Media Arts Design

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Build Your Future as a Media Arts Designer

The Media Arts and Design (MAD) Department in the Fine Arts Division offers digital art programs. Our courses and certificates explore both the creative and commercial use of digital art technologies and equip students with the skills necessary to obtain employment, update job skills, and provide a foundation for transfer to four-year universities, art and design schools, and the marketplace. MAD offers competitive and cutting-edge certificates in the areas of digital film, animation, and graphic design. We offer certificates in areas of study that are unmatched in any other community college in the Southern California region, such as motion design or projection mapping. Our certificates range from 12-18 units and on average take about 1-2 years to complete.

Location
Fine Arts Building, Room 310A

Frequently Asked Questions

Media Arts and Design offers 12 hands-on skill certificates in several areas and a Associate of Science in Film, Television and Electronic Media, for Transfer (AS-T). All courses transfer.

The programs take about 24 months to complete, depending on the kind of certificate and whether or not a student is full time or part time.

The program cost is $46 per unit for California residents, not including books, fees, and supplies. Units vary by course, but the average is three units per course. Unit fees for 12-unit certificates would be $552, and unit fees would range up to the 60-unit associate in science degree, which would be $2,760. Most students also qualify for some form of financial aid.

Graduates are employed in the film, television, and animation industry as well as graphic design and advertising.

Katalin Angelov

Kati has an MFA in Animation and Digital Arts from the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. She has a BLA in liberal arts from the Evergreen State College, in Washington state.

Program Mapper: View course options for these programs, below.

There are no additional requirements to enroll in this program; however, some courses may have prerequisites that can be viewed in the Cypress College Catalog and the Schedule of Classes.