ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA IN MEDIA VPH003
BECOME A 'STAR' IN YOUR MEDIA INDUSTRY CAREER!
Whether you want to work as a freelance journalist, photographer, editor or any other media role, this course will help you reach your goals. It has been designed as a solid foundation for a career in either the exciting world of electronic or print media publishing. The course aims to provide a broad cross section of skills which are of great value to a publishing organisation. Research has shown that graduates with broad based knowledge such as this have enhanced career prospects. This course will give you a great foundation to go onto a career in the media industry.
Modules include:
- Publishing I
- Freelance writing
- Advanced freelance writing
- Publishing II
- Introduction to photography
- Photographic technology
- Photographic practice
- Editing I
- Writing an internet web site (HTML)
- Adobe Photoshop
- Advertising and promotions
- Research project I
- 100hrs industry meetings
- plus two elective modules chosen from the following: Publishing II, Publishing III, Editing II, Photographic Lighting, Photographing People, Children's Writing, Technical Writing, E Commerce, ASP.Net programming, Macromedia Flash, or Visual Basic.Net.
The Media and Publishing Industries
Industry has changed dramatically over recent times, with the advent of electronic publishing (eg. Web sites and CD's).
Quality words and illustrations will always be needed though, by publishers, irrespective of the format in which they are published.
The need for writers, editors, proof reading services, illustrators and layout artists will always be strong. The way in which these services will be provided in the future, and the way the work will be published is less certain.
For a secure long term career in writing or publishing, you are advised to develop broad based skills and a capacity to be innovative and adaptable. Your attitude and motivation must keep at the forefront of industry, and you must remain willing to learn new things and change the way you approach your work fast, grasping the right new opportunities when they present themselves and rejecting the wrong ones.
This is an industry where formal training is a big help, but never a guarantee of employment. People who learn to write well, simply won't make a good living unless they can also write fast, and are prepared to write what people want them to write. People who can publish something that looks good won't sustain a career unless what they publish also attracts money (usually through advertising or sales).
Many of those who work in the publishing industry have never undertaken a formal course; and many who undertake a formal course, never succeed in this industry. There are plenty of people with university degrees in journalism or writing who have great difficulty every getting work in this industry. There are others who do very well after completing a sound short course that isn't even accredited in any way.
DEVELOP SKILLS IN WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PUBLISHING & MUCH MORE!
Use the skills developed in this course as a foundation for a career in print, photographic, IT or advertising media. This course is packed with the essential information you need to launch yourself into a creative career! Studies will include: Freelance writing, advanced freelance writing, introduction to publishing, introduction to photography, photographic technology, photographic practice, digital photography, writing an internet web site (HTML), visual basic programming, advertising and promotions, research project I and 100hrs industry meetings plus other elective modules. This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C.
