Department of Media Technologies

The CSN Department of Media Technologies consists of Animation, Commercial Photography, Videography & Film, Multimedia Authoring, Web Design, and Computer Graphics Design.

Tom Myers, Chair, Department of Media Technologies • Department Home Page

Fall 2009 Scheduling

Mission Statement

The Department of Media Technologies of CSN is the most comprehensive technology-based and educational experience of its kind in the state of Nevada. This is where potential meets experience, alliance promotes imagination, and innovation becomes action.

A key mission of Media Technologies is to prepare students for employment in the high technology areas listed below and open the doors to the Digital Media Industry.

Programs

Our industry partnerships and state-of-the-art technologies will help lead you into a future where your ideas and skills become a launching pad for success.

The department is a showcase of solutions for creating and delivering electronic media content for both the present and the future. Its programs provide innovative tools for tomorrow, directed toward preparing the student to succeed in many fields:

• Graphic Technology
  • Animation
  • Computer Graphics Design
  • Multimedia Authoring
  • Web Design
• Photography
  • Commercial Photography
  • Videography & Film

Skills & Technologies

These departmental programs teach the skills and the technologies that are in demand in today's marketplace and which are also growing more prevalent:

• Internet Streaming Media
• Digital Cinema Animation
• Digital Photography & Videography
• Interactive Video Entertainment
• Electronic Publishing & Prepress

Competencies

The Department of Media Technologies seeks to strengthen student understanding and competence across five areas:

• Communications

  Ability to gather, process, and understand the numerable inputs and innovations in the field, and recognize career possibilities and opportunities in computer graphics. Job-searing skills for presenting self through written communications, interviews, portfolio presentations, critiques. Exchanging and understanding complex oral messages with individuals and within groups.

• Design

  Applying and evaluating the design processes; creative expression of ideas through design. Developing individual style and technique.

• Technology

  Students develop the attitudes, knowledge, skills, perspective, and vision necessary to make informed decisions in a technological society, especially within the field of digital media. An appreciation for and a commitment to lifelong learning is closely tied to the success of creatives in increasingly dynamic change in technology relating to computer graphics.

• Critical Thinking

  Interpreting, evaluating, and analyzing digital works of art, both the student's and others, in the context of reflective thought and critical discussion. Showing an understanding of the important aspects of a work. Finding solutions to design and communications problems through critical examination of the purpose and aesthetics involved. Selecting and utilizing a variety of subject matter and symbols to express ideas in visual form.

• Production

  Using digital technology to create industry standard projects, which includes the necessary production techniques and skills and understanding of production processes in the computer graphics industry. Using computer graphics terminology, applications, and hardware to produce all varieties of projects using digital media to create and present.

Courses

Media Technologies Department Courses
New Media Technologies Courses for Spring 2009

Faculty & Staff

Media Technologies Department Faculty & Staff

Careers

Careers in Media Technologies
Internships

Contact

Emma Coakley
Administrative Assistant II
Phone: (702) 651-4121
Fax: (702) 651-2635
Cheyenne Campus, Room 1727

Korin Valles
Administrative Assistant I
Phone (702) 651-4121
Fax: (702) 651-2635
Cheyenne Campus, Room

Mailing Address

Department of Media Technologies—T1A
3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.
North Las Vegas, NV 89030