Technical Prowess II.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. Prerequisite: MASC 200 with a minimum grade of C. Enrollment is restricted to students with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. The course builds on the visual communication and production foundations established in Technical Prowess I by advancing students’ technical fluency, software mastery and visual storytelling capabilities. Students deepen their command of design principles through more sophisticated work in industry-standard tools, including advanced graphic design features and introductory audio and video editing applications. Through hands-on projects, students learn professional file management, workflow organization and cross-platform asset preparation. Students will learn fundamental narrative concepts and apply visual narrative strategies to create coherent, compelling visual stories. By the end of the course, students will integrate advanced design skills with purposeful storytelling to produce polished visual, audio and video content suitable for digital environments.