Media Art introduces students to the exciting world of multimedia, a combination of sound, animation, graphics, and video. Students will work with a variety of software including programs used for sound and video production, multimedia presentations, web and desktop publishing, and photo & image editing. This course incorporates lecture, tutorials, and hands-on activities, which build skills and techniques for a variety of software programs to create and edit multimedia content. Once students have developed proficiency with these software programs, they will complete individual and group projects utilizing interactive methodologies to turn their creative visions into projects. A final project will be required. At the end of the course, students will understand current multimedia data types, efficient design solutions, and established standards for multimedia, and gain experiences in multimedia processing. The core of this class is creativity! Let your mind, gifts, and talents come alive here!