Interactive Media - Columbus State Community College

Interactive Media from Columbus State Community College is a Campus Associate Multimedia degree that prepares you for a Communications career. The Interactive Media program provides the community with skilled professionals who can create and assemble multimedia products for corporate interactive training, advertising, and marketing purposes. Graduates are able to develop and produce scripts and computer animation, and apply multimedia technology to assemble graphics , text, sound, and video into meaningful productions. The program supports an industry need to provide multimedia professionals to work in the ever-expanding market of integrated and interactive media communications, with a growing emphasis in Web site development. The Interactive Media Associate Degree program is designed to impart four critical skills to its graduates: Design Scripting (source code and application), including HTML, CSS, MySQL, PHP, and Actionscript Familiarity with various design-oriented application programs including: Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, Protools, Avid Xpress, Premiere, AfterEffects, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Maya Experience in both the Macintosh and Windows platforms By mastering these four areas, program graduates will be able to go beyond basic design and layout to complete the ?big picture? regarding media structure and flowcharting. As a result, program graduates can cross cultural, aesthetic and technical boundaries. The jobs available in interactive multimedia are varied. Typical job possibilities for program graduates include: multimedia technician, multimedia specialist, multimedia developer, media specialist, instructional design technician, computer graphic artist, 3D computer animator, multimedia illustrator, desktop media publisher, interface designer, animator, script integrator, digital journalist, and presentation artist. Upon completion of the Associate Degree program in Interactive Multimedia, the graduate will be able to: Possess a working-level knowledge of the interactive multimedia field and how it affects society and industry. Comprehend the relationship between design, marketing, and interactive multimedia projects. Understand the purpose and interrelationship between design, scripting, and software. Be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of project design including storyboarding, diagramming, flowcharting, and brand relevance. Know the core concepts of scripting as they apply to multimedia and Web development Learn the basic principles of digital video editing using various original or provided video clips. Understand the basic principles of 2D design, the elements of design, and concepts of forms and structures. Comprehend the basic concepts of 3D modeling: model construction, rendering, lighting, and animation. Create a functional, interactive , animated Web presence from conceptual stages to finished product. Possess extensive knowledge of industry standard Web animation software (Flash with a 30-week course sequence). Gain working knowledge of Web design application software using Dreamweaver. Use storyboard, flowchart and drawing skills to represent finished versions of a Web site, an interactive CD or a video. Complete an interactive portfolio. Gain real-world experience working as an intern in a multimedia-related company. View more details on Columbus State Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Multimedia courses.