Media Foundation
Program Overview
If you are new to post-secondary education, Humber's Media Foundation certificate program will help you to develop foundational knowledge and skills in digital media, communications, writing, and design as preparation for further study in advanced media programs in Humber's Faculty of Media & Creative Arts.
You will use up-to-date, industry-standard software to create various media content as you gain a broad understanding of what it’s like to work in different sectors of the media industry. Media Foundation is designed with input from industry partners and is taught by faculty with strong industry connections and experience who can give you valuable insights into the trends and realities of the media industry.
This program is designed with input from industry partners and is taught by faculty with strong industry connections and experience who can give you valuable insights into the trends and realities of the media industry. In the first semester, you will develop strong skills for successful post-secondary learning while you are introduced to visual literacy, film studies, media communications and digital design. In your second and final semester, you will consolidate your general theoretical knowledge by choosing five electives from Special Projects, Video Production, Script Writing, Audio and Video Editing, Television Studio Production, Image Capture, and Design for Media 2.
Designed for students who are new to post-secondary education and media, this two-semester program will give you a broad understanding of what it is like to work in different sectors of the media industry, and will help you to develop a career focus in preparation for future learning and success in the workplace.
Pathways
Media Foundation offers transfer credits for a number of FMCA diploma programs and a block transfer that allows Media Foundation graduates to start in the second semester of the Media Communications diploma. As well, students who do not have university English, but who receive a 65% in their WRIT course in the first semester of Media Foundation, will meet the requirements needed to apply to many degree programs at Humber.
Support
A core value in Media Foundation is accessibility. We believe all students should have the opportunity to learn, and we will work with you to help you succeed. If you feel that you would be better suited to part-time study, please contact the program co-ordinator who will help you make a plan for completion over two years.
Semester 2 |
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| GNED 101: An Introduction to Arts and Sciences |
| Select 5 from the following courses |
| MSFP : Media Foundations Elective |
The Humber Advantage
Caleb Buys
Taking Media Foundations was one of the best decisions I ever made! The diversity of the program let me explore all the options I could possibly have in the industry and find what my calling in the media industry really was! I also learned so many valuable skills to help me along the way. I made lifelong friends in this program. Creative, smart, and caring people who I am better for having in my life.”
Nicoro Vassell
Meet Nicoro Vassell. After graduating from the one-year Media Foundation certificate, Nicoro is pursuing further study in Humber's Broadcast Television Videography diploma program.
Accessibility is a core value in the Media Foundation program, and all students learn the skills to create accessible media so that their stories can reach the largest audience.
In their reflective response to the online course Making Accessible Media (MAM), included as part of Media Foundation curriculum, Tate Smirle (2021-2022 cohort) recorded their response, wrote a transcript, uploaded a braille font to their computer, printed out the pages, and created the raised dots of braille on a sheet of paper by hand.
Expert Faculty
Giulia Di Giovanni
Giulia Di Giovanni is a Humber College alumna from the Broadcast-Television/Videography program. She is a camera operator with over 12 years of experience, working for top broadcasters in Canada, including Sportsnet, Citytv, and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Giulia has expertise in operating pedestal, handheld, and jib cameras. Since 2014, she has been a professor at Humber College, teaching in various programs including Broadcast-Television/Videography, Film and Television Production, Media Foundations, and the Dual-Credit program.
Joyce Grant
Joyce Grant, MA, is a freelance journalist and strategic marketing specialist. She co-founded a boutique ad agency and publishes an award-winning news website, TeachingKidsNews.com. She is the author of six children's books and she's a proud Humber grad!
Yuetong Liu
Sheila Pohle
Amanda Soriano
With over 10 years of experience working in various communication roles at George Brown College and Humber College, my expertise lies at the intersection of marketing, digital communications, and storytelling. In addition to my post-secondary communications experience, I have also successfully operated my own wedding photography business for the past three years and have had my work featured in the Toronto Star, Global News, and The Knot magazine.
Nicola Winstanley
Following a career in publishing as a publicist and international rights agent, Nicola Winstanley began teaching as a partial-load instructor at Humber College in 2009 and became full-time faculty in 2012. She holds an MA (Hons.) in English from Auckland University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, for which she was a recipient of the Humber Union Scholarship. Nicola is the author of five picture books for children and has widely published poetry, fiction and comics for adults. In 2019, her picture book How to Give Your Cat a Bath was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. In 2018, Nicola was awarded the Humber President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Presented to one faculty member at the institution each year, this award recognizes excellence in teaching practice, exemplary research and scholarship, implementing innovative instructional strategies in teaching and learning, and educational leadership.
Anne Zbitnew
Anne Zbitnew (she/her) is a Humber graduate and has been teaching in the Media Foundation program since 2000. She studied at Ryerson University in the Faculty of Disability Studies and has a Master's from York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. Anne was the Project Lead for Making Accessible Media (MAM), an open-access accessible online course that reaches over 5,000 Humber Faculty of Media & Creative Arts (FMCA) students and is the basis for collaborations around accessible media-making with industry leaders including the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). She is also the Project Lead for Accessibility as Aesthetic in Broadcast Media, a media project that partners FMCA Broadcast Television and Videography (BRTV) students with disability-identified experts.
Your Career
A career in media can take you in many directions: video production, journalism, public relations, interactive media, advertising, and digital design and imaging. Our program allows you to experience all these possibilities and will help you decide where you want to go next.
In your second semester, you will choose electives that will provide you with more advanced training and help you prepare for your next step – and we’ll help you apply to other programs that will lead you to your media career of choice. Our goal is to set you up for success.
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