Media Education Prepares You For Media Engineering Design Integration Field
Project manager, digital media
production; interactive technical producer, museum and instructional
design; producer, digital signage networks; user experience designer,
consumer electronics; software designer, embedded systems; mobile
communications application developer. These are just a few of the jobs
available in Media Engineering Design Integration (MEDI) to those with media education
from Centennial College. But what exactly is this field? In it,
robotics technology, the power of mobile Internet and 3D cinematic
storytelling are combined with the next generation of media and
entertainment experiences. Professionals in this industry are in high
demand by media technology developers, media publishers and media
producers.
The first media education courses of its sort, the
Media Engineering Design Integration program at Centennial College
brings together the School of Communications, Media and Design and
School of Engineering, Technology and Applied Science. In the process,
it merges two diverse groups of students with different strengths and
weaknesses. To bring the groups of engineering technology and media
design professionals to a level of equivalence, students will be
expected to qualify for advanced standing in two courses in their
respective disciplines in the first semester.
Focused on the
design, production and management of innovative media products, the
media studies courses in this program include application development
and content creation for wireless devices, interactive museum and retail
installations, digital signage systems and networks and more. Media
studies courses include topics such as introduction to media
engineering, video production and sound design, media electronics, the
marketing cycle, content management and much more. In addition,
laboratory practice with PLCs, robotics, sensors, electronics and
network technology is a key component. Many of the courses include
project-based training, lectures and laboratory experience. Specific
courses include: Video Production and Sound Design (introduces students
to the best practices of video producers, editors and audio designers in
the creation of digital media productions); Math and Electrical
Fundamentals (a theory and lab course that introduces students to the
fundamental principles and theorems of D C and A C series and parallel
circuits); Content Management (introduces principles underlying the
major systems of content management for the collection and dissemination
of information within organizations, and the management of editorial
content for digital publishing enterprises); and many others.
To
complement their in-school media education, in their final semester,
students spend 15 weeks, three days a week, in a field placement working
alongside professional staff in a media production environment or media
engineering technology firm. This work placement is facilitated by the
faculty, and will be determined based on the students’ project work and
in consultation with the host companies. Classroom and project work will
be coordinated with the placement. Project advance meetings for the
work placement relationship will have begun during the second term, so
that students will be able to make a positive contribution during their
placement.
To apply to this post-graduate certificate program with its array of media studies courses,
students must submit an official transcript that demonstrates proof of
successful completion of a post-secondary diploma or degree program. In
addition, there are also non-academic requirements such as a program
information session or portfolio review. Please note that Centennial
will consider people presenting a partial post-secondary education
(eight college or university credits) in media production or engineering
technology.