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Media Arts and Production

Associate of Arts

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» Program Overview

On-Air and Behind The Scenes Making Magic

We live in a world with an insatiable appetite for information and new digital content. The people who create this world represent a dynamic blend of artist and technician, supplying a creative industry with vital imagination and technical know-how.

Media Communication specialists fulfill vital on-air and behind the scenes responsibilities for television, radio, and digital media. They are well-versed in broadcasting, post-production, and digital marketing, and can function successfully in the commercial as well as the creative aspects of their field.

If you want to make this type of magic, on-air or behind the scenes, a two-year Associate of Arts degree in Media Arts and Production is a step in the right direction.

This degree is only available to students who graduate with a Broadcast Media Arts or Digital Media Arts certificate from the Specs@LTU program.

» Why LTU?

  • One-on-one mentoring and proactive internship and career placement, including Emmy award-winning STATE CHAMPS! NETWORK, for on-camera and off-camera sports broadcasting experience.
  • The most up-to-date industry-standard broadcast equipment and editing software.
  • A MacBook Pro laptop for their academic use, loaded with Adobe software to help prepare them for careers in digital media.
source - Jon DeBoer

» Curriculum

Eligible students receive 24 credit hours of technical elective transfer credit upon completion of the Broadcast Media Arts (BMA) or Digital Media Arts (DMA) certificate from Specs@LTU. The following 37 credit hours must be taken at Lawrence Tech:

Course Name

Course #

Credits

College Composition

[course_desc title=”College Composition”]

COM1103

3

Technical and Professional Communication

[course_desc title=”Technical and Prof Comm”]

COM2103

3

Writing for Electronic and Print Media

[course_desc title=”Writ for Elect and Print Media”]

MCO2543

3

Media Communication Electives (3)

MCO xxx3 (x3)

9

Engaging Ancient Texts

[course_desc title=”Engaging Ancient Texts”]

HUM1213

3

Engaging Modern Texts

[course_desc title=”Engaging Modern Texts”]

HUM1223

3

SSC Elective

SSC2xx3

3

LLT Elective

LLT2xx3

3

Geometry in Art

[course_desc title=”Geometry in Art”]

MCS1254

4

Natural Science Elective
BIO/CHM/GLG/PHY/PSC

XXX3

3

Total Credits:

37

» Document Viewer

Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.