Explore our Digital Media A.S. Degree
Our Digital Media A.S. Degree gives you broad, transferable skills for working in the digital and multimedia industry. You gain technical and production skills, planning, management, finance, principles of technology, labor and community issues
sub-plans
- Digital Graphic Design
- Digital Video Production
This academic program prepares you for the following careers. All job data is provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Graphic Designers
Salary Data
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area Average
Florida Average
Projected employment for Florida
2023 Employment
17,470
2033
19,740
Percent Change
13
Projected Job Openings
1710
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
Salary Data
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area Average
Florida Average
Projected employment for Florida
2023 Employment
2,440
2033
2,570
Percent Change
5
Projected Job Openings
230
Special Effects Artists and Animators
Salary Data
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area Average
Florida Average
Projected employment for Florida
2023 Employment
3,630
2033
4,260
Percent Change
17
Projected Job Openings
430
What You Learn in the Digital Media A.S. Degree
- Specific technical skills in your area of specialization
- Management skills to help oversee institutional and industrial media projects
- How to design and produce digital media/multimedia projects with multimedia hardware and software
- Production analysis
- How to apply production skills to integrate multiple media formats
- Professionalism, employability and communication skills
Digital Media Associate in Science
DIG-AS
Effective Beginning Catalog Term: Fall 2024 (640)
The requirements shown below are valid beginning Fall 2024 (640), and may not reflect degree requirements for current students. Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term.
Program Summary
The Digital Media program at St. Petersburg College meets the needs of one of the fastest growing sectors in the computer industry. Digital Media pertains to the convergence of communication technologies, including television, the World Wide Web, and computer-based interactivity and nonlinear structure. It extends well beyond the scope of the business world. Interactive games, education, CD-ROMs, DVDs, digital video, and dynamic Websites are changing the way we learn and entertain ourselves. The Digital Media program was created in partnership with skilled and talented professionals drawing on their leadership in digital technology. The program was also designed in collaboration with the Interactive Media Technology Project consortium commissioned to update the Student Performance Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for AS/AA degrees throughout Florida. Students enrolled in the program not only receive a well-rounded general education with an emphasis on originality and creativity, but also acquire the specific skills essential to working in today’s digital media industry and the future.
Graduates from this program will be able to start careers in digital media production, digital video, instructional integration, interactive and educational media production and other areas utilizing digital media technology. Each graduate will be required to create an industry standard digital portfolio that meets the approval of staff and advisory committee member(s). The program is open to all students who show an interest in digital media and who complete the general college admission procedures.
Graduation Requirements
Minimum grade of C or better required for all courses.
Academic Pathways
The Academic Pathway is a tool for students that lists the following items:- the recommended order in which to take the program courses
- suggested course when more than one option exists
- which semester each course is typically offered
- if the course has a prerequisite
- courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)
Please verify the Academic Pathway lists your correct starting semester.
Program Leadership Information
Florida CIP Code
1611080103 - Digital Media/Multimedia Technology
Federal CIP Code
11.0801 - Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design.
CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION
All of SPC's digital media certificates transfer to our A.S. degree in Digital Media.
Industry Certification
As part of your coursework, you may be eligible for the following industry certifications:
- Adobe Certified Associate - Premiere Pro Creative Cloud
- Adobe Certified Associate - Photoshop Pro Creative Cloud
Facilities
Learn your craft using the latest technology, including 4K Blackmagic Studio and Adobe Creative Suite A full working studio is decked out with a green screen, a sound-proof audio recording and editing booth and high-end Macs that are run through 42-inch LCD monitors. Each year, digital media students can compete in the Semmy Awards, an annual event open to all SPC and high school students.
SOFTWARE
- Adobe Creative Cloud, including Animate, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects and Audition
VIDEO PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
- Canon VIXIA HF M52
- Sony HDR-XR150
- Sony DCR-SR47 (semi pro)
- Sony AX2000 (pro/DSLR)
- Canon 5D Mark III (with various lenses and accessories)
- Tascam DR-40 Digital Audio Recorders
- Wide assortment of tripods and light kits
- Wide assortment of microphones