Insight

Media Arts, Design, and Technology offers a range of undergraduate studies in cinema, television, photography, web, new media literacy, production, history, and theory. Students pursue knowledge and careers in exciting media and media-related fields such as film and television production and post-production, social media storytelling, photography, film history, commercial advertising, broadcasting, and web design, as well as studying the history of the screen media industries.

Experience

Facilities. Students have access to state-of-the-art digital and audio production equipment, a brand-new broadcasting studio, Chico State's student-run radio station KCSC, the latest computer labs, digital design, and print labs, post-production sound and picture editing labs, audio recording rooms, and digital photography facilities.

Internships. Internships are transitions between school and work. Internships provide students with academic credit while pursuing on-the-job experiences. Internship opportunities include at the student-run radio station, KCSC, and at various production and development companies throughout California, the US, and around the world.

Communication Activities. Media Arts, Design, and Technology houses several student-operated programs and clubs including the MADTech Group (a student-staffed media development group), KCSC (a student-managed fully functioning broadcast radio station), a student chapter of AIGA (the professional organization for design), and the Digital Filmmaker’s Guild, a collective of student filmmakers that culminates in the annual SMASH Film Festival held on campus every May.

Career Outlook

In our increasingly complex and influential media landscape, students must be prepared to engage with screen media in all facets of their personal and professional lives. Energized by new technologies, from visual and audio software to social media platforms, there is an urgent need for experts in the field of media arts, design, and the technologies that inform them. Media studies and graphic design degrees offer students cutting-edge entry into the dynamic world of media studies and production. In areas as diverse as scripted film and television entertainment, live studio broadcasting, fashion and documentary photography, social media storytelling, commercial advertising, and even personal media consumption, mastering the production of screen media and studying the role of the media industries are as vital as ever.

Programs

Undergraduate

Bachelor's

Minors

Certificates

See Course Description Symbols and Terms for an explanation of course description terminology and symbols, the course numbering system, and course credit units.

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Media Arts, Design, and Technology Department

The Faculty

Emeritus Faculty