Bachelor's in Audiovisual Communication DegreeYears: 1234Campus: ElcheFaculty of Social and Legal Sciences of ElcheField of knowledge: Social and Legal SciencesInstruction: ClassroomPlaces available: 60.Tuition (€) per ECTS credit:The monetary amounts correspond to each exam call1st: 14.962nd: 28.353rd: 60.124th: 80.16Program website: http://cau.edu.umh.es/DescriptionThe required courses in the undergraduate Audiovisual Communication program seek certain balance between general systematic knowledge and specialized training geared toward professional practice. Producing audiovisual and multimedia content today requires university professionals possessing a comprehensive view of the entire productive process and, at the same time, requires further specialization in each work area. The set of electives offered seeks to examine each area of audiovisual and multimedia production and realization in depth, integrating different technical, narrative, creative, and organizational aspects through the creation of new audiovisual and multimedia products.Career opportunitiesRegulated profession: NoTelevision and film direction and production, scriptwriting.Television and radio programming, equipment operation, production design.Artistic direction, casting direction, photography, cinematography.Film editing, camera operation, sound, wardrobe, styling.Special effects in film and television, story board preparation and design.Education and research in audiovisual and social communication.Press departments. Direction at production and media companies.Program CoordinatorCIFUENTES ALBEZA, ROCIOrcifuentes(arroba)umh.es+34 96 522 2533 - +34 96 685 9149Program delegatesCurriculumECTS credits: 240CoreRequiredElectivesExternal internshipsFinal Degree Project601502406ECTS creditsDesignCoursesModuleSubject matterCourseECTS creditsTypeYear/Semester1234FSFSFSFSCultural Industries and Contemporary Aesthetic MovementsAnthropologyCULTURAL SOCIOLOGYCULTURAL SOCIOLOGY6Core■HistoryCONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORYCONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY6Core■Audiovisual and Multimedia Organization and ProductionBusinessBUSINESS ORGANIZATIONBUSINESS ORGANIZATION6Core■MEDIA MANAGEMENTMEDIA MANAGEMENT6Core■Oral and Written Expression. Adaptation to Audiovisual Communication MediaLanguageLANGUAGE: ORAL AND WRITTEN EXPRESSIONLANGUAGE: ORAL AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION6Core■TEXT ANALYSIS AND NEWS WRITINGTEXT ANALYSIS AND NEWS WRITING6Core■Foreign LanguageENGLISH FOR AUDIOVISUAL PROFESSIONSENGLISH FOR AUDIOVISUAL PROFESSIONS6Required■Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse and its Social ImpactPsychologyBASIC PSYCHOLOGYBASIC PSYCHOLOGY6Core■StatisticsINTRODUCTION TO STATISTICSINTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS6Core■Audiovisual AdvertisingAUDIOVISUAL ADVERTISINGAUDIOVISUAL ADVERTISING6Required■Theory and History of the Audiovisual and MultimediaCommunicationCOMMUNICATION THEORYCOMMUNICATION THEORY6Core■NEWS RESEARCHNEWS RESEARCH6Core■History of Art and Audiovisual MediaCULTURAL MEDIATION IN THE ARTSCULTURAL MEDIATION IN THE ARTS6Required■HISTORY OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA IHISTORY OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA I6Required■HISTORY OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA IIHISTORY OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA II6Required■Audiovisual Conception and Narrative ProcessesAudiovisual Conception and NarrativeCINEMATOGRAPHIC NARRATIVECINEMATOGRAPHIC NARRATIVE6Required■GRAPHIC EXPRESSIONGRAPHIC EXPRESSION6Required■SCRIPTWRITING I: LITERARYSCRIPTWRITING I: LITERARY6Required■SCRIPTWRITING I: TECHNICALSCRIPTWRITING I: TECHNICAL6Required■Techniques and Creative Processes of Production, Realization and PostproductionEditing and MontageTHEORY AND PRACTICE OF EDITING AND MONTAGETHEORY AND PRACTICE OF EDITING AND MONTAGE6Required■RealizationAUDIOVISUAL DIRECTION AND REALIZATIONAUDIOVISUAL DIRECTION AND REALIZATION6Required■AUDIOVISUAL SOUND PRODUCTIONAUDIOVISUAL SOUND PRODUCTION6Required■CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY6Required■PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONPHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION6Required■ProductionPRODUCTION MANAGEMENTPRODUCTION MANAGEMENT6Required■PostproductionDIGITAL POSTPRODUCTIONDIGITAL POSTPRODUCTION6Required■Audiovisual and Multimedia TechnologyAudiovisual TechnologyAUDIOVISUAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY IAUDIOVISUAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY I6Required■AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY IIAUDIOVISUAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY II6Required■AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM STRUCTUREAUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM STRUCTURE6Required■Digital and Multimedia TechnologyANIMATION IANIMATION I6Required■ANIMATION IIANIMATION II6Required■MULTIMEDIA CREATION TOOLS IMULTIMEDIA CREATION TOOLS I6Required■MULTIMEDIA CREATION TOOLS IIMULTIMEDIA CREATION TOOLS II6Required■SPECIAL EFFECTSSPECIAL EFFECTS6Required■Audiovisual Communication Structure and PolicyCommunication LawCOMMUNICATION LAWCOMMUNICATION LAW6Required■Transversal and Professional CompetenciesProgram ElectivesAUDIO TECHNOLOGYAUDIO TECHNOLOGY6Elective■AUDIOVISUAL AESTHETICSAUDIOVISUAL AESTHETICS6Elective■FILM AND TELEVISION CRITIQUE WRITINGFILM AND TELEVISION CRITIQUE WRITING6Elective■MULTICAMERA REALIZATIONMULTICAMERA REALIZATION6Elective■TELEVISION PROGRAMMINGTELEVISION PROGRAMMING6Elective■VIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSVIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS6Elective■Final Degree ProjectFinal Degree ProjectFINAL DEGREE PROJECTFINAL DEGREE PROJECT6Final Degree Project■CompetenciesGeneral competenciesCreativity and innovation.Adaptation to organizational objectives.Knowledge of the economic, technological, psychosocial, historical, cultural, and legal environment.Ability to understand and interpret the environment and adapt to change.Basic knowledge of communication.Leadership and teamwork abilities.Capacity and ability for critical analysis, synthesis, expression, and judgment.Ability to act freely with social responsibility and professional ethics.Ability for economic and budgetary management in one's environment of activity.Capability to establish relationships, understand and satisfy the needs of clients and other agents within one's environment of activity.Decision-making and assumption of risk.Organizational and planning skills.Ability to search for and analyze information from various sources.Entrepreneurial initiative and spirit.Autonomous learning.Specific competenciesKnowledge of the history and evolution of photography, film, television, video, and comics through their aesthetic and industrial proposals, as well as their social and cultural relevance over time.Ability to apply audiovisual techniques and technological tools in order to develop a product in accordance with professional technical and artistic quality requirements.Capacity to communicate and develop professionally within the international sphere of the practice in other languages, especially English.Capacity and ability to present reasoned ideas and messages from the point of view of communication media, applying skills and expertise from different media.Theoretical and practical knowledge of organizational structures in the field of audiovisual communication, as well as the nature and interrelationships between active agents within it: authors, institutions, companies, media, formats, and audiences.Ability to fluidly write texts, news content, play lists, and scripts within the fields of film, television, video, and multimedia fiction.Capacity to critically perceive the current panorama of audiovisual production, especially considering its products from the interest of future cultural and technological orientation with an impact on the professions of the audiovisual field.Ability to incorporate into and adapt to a professional audiovisual team to assume different roles, including project leadership, managing them efficiently, looking after the project's interests and ensuring social responsibility.Knowledge of professional ethics and codes of conduct as well as legal regulations of information affecting both professional practice and the tasks of a communicator.Capability of analyzing audiovisual stories, attending to the basic parameters of film analysis, as well as carrying out an analysis of the structures, content, and styles of television programming.Ability to read and analyze texts from each kind of communication media including digital.Capacity to analyze techniques, processes, and technical resources necessary for the production and distribution of audiovisual and multimedia products in their various phases from a theoretical and practical perspective.Possess knowledge of audiovisual communication theories and methods in their languages that serve as support for their activity, depending upon the requirements set, such as disciplinary knowledge and professional competencies.Ability for technical management of sound and visual material according to an idea using the necessary narrative and technological techniques for the development, composition, finishing, and mastering of different audiovisual and multimedia products.Ability to appropriately create, direct, manage, and apply technological techniques and tools for the production and distribution of audiovisual and multimedia products in their various phases from a theoretical and practical perspective.Capacity to plan and manage the necessary technical resources for the production and distribution of audiovisual and multimedia products in their various phases from a theoretical and practical perspective.Ability to propose and develop formats and/or topics of research or innovative personal creation that may contribute to the knowledge or development of audiovisual languages or their interpretation.Knowledge and analysis capacity of the relationships between images and sounds from the aesthetic and narrative point of view, based on approaches of the theories of perception and significance.Knowledge and proper use of one's own languages. Practical application of written and oral expression within multimedia communication means and digital media using techniques and resources of presentation and audiovisual expression.Ability to apply audiovisual techniques and expertise in the use of technological tools in order to develop a product in accordance with professional requirements of technical and artistic quality.Final projectObjectivesAccess and AdmissionsAdmissionsAccessAccess: http://estudios.umh.es/acceso/grados/preinscripcion-universitaria/AdmissionsInformation on admissions for undergraduate programs is available at the following link: http://estudios.umh.es/acceso/grados/