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Audiovisual Communication Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Audiovisual Communication via distance learning
This program addresses the ongoing changes in the audiovisual communication field as well as the new development in the mass communication's theory. It explores the key elements necessary for the creation and production of audiovisual messages and illustrates it with current examples of broadcasting, television, film, Internet, and multimedia. The program finally includes a study of the uses of audiovisual media and related institutions.
Academic Supervisor : Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
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Audiovisual Communication Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Audiovisual Communication.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Film Direction & Production - Journalism - Mass Communication Management - Media & Communications - Organizational Communication - Social Media Management .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Audiovisual Communication Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Audiovisual Communication via distance learning = 39 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Audiovisual Communication Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Audiovisual Communication via distance learning = 39 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Mass Communication Management.
Master's Degree - Audiovisual Communication Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Audiovisual Communication via distance learning = 39 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Mass Communication Management. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Audiovisual Communication Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Audiovisual Communication via distance learning = 39 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Mass Communication Management. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Audiovisual Communication Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Visual Arts
This course explains how visual arts have been influenced by, and how they have influenced, interacted with, defined, and been defined by other media, arts, technology and cultural trends. It examines how visual arts have moved from a marginal to a mainstream art form. It explores the nature of visual perception in everyday life and how the elements of visual imagery may combine to deliver a persuasive message.
Academic Supervisor: Ricardo Miralles Damm
The Communication Process
This course introduces the processes that govern message delivery and reception. It covers intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, non-verbal communication, language and verbal interaction, group communication, and conflict management. It considers the impact of context, situation, perception, culture, medium, and message on communication.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Media Influence
This course describes and evaluates various strategies that attempt to explain individuals' and groups' reaction to media. It explores the theories of media influence and public attitude change. It explains what it means (politically, economically, culturally, and morally) to live in a culture in which a major portion of information comes to the citizen through multiple channels of mass communication.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Mass Communication
This course examines the historical and contemporary theories of mass media and communication. It addresses the nature, functions, and responsibilities of the mass communication industries in a global environment and emphasizes on media's roles in society. It also explores mass media organizations policies, legal, ethical, and censorship concerns.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Broadcasting
This course discusses the role and effects of broadcasting, in other terms the radio and the television industry. It emphasizes topics such as historical development, media regulations, terminology, and programming. It reviews modern communication technologies, including interactive TV, digital media, Internet, and other computer-based broadcasting technologies.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Writing for Television & Radio
This course presents the particulars of writing for various media and shows how to effectively write to convey messages to the mass media. It teaches writing techniques for radio and television, and the format and style for commercials, radio and television dramas, documentaries, public news announcements, and promotional writing.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
News Writing & Reporting
This course covers numerous topics such as gathering, writing, and reporting news; developing style for various communication media; and addressing the legal and ethical issues of news reporting. It discusses several styles of writing and reporting news, editorials, interviews, and commentaries; and demonstrates the journalistic writing techniques necessary to develop skill in gathering information and presenting it with clarity and style.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Radio Broadcasting & Operation
This course presents the major components necessary to create a winning radio station, including news content, music styles, presentations announcement, market competition, and the impact audience ratings have on station programming, sales, and promotion. It covers broadcasting theory, radio programming and formats, audience rating, and broadcasting and production equipment.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Television Production & Directing
This course covers the principles and techniques of producing a television program beginning with the concept, passing through the script, to actual studio production. It covers topics such as production preplanning, the role of the director and the producer, and other broadcast-related fields of video production. It shows how to manage and direct TV productions and crews.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Advertising & Public Relations
This course examines the theory and practice of advertising and public relations and their functions within the marketing strategy. It provides a detailed examination of the communicative process, and describes the tools used in effective communication to solve, implement, and evaluate communication problems with the aid of advertising and public relations. It explains the role of advertising and public relations in integrated marketing communications, in consumer behavior, and in media and creative planning.
Academic Supervisor: Isabel del Rio Villar
Broadcast Management
This course addresses the contemporary management issues affecting the broadcasting industry, government regulations, labor, consumer influences, and the internal and external forces on news, entertainment, and advertising. It also examines various sales and advertising strategies.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Multimedia Communications
This course provides an appreciation for using the Web and other multimedia for effective communication. It examines both the technology and the principles underlying the use of multimedia resources to enhance the communication process. It explains the business use and development procedures involved in incorporating multimedia into communications.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
Audiovisual Communication
This course addresses ongoing changes in audiovisual communications and new developments in mass communications theory. It explores the key elements of audiovisual messages creation and production with current examples from broadcasting, television, film, Internet, and multimedia.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
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Audiovisual Communication Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AAETM - Association for Audiovisual & Education Technology Management
AAPCA - Association des Administrateurs de Production Cinéma et Audiovisuel
ACEECCA - Association des Conseils et Experts Européens du Cinéma et de la Communication Audiovisuelle
APIMA - Asociación de Productores Independientes de Medios Audiovisulaes
APPA - Asociación de Profesionales de la Producción Audiovisual
ASICOM - Asociación Iberoamericana de la Comunicación
BECTU - Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematography and Theatre Union
CICT - Conseil International du Cinéma, de la Télévision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle
CMCA - Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle
FASAPFO - Fédération des Arts, du Spectacle, de l'Audiovisuel et de la Presse Force Ouvrière
FESAC - Fédération des Entreprises du Spectacle vivant, de la Musique, de l’Audiovisuel et du Cinéma
FIPCA - Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales
IASA - International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
ICFT - International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication
IMIS - International Moving Image Society
InfoComm - International Audiovisual Association
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Admission requirements - Audiovisual Communication
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Audiovisual Communication Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Audiovisual Communication Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Audiovisual Communication Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
