Video Production and Emerging Media, associate degree

Camera focusing on clapperboardThe AAS in Video Production and Emerging Media prepares students to craft compelling stories using established and emerging video technologies. In a hands-on, project-based environment, participants learn skills for employment and leadership. Video Production and Emerging Media seeks to advance equity and inclusion by broadening access to media technologies and, in collaboration with students and communities, developing more inclusive methods of storytelling. Through an intersectional and multidisciplinary lens, teachers and students prototype the media, culture, and economy of the future.

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Associate Degree: Video Production and Emerging Media2 years

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Courses

Course listing for the 2025-2026 catalog year.

Plan of Study Grid
First TermCredits
MM?112 Digital Media Foundations 2
MM?114
or MM?118
Visual Storytelling
or Previsualization for Digital Media
3
MM?116
or MM?120
DIY Video
or Multimedia Design
2
MM?235 Video Editing 4
ART?140A Introduction to Digital Photography * 4
Second Term
MM?125
or MM?160
Video Industry Survey
or Marketing Yourself as a Multimedia Professional
1
MM?129 Sound Production 3
MM?230 Graphics for Multimedia 4
MM?259 Screenwriting/Preproduction 4
MM?260 Video Foundations 3
Third Term
MM?134
or MM?145
or MM?146
Directing for Narrative
or Acting for Recording
or Directing Actors for Recording
3
MM?236 Digital Media Distribution 3
MM?239 Advanced Video Editing 4
MUC?218
or MM?279
Digital Arts & Equity
or Accessibility in Digital 沙巴体育官网ment
4
Fourth Term
MM?237 Motion Graphics and Compositing 4
MM?261
or MM?269
or MM?247
Narrative Production
or Production Design and Art Direction
or Field Sound for Video
4
MM?263 Cinematography/Lighting 4
ENG?195
or ENG?196
or ENG?197
Film Studies: Film as Art *
or Film Studies: Directors
or Film Studies: Contemporary Themes and Genres
4
Fifth Term
MM?246 Post-Production Sound for Video 3
MM?258
or MM?215
Motion Graphics and Compositing II
or Introduction to Stop Motion Animation
4
MM?262
or MM?222
Documentary Production
or Client Video & Producing
4
General Education 3
Sixth Term
MM?224
or MM?228
or MM?123
Drone Videography
or 360/VR Filmmaking
or Podcasting
3
MM?275
or MM?267
Music Video Production
or Visual Effects Production
4
MM?284 Portfolio 沙巴体育官网ment 3
General Education 3
Seventh Term
MM?266 Post-Production: Color Correction 4
MM?268
or MM?264
Producing and Directing Independent Film
or Live Multi-camera Production
4
?Total Credits95
*

Could be used as General Education

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