You'll hit the ground running with an intensive exploration of all major facets of the entertainment industry, from core business strategies to the artistic principles that drive the creation of new intellectual properties, from the economic models that determine whether projects get launched to the technology used to bring them to life. You won't just work in the classroom - you'll also be on set producing an episode of a web-distributed entertainment news show called The Blast Light.

In your second term, you'll learn the specific business skills you need to get new projects off the ground. It begins with strategy: evaluating the potential of an entertainment property, what it can achieve, and how to develop it. You'll learn to manage copyright and intellectual property, secure clearances, navigate deal points, find funding and sponsorship, and develop the leadership skills necessary to build solid connections with other creative professionals.

As the producing aspect of the program shifts into high gear, the strategic skills you began to develop in the previous term will be put to the test. You'll take on the design and planning of multiple projects, and expand your producing skills to deal with two very different media: film and live events.

Your entertainment projects from the previous term go from pre-production into managing production, post-production, and distribution. Your teams will lead the process as you learn the art of marketing entertainment properties to ensure your projects get maximum exposure. You'll experience one of the most intense phases of your professional career in these two months, and you'll come out of this term with three major projects in your portfolio.

This term is all about what makes you stand out as an entertainment professional: how your strengths, skills, and passions combine to position you as someone employers, investors, or clients can trust to deliver successful results. Your final project will take shape as you work with program faculty and your mentor to manage its development, and you'll take Advanced Industry Sector electives to enhance your knowledge of your chosen specialty. In the online community hub project you'll further enhance your position as a professional with something to offer the entertainment business.

The focus of the final term is on leveraging your track record of successes in the program into the launch of your career. You'll complete your final project and combine it with the other hub projects you've created during the previous terms into a cohesive portfolio, and you'll forge connections for both short-term and long-term career growth and potential partnerships. Finally, Special Topics electives will help you stay up to date with emerging industry trends.