Digital Media Arts at CSUDH is a hands-on, professionally-oriented B.A. Degree program geared for students who want marketable job skills for careers in the television, motion picture, music recording, sound design, and interactive media industries. Students major in one of the three DMA degree options: 1) Audio Recording Option; 2) Music Technology Option; or 3) Television Arts Option. In this program, students: a) track, mix, and master their own original music recordings in stereo and 5.1 surround sound in our two Recording Studios that are available to students on a 24/7 basis.; b) write, produce, direct, and edit their own music video, documentary, drama, public service announcement (PSA), TV commercial, and client-based video projects in our 10,000 square-foot Television Studio and twelve editing bays that are available to students on a 24/7 basis; and c) design and author their own interactive DVD, Blu-ray, and websites in our state-of-art computer lab facilities equipped with the latest software. The mission of the Digital Media Arts Department is to: 1) provide an academic program that gives students a solid base in the theory and technology skills required for professional careers in the digital media industries; 2) provide hands-on experience in the basic software and hardware tools utilized in digital media production; 3) provide the opportunity for students to work in teams, applying their producing, directing, writing, composing, editing and engineering skills to produce a variety of professional-quality digital media products; and 4) develop interpersonal skills and professional demeanor that will enable students to work effectively and cooperatively as team players on collaborative projects in the industry.

Graduates from the Digital Media Arts program will find career opportunities in a wide range of existing entertainment, informational and educational venues. The broad focus of the instruction in this program prepares students for roles as media production specialists, audio engineers and producers, interactive designers, music technologists and MIDI-assisted composers. The emerging areas of the internet will create additional demand for graduates skilled in advanced media production techniques. The Television Arts program with its hands-on training and production project experience prepares graduates for a variety of career opportunities in the television and film industry such as producer, director, writer, camera operator, video editor, lighting director, sound technician, and motion graphics designer in a variety of venues such as commercial broadcasting at TV stations, networks, studios, and production houses; noncommercial television such as in-house corporate, government, educational, and institutional communications operations; public access and local origination cable television; and of course, free-lance production services as a video consultant.