Media Arts Overview

There has never been a more exciting time to create media. The possibilities are literally endless – and the future is now. The Electronic Media Communication (EMC) Department at Middle Tennessee State University has the facilities, faculty, and curriculum to help students launch careers in virtually every form of digital media.

EMC’s five programs:

Video & Film Production
Animation
New Media
Photography
Media Management

Explore our facilities

EMC students get lots of hands-on experience with professional-quality facilities. Our facilities include a 40-foot mobile production lab used to teach live event TV productions such as sporting events and concerts. We have three HD video production studios, a student television station, a student radio station, a 100,000-watt public radio station, as well as classrooms and labs equipped to teach animation, video editing, audio production, photography, new media, and more.

Explore our curriculum

The curriculum for our majors is designed to help students develop the hands-on skills that launch careers and the critical thinking skills that can turn those careers into rewarding life-long adventures. Our students reap long-term benefits from a well-balanced education that can only come from a four-year university.

Meet our faculty

Our faculty and staff blend academic rigor with deep professional expertise to provide outstanding learning experiences for our students. Our mantels may be adorned with awards and accolades, but our greatest reward is always the success of our students.

Beyond the curriculum

To round out our students’ university experience, we offer a variety of discipline-specific extra-curricular activities, including student-run media organizations, forums, workshops, and even our own varsity team called EMC Productions.

Located a few miles southeast of Nashville, our ties to the media and entertainment industry provide unique opportunities to our students and our graduates.

Our secret weapon

Our secret weapon is fun. It’s hard to not have a good time making movies, broadcasting sports, making animations, shooting photos, and building websites and apps. But fun is serious business too. Students learn best when the work is interesting – and that’s where the fun pays off in dividends. There is nothing more fun and rewarding than when like-minded people work together to produce something amazing. Like the old saying goes: if you find something you love, it will never feel like work.

Student success

EMC students are known for their enthusiasm, work ethic, and skills. We couldn’t be more proud of the accolades they earn. Here are some recent highlights:
• Best student produced sports broadcast in the nation, Sports Video Association
• Best student film in the nation, Broadcast Education Association
• First place in 10 out of 11 categories in the Tennessee Associate Press College Awards
• Second place in the TV Academy’s College Television Awards

EMC is one of three departments in MTSU’s College of Mass Communications. Our sister departments include the world-renown Recording Industry Department and the School of Journalism. Together, our three departments place our college among the five largest schools of mass communication in the nation.

For questions, further information about our programs, or to request a campus visit, please email us or call us at (615) 898-5628. CLICK HERE for more detail.