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John Paul II said that all communication has a moral dimension... People grow or diminish in moral stature by the words they speak and the messages they choose to hear. JP Catholic has designed a curriculum to prepare students spiritually as well as academically for professional careers as writers, directors, producers, business owners and investors in the many facets of the entertainment industry.

JP Catholic seeks to mold creative, independent thinkers and leaders. Graduates will work to create, manage and distribute entertainment products that form the basis for sustainable businesses and promote values beneficial to the common good and that strengthen family life. JP Catholic seeks to develop creative students to explore and realize novel ideas that will be acknowledged for their artistic originality, creativity and profitability.

Current Degree Program

BS Degree in Emphasis
Communications Media
1. Entertainment Media
2. Digital Media

BS in Communications Media - emphasis in Entertainment Media

Storytelling is the creative core and the lifeblood of the entertainment business, a business which is all about creating, managing and distributing storytelling experiences. The curriculum will focus on the rapidly changing broadcast and entertainment industry and will expose the student to successful business models, novel content and applications development, and technology innovations. Students will learn to create, manage and distribute entertainment in its many forms and discover the increasingly automated, digital, mobile, virtual and highly personalized nature of the process. Case studies and projects are designed to provide insights into the challenges and business opportunities enabled by the rapid digital entertainment evolution. Technology increasingly makes the entertainment experience more engaging, vivid, personalized and deliverable to individuals and audiences, via multiple mediums and devices.

BS in Communications Media - emphasis in Digital Media

Graduates can expect to acquire a fundamental and practical knowledge that will position them on the frontiers of the design and implementation of digital media applications on the web, in entertainment and publishing, gaming and virtual reality and various other multimedia applications. Students will learn the fundamentals of art and drawing as well as the major design tools, web applications, and the life cycle profiles of commercial product and services across the domains. They will learn how successful digital media companies combine technical principles with various novel market opportunities and business models to gain marketplace competitive advantage. Graduates will be skilled in digital media product concept selection and design through launch. Graduates will expect to pursue career opportunities as innovators, leaders or entrepreneurs either in their own companies or with existing enterprises within the digital media industry.

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