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MDA

12 courses with the subject MDA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

MDA 107Introduction to Digital Media Literacy

This course teaches students new skills to navigate today’s new media environment. By leveraging digital media tools students increase their ability to interpret, critically challenge, communicate and retain key concepts within their disciplines. The goal of the course is to empower students to control the context, conte

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 108Television Studies: The Big Picture

Develops an awareness of the impact of television on society. A study of television's handling and packaging news,

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 110Film and Popular Culture

After an introduction to the film medium, students examine the relationship between American film and popular culture from 1940 to the present. For each decade, students examine representative films, historical events, and popular culture trends to discover how films and American popular

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 112American Cinema

American Cinema explores Hollywood film as art form, industry, and system of representation and communication. In one sense, American Cinema is a language course -- the language of film. The course will explain how Hollywood films work technically, artistically, and culturally to reinforce and

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 116Introduction to Digital Filmmaking

This course provides an introduction to the techniques of single camera digital filmmaking. Topics include camera operation and sh

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 118Introduction to Post Production Editing

This course introduces students to vital constructive video making practices that are relevant to 21st century learning skills and the contemporary workplace. This fulfills a course require

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 120Crime and the Media

An analysis of the media's influence in defining what constitutes deviance and criminality in American society. The ev

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 201Media Studies

Students learn about how traditional mass communication industries converge in digital environments. The course examines cultural, political and econ

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 203World Cinema

This course examines world cinema from a perspective of national identity, post-colonialism, cultural imperialism, diaspora, political and cultural displacement. Students are encouraged to reconsider what cinema is and how new ideas, feelings, and worlds come into being outside the do

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 205Scripting: Storytelling in a Digital Age

This course will expose students to various modes of fictional, documentary, and professional storytelling across a variety of media platforms. Students will create original scripted content while learning about different formats, including film, television, streaming media and cutting edge digital forms of broadcasting.

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 207Facts and Fakes: Navigating the News

This course is designed to help students apply critical thinking skills to news. Students learn principles of journalism and how to analyze print and visual stories. The course addresses news values, objectivity, bias, and sourcing. Students identify characteristics of mis/disinformation. Analyz

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com
MDA 211TV Production: Streaming Technology, Podcasts & Field Production

This course introduces students to televisual and streaming video production techniques in the contemporary audio-visual field. Students will learn the fundamentals of live streaming, recording, and encoding processes essential for today’s digital landscape. Students engage with techni

Subject
MDA
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
northshore.smartcatalogiq.com

Source: North Shore Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61