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If you want to learn how to craft the compelling stories behind film, television, games, and other entertainment media and gain the skills to effectively market your work Full Sail University's online Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts Degree Program can give you the tools you need. You'll explore concepts including visual storytelling, character development, screenwriting and storyboarding for a variety of media building a diverse portfolio and the business know-how to pursue your dream career.

Course Highlights Include:

• Film Screenwriting and Storyboarding
• The Art of Visual Storytelling
• Editing for Film, Game, and Animation Scripts
• Writing for Games
• Script Analysis and Criticism
• Character Creation and Development

Full Sail University's online Entertainment Business Master's Degree with Sports Management Electives is designed to give you an advanced business education that addresses the unique needs of the world of sports. From professional, collegiate, and amateur teams and leagues to venues, ticketing organizations, sports marketing firms, and broadcast stations, the behind-the-scenes world of sports is an ever-growing field. By exploring industry-specific concepts along with broader business topics throughout the program, you'll be prepared to launch a career in this multi-billion dollar industry.

Today's successful companies depend on strong visual representation to stay a step ahead of the competition. Full Sail University's online Media Design Master of Fine Arts Degree Program explores the role that creative direction plays in effectively delivering a company's message. Bridge the gap between the boardroom and the design studio. Get prepared to enter the fast-paced world of media design and utilize your artistic skills to create an overall vision that's both creatively fulfilling and professionally rewarding.

Course Highlights:

•Ethics Of Design
•Brand Development
•Defining Client Needs
•Design Strategies And Motivation
•Design Research
•Effective Copywriting

The changing world of journalism requires professionals to have an updated skill set to keep up with today’s media consumers. Full Sail University’s online New Media Journalism master’s degree program teaches the skills needed to report and distribute the news for new media audiences by blending traditional methods with emerging technology. You’ll learn how to produce multimedia content, use social media to engage audiences and promote your work, and publish and distribute content across digital delivery platforms.

Course Highlights:

• Writing for Interactive Media
• Multimedia Development and Editing
• Digital News Production
• Mobile Technology and Communications
• Social Media & Online Community Engagement

Innovative ideas are behind the brands and products that impact our lives the most, and many of those ideas thrive in the digital realm. If you have a vision for a creative or technology-based product or service, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship master’s degree program can teach you what goes into bringing it to fruition within the changing global marketplace. Whether you’re interested in launching a new venture or using your entrepreneurial vision within a larger organization, this program will teach you how to develop your ideas and organize your efforts.

Specialized courses include:

• Entrepreneurial Finance
• High-Tech Entrepreneurship
• Business Model Innovation
• Product Design and Development
• Marketing Strategies
• Market Research

Full Sail University's online Education Media Design & Technology Master's Degree Program is designed to provide teachers with 21st century skills for 21st century learners. Innovative courses teach you how to inspire your own students through the implementation of entertainment media concepts and tools from podcasts and video content to innovative online learning systems, video games and more. With the skills you develop throughout the program, you'll be able to transform the classroom or boardroom into an engaging learning environment.

Course Highlights:

• Education Design And Evaluation
• Multiple Learning Theory Applications
• Digital Media And Education Applications
• Emergent Technologies In A Collaborative Culture
• Training And Motivational Development
• Game Strategies And Motivation

Full Sail University's online Internet Marketing Master's Degree Program explores the constantly evolving world of multi-channel marketing in the 21st century and the complex issues and opportunities available through the Internet. You'll learn how to plan, launch and optimize integrated/comprehensive Internet campaigns that raise awareness, drive traffic, generate conversions and measure return on investment. You'll discover the strategies the leading digital marketing companies are using to establish corporate brand identities and to engage in Internet related commerce.

Course Highlights:

•Advanced Search Engine Optimization
•Advanced Internet Marketing Strategies
•Internet Consumer Behavior And Analysis
•Strategic Internet Public Relations
•Web Metrics And Analysis
•Internet And The Law

Whether you’re interested in advancing your PR career or ready to enter the industry, Full Sail University’s Public Relations master’s degree program can show you what goes into being an effective PR professional in today’s fast-moving media landscape. In this program, you’ll explore what goes into planning, executing, and evaluating media strategies, and learn how to launch powerful dialogues with an organization’s consumers and advocates through social media. You’ll build a website and social presence from the ground up, fostering your personal brand and audience, while building experience through the program’s project-based curriculum.

Specialized courses include:

• Social Media Metrics and ROI
• Public Relations in a Digital World
• Reputation Management
• The Online Media Room
• Consumer Research Analysis

Full Sail University's online Music Business Bachelor's Degree Program is designed to give you a practical, real-world music business education. From tour managers and promoters to publishers and accountants, the behind-the-scenes figures of this business have always been a key component in some of the industry's biggest successes. By learning the core fundamentals of business as well as concepts that are more specific to the world of music, you can become a part of the next phase in this ever-evolving industry.

Course Highlights:

•Record Label Development
•Concert Management and Publicity
•Artist Development
•Music Distribution
•Music Copyright and Publishing
•Music Business Law and Contract Negotiations

Full Sail University's online Web Design and Development Bachelor's Degree Program explores one of the most rapidly developing industries in our society, with coursework that balances design and aesthetic techniques with programming and coding. Develop a holistic vision of web design and development, create your own websites, and build the highly demanded skill set needed to start a career in this expanding field.

Course Highlights:

•Web Interface and Usability
•Flash Design and Animation
•Concepts of Object Oriented Programming
•Designing for Web Standards
•Networks and Server Structures
•Rich Media Optimization

The growing technology options for mobile and web-based applications have created an increased demand for skilled designers and developers. Full Sail University’s online Mobile Development bachelor’s degree program is an advanced programming education that explores usability and design principles, software development and management, and application production for mobile devices and tablets. You’ll learn how to build, deploy, and market applications to give you the experience to enter this fast-moving industry.

Course Highlights:

• Application Deployment: Apple
• Application Deployment: Android
• Integrated Product Development
• Mobile Business and Marketing
• Mobile Game Design
• Mobile Interface and Usability

Full Sail University’s online Creative Writing for Entertainment bachelor’s degree program will provide you with a challenging curriculum to help perfect your writing and storytelling skills by emphasizing visual storytelling, narrative structures, character development, scriptwriting, and storyboarding. Whether the final delivery is a movie theater, TV screen, game console, website, or mobile device, great entertainment media begins with a well-crafted and captivating story.

Course Highlights:

• Literary Techniques & Story Development
• Storyboarding, Animation & Comics
• Visual Thinking and Writing
• Scriptwriting Techniques
• Symbolic Communications and Cartography

If you dream of creating captivating, engaging game experiences, Full Sail University's online Game Design Bachelor's Degree Program can help you set your career in motion. Learn how to develop a game from concept to completion using the processes used by the world's top studios. The program's specialized curriculum teaches you the elements of game development, from storytelling and narration, to technology and production, to leadership and project management. And, using Full Sail's unique online platform, you'll be able to engage in the same interaction between developers and artists that this highly collaborative industry depends upon.

Course Highlights:
•Game Mechanics
•Level Design
•Design And Development Analysis
•Game Asset Review
•Testing And Play Balancing
•Demo Reel Creation

With the impact of viral videos, streaming video options, and the rise of independent films, the applications of digital video are growing within today’s entertainment landscape. Full Sail University’s online Digital Cinematography bachelor’s degree program explores how these new technologies can create inspiring cinematic and commercial works. You’ll learn the creative process within the context of the film industry – from lighting, scripting, HD video production, to shooting in a variety of styles – to prepare you for the industry.

Course Highlights:

• Directing

• Introduction to Editing and Visual Effects

• Producing Independent Film

• Storytelling

• Digital Audio Production

Full Sail University's online Graphic Design Bachelor's Degree Program gives you an in-depth look at the world of design. From print publishing to package design to website interfaces, the demand for well-designed graphics of all types has never been so high. This degree program prepares you to enter the industry with the ability to meet client demands and work under hard deadlines while still producing creative results, all with the convenience and flexibility of online education.

Course Highlights:

•Color Theory
•Digital Audio Design
•Motion Graphics
•Graphic Web Design
•Flash Media
•Interactive Media Design And Usability

Full Sail University's online Computer Animation Bachelor's Degree Program focuses on the practical application of 3D computer graphics for careers in the entertainment media industry, teaching the processes used to develop animated content for games, television, feature films, and more. You'll learn to master each step of production through a custom-built online platform, where you'll work under the guidance of industry veterans to master the techniques of professional animator.

Course Highlights:

•3D Animation
•Motion Capture
•Compositing and Scene Finishing
•Shading and Lighting
•Production Modeling
•Character Rigging

Skilled communicators are needed within every industry – and especially within the world of entertainment and media. If you’re ready to develop the skills that are valued in today’s evolving media landscape, Full Sail University’s online Media Communications bachelor’s degree program can help you meet your educational goals. In this program, you’ll learn core communication principles and writing techniques, while becoming familiar with digital media – from video and audio, to games and animation. You’ll take on projects that relate to real-world communications issues and apply your skill set in a final project that speaks to your passion.

Course Highlights:

• Digital Video and Editing Principals
• Media Entrepreneurship
• Media Publishing and Distribution
• Principles of the Gaming Industry
• Graphic Design and Communications
• Animation and Storytelling

Full Sail University's online Music Production Bachelor's Degree Program gives you the tools needed to pursue a career in writing, producing and recording music for all types of media. Your classes focus on the music-making process, from music composition and arranging, to theory and ear training. You will also learn the recording and production process using various software and hardware technologies. You'll develop a Digital Portfolio showcasing your work and learn to effectively market your talents to the entertainment and media industry.

Course Highlights:

•Music Composition Programming
•Audio File Management and Documentation
•Music Genres
•Music Business Marketing
•Audio Workstations
•Digital Audio and Theory