Prepare Yourself for Media Engineering Design Integration Field via Media Education
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.