Full-time Programs

MECP - Media Experience

Program Entry

JANUARY

Program Length

One-Year Ontario College Certificate

Highlights

• Students are exposed to a full range of media sectors –
  providing the foundation for more targeted studies in one of seven Loyalist diploma programs:  Advertising, Animation, Journalism – Online, Print and Broadcast, Photojournalism, Radio Broadcasting or Television and New Media Production.
• Students obtain skills that meet current employment demands and challenges, enhancing their employment opportunities.
• Accelerated program means that students can enter the
  summer employment market faster – 25 weeks versus the average of 30 weeks.
• Upon successful completion, acceptance into a media diploma program is guaranteed.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Media Experience certificate program are qualified to enter one of Loyalist’s post-secondary media diploma programs. Upon completion of their diploma program graduates are prepared to pursue a broad range of opportunities, depen­dant on their program specialization. 

• Advertising
• Animation
• Journalism – Online, Print and Broadcast
• Photojournalism
• Radio Broadcasting
• Television and New Media Production

While the program is designed for students who wish to continue on in a media diploma program, the completion of this certificate program will prepare students for employment involving routine activities within the media field.

Program Description

This program has been developed in close cooperation with the faculty of the seven post-secondary Media Studies programs. Students are actively engaged in a wide variety of hands-on activities that encompass technical demonstrations and theoretical discussions. Courses include media writing and presentation, computer applications, visual communications, interview tech­niques, and critical analysis. Students have the opportunity to explore a vast array of career opportunities through exposure to a series of industry guest speakers.

In the last eight weeks of the program, students select an area of specialty and – with a faculty advisor – create a targeted learning portfolio. The portfolio is used in the evaluation and consideration for exemption from modules or courses in the diploma program of their choice. A seat in that diploma pro­gram is guaranteed upon completion of the Media Experience program.

Approximate Cost

Tuition/Ancillary Fees: $3,096 (two semesters)

Admission Requirements

Required academic preparation –

• OSSD/OSSGD or equivalent with courses at the general, advanced, (C), (U), (M) or (O) level
• Grade 12 English (C) level or equivalent

OR

• mature applicant

Curriculum