglish II

3 credits
OR
ENGL151TEnglish II

3 credits
 
Mathematics (QL) or Science (SCI) Elective

3/4 credits
Total Credit Hours:15-16

Third Semester

CMTH221History of Broadcasting

3 credits
CMTH
Media Elective +

3 credits
CMTH
Media Elective +

3 credits
 
JOUR101Journalism and Society

3 credits
OR
JOUR102News Editing

3 credits
OR
JOUR103Newswriting

3 credits
 
Elective

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:15

Fourth Semester

CMTH275Media Production Internship

3 credits
CMTH
Media Elective +

3 credits
CMTH
Media Elective +

3 credits
Elective

3 credits
Elective

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:15

ENGL151: Students have a choice of ENGL151L (Literature option), ENGL151R (Report Writing) or ENGL151T (Technical Writing). Contact your advisor for guidance.

+ Media Electives must be taken from the following group:

CMTH122Radio Workshop

1 credits
CMTH130Digital Music Production

3 credits
CMTH180Multimedia Production

3 credits
CMTH182Multimedia Graphics & Animation

3 credits
CMTH185Multimedia Video

3 credits
CMTH240Portable Video Techniques

3 credits
CMTH245Audio Recording & Mixdown

3 credits
CMTH246Advanced Audio Production

3 credits
CMTH251Advanced Television Production

3 credits
CMTH252Video Editing & Post Production

3 credits

CMTH122: must be taken 3X to fulfill requirement of media elective

  • The Mathematics (QL) or Science (SCI) Elective must be selected from the list of approved courses for those categories.
  • Completion of CMTH225G satisfies the Writing Intensive (WI) requirement.
  • Computer competencies are included in various courses in this program. Thus, completing the program automatically satisfies the computing requirement for this program.
  • Elective credits may be selected from the following groups or from any courses which meet the transfer or career goals of the students.

Total Credit Hours: 61-62