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)
VIEW THE RECOMMENDED ACADEMIC PATHWAY

Please verify the Academic Pathway lists your correct starting semester.

Program Leadership Information

Dr. Barbara Hubbard
Dean, Humanities & Fine Arts
hubbard.barbara@spcollege.edu
Jessica Curran
Program Director
Curran.jessica@spcollege.edu
727.614.7086
Nathan Muehl
Associate Dean
Muehl.Nathan@spcollege.edu
727.341.4325

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.

Certificate to associate

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