Visual Media A.A.S. (VSM)
What is an Associate Degree in Visual Media?
This program is designed for students planning to enter the following industries upon graduation with an associate’s degree: digital content production, visual journalism, and commercial photography. Students utilize industry-standard software, hardware and production techniques as they build professional-quality portfolios of their work and engage in projects with their community.
Program Coordinator

Wendy Barron
Visual Media Courses
Your visual media courses will prepare you for success in either a future career or when pursuing a four-year degree. In this program, you’ll take classes like:
- Digital Design
- Digital Photography I
- Motion Graphics
- Video Field Production
- Introduction to Video Editing
Bachelor’s Transfer Schools
Pennsylvania offers statewide program-to-program articulation. This allows students who graduate with specific associate degrees to transfer as juniors into a bachelor’s degree program in a similar field of study at a participating four-year college. Learn more about transferring to a four-year school.
Your A.A.S. in Visual Media prepares you to transfer to the following four-year colleges or universities: