Presentation
This degree has shown great academic dynamism, with immediate adhesion by a large number of enrolled students (Portuguese, but also students of Brazilian, Angolan and Cape Verdean origin).
It offers an academic path that combines a stimulating theoretical-practical learning component based on Cinema and Video, with interdisciplinary training in the area of audiovisual and multimedia creation and technologies associated with new media.
In constant updating, as required by the area, individual and team work is explored in practical projects in the areas of photography, video and short film, web creation, sound design, scriptwriting and directing actors, multimedia installations and video mapping.
The course is responsible for Multiplex, Annual Cycle of Moving Images
A3ES Decision
Accredited - A3ES Decision
Date of the Board Decision
05/04/2017
Registration
R/A-Ef 3052/2011/AL01
Confered Degree | Duration | ECTS
Bachelor |6 Semesters |180 ECTS
Programme Director
Prof. Doutor João Sousa Cardoso
Programme sub-director
João Domingos Pinho Alves de Sousa
Secretariat
Entrance Conditions
National access competition/tender:
Having completed the 12th grade;
A grade higher than 95 points (range 0-200), in the following entrance exams:
11-History
17-Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences
18- Portuguese
Entry competition/tender:
Course changes;
Transfers;
Returns.
In accordance with Decree 401/2007, of April 5.
Special competition/tender for those over the age of 23:
On completing 23 years of age by the 31st of December of the preceding year
Those not entitled access to higher education (if they have undertaken and been approved in the entrance test for the college they want to enter, they are entitled to the referred access).
Special competition/tender for higher education graduates and Diplomas in Specialized Technology:
(In accordance with Decree-Law No. 393-B/99, of 2 October;
In accordance with Ordinance No. 854-A/99, of 4 October;
In accordance with Decree-Law No. 88/2006, of May 23).
Programme requirements
Have completed a total of 180 ECTS
Objectives
The Degree in Audiovisual Communication and Multimedia aims to train in areas that integrate cultural, social and technological issues related to the creation and implementation of multimedia content. The main objective of this degree is to provide adequate means for understanding and mastering the language of the media, as well as capacity-building narratives, challenging the imagination and creativity in order to train designers capable of working in the labor market, which includes offices of web design, multimedia publications, advertising agencies, video producers, communications operators, and other small and medium enterprises.
Who should apply
All those interested in the vast area of ¿¿audiovisual and multimedia creation and in the multiplicity of experiences and future professional opportunities within this area.
Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired
The Multimedia marks the human habitat, without audiovisual and multimedia the world would be unrecognizable, and in our existential reality, uninhabitable. Thus, the degree of Audiovisual Communication and Multimedia bet on a comprehensive training, equipping the student responsiveness to multiple areas in which communication and audiovisual media currently operate.
These areas include the development, writing and producing projects filmic, television and videographic fiction; documentary, institutional and advertising, production, production and executive production assistance projects filmic, television and videographic fiction, documentary, institutional and advertising ; film directing, lighting and imaging assistance; operations in camera film technology, film and video, image control and operations vt; audio post-production, sound capture and sound design, post production and visual composition in filmic projects, television and videographic drama, documentary, institutional and advertising; analogue and digital photography, promotion and distribution of audiovisual and multimedia project management and conceção multimedia, development and writing projects, consultancy projects in multimedia and information systems; design applications, interfaces and information for multimedia platforms (web, offline, mobile) and realization of projects of animation, modeling and 2D and 3D animation, multimedia programming environments, systems analysis and design multimedia, graphic design, typesetting and production of infographics.
All these areas are addressed in the course, in areas of theoretical and practical laboratory, whilst investing in personalized learning environments and in models of teamwork.
Equipments and venues
Universidade Lusófona do Porto has the necessary equipment for the convenient teaching of the syllabus of the Study Cycle, as well as a studio, photography, video editing, audio recording and editing labs, as well as an audiovisual warehouse. All spaces and equipment can be requested and used by students from the first year of the degree.
Further Studies
The first cycle degree in Audiovisual Communication and Multimedia paves the way for the formation of the second cycle in the masters program in Communication Systems Multimedia, Design, Art and Film Studies.
Occupacional Profiles
Advertising Agencies;
Companies Developing Web Pages and Web Content Management;
Publishers of media content;
Producing video;
Communications Operators;
Business Consulting and Design in Communication and Image;
Institutions for teaching and research in Multimedia Design and Communication and Information Sciences
Research
This Study Cycle has the general objective of promoting training that combines a rigorous theoretical component with interdisciplinary training eminently applied in its specialized areas. Throughout their course, students are permanently encouraged to experiment with technology or art and, therefore, particular focus is given to the investigation of the topics addressed. The first steps in scientific research are taken, whether from student projects, collaboration in faculty projects or encouraging specialization and participation in creation and research centers.
Visiting Professors
In addition to the specialized teaching staff, not only in the academic component, but also in the practice of the syllabus, teachers / specialists / professionals are also invited to promote masterclasses or workshops related to the audiovisual and multimedia creation. The presence of guest lecturers and the connection of the university and its students with the outside world is always valued.
Scientific Areas
Áudio-visuais e produção dos media | Informática na óptica do utilizador