Visual Media A.A.S. (VSM)
What is an Associate Degree in Visual Media?
This program is designed for students planning to enter the following industries upon graduation with an associate’s degree: digital content production, visual journalism, and commercial photography. Students utilize industry-standard software, hardware and production techniques as they build professional-quality portfolios of their work and engage in projects with their community.
Visual Media Courses
Your visual media courses will prepare you for success in either a future career or when pursuing a four-year degree. In this program, you’ll take classes like:
- Digital Design
- Digital Photography I
- Motion Graphics
- Video Field Production
- Introduction to Video Editing
Pathway to a Career in Media Production
Advance your career at your own pace. Each step below transfers credits to the next. Appropriate job titles and average pay ranges are meant to help guide an individual interested in this field; they vary based on individual experience and employer.
Career and Technical High School
Emerging Digital Media and Social Communications
CTE High School
- Camera Operator
- Production Assistant
Associate Degree
Music/Sound Production A.A.
TV/Film A.A.
Visual Media A.A.S.
Lehigh Carbon Community College
- Sound Engineer
- Photographer
- Video Editor
- Director
Bachelor’s Degree
Communication B.A.
Music Industry B.S.
Bachelor’s Transfer School
- Production Manager
- Producer
Wage information taken from Lightcast Q1 2024 BETA Data Set – QCEW Employees. Wage range is 25%-75% hourly average in surrounding 10-county region.
Communication and Media Arts Career Pathways
Bachelor’s Transfer Schools
Pennsylvania offers statewide program-to-program articulation. This allows students who graduate with specific associate degrees to transfer as juniors into a bachelor’s degree program in a similar field of study at a participating four-year college. Learn more about transferring to a four-year school.
Your A.A.S. in Visual Media prepares you to transfer to the following four-year colleges or universities:
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