Students seeking a B.A. or M.A. degree in media arts receive exposure to a broad range of media technologies that include filmmaking, animation, sound, virtual art, video games, and more. Our flexible degree program allows you to explore media tools and platforms while building a portfolio towards a media career that’s right for you.
Learn more about the professional skills you will build in our media arts degree programs and how you can use your degree to prepare for an exciting career in media and technology.
- Visual literacy
- Computer literacy
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Entrepreneurship
- Self-discipline
- Time management
- Collaboration/teamwork
- Critical thinking/analytical reasoning
- Decision making and ethical judgment
- Quantitative/applied technology
- Imagining creative solutions
- Working well with subjective and abstract concepts
- Attention to detail
- Clarity and intelligence in written discourse
- Appreciating diverse communities
- Filmmaker
- Film Editor
- TV Producer
- Video Game Designer
- Video Game Producer
- Media Producer
- Animator
- Screenwriter
- Art Director
- Sound Designer
- Sound Editor
- Film Historian*
- Film Critic *
- Art Curator *
*Note that some of these positions require an advanced degree.
- Film Studios
- Television Studios
- Video Game Studios
- Animation Studios
- Radio
- Manga
- Comic Books
- Advertising Agencies
- Public Relations (industry, healthcare, non-profit)
- Government Agencies
- Museums
- Pixar
- Netflix
- Blizzard
- Marvel
- iBM
- iD Software
- Kodansha USA
- Turner Studios
- HBO Films
- Nickelodeon
- CBS Television
Learn how alumni use degrees with outcome data from Gamecock GradStats, a service of the University of South Carolina Career Center.
