DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM
FACILITIES
The Digital Media Arts Program is now available at our Southfield campus, as well as our satellite location in Farmington Hills. Both facilities are entirely wheelchair-accessible. Wheelchair-accessible rest rooms are located on both floors of the Specs Howard School building in Southfield. An elevator is located next to the school’s main lobby. The Farmington Hills satellite is located on a single level with wheelchair-accessible restrooms available within the facility.
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Southfield Campus: Our Southfield campus, located at 19900 W. Nine Mile Rd., occupies approximately 39,000 square feet of space. Students who elect to enroll in the program at this location have the advantage of having classrooms, editing suites, the writing lab, and the Learning Resource Center available all in one location. The classrooms and editing suites designated for digital media students are new and occupy 3,600 square feet on the second floor of the building. The writing lab and Learning Resource Center are located on the first floor. The writing lab will be used by students in class. |
Satellite Location: Our satellite location is located at 23801 Industrial Park Dr. in Farmington Hills and occupies approximately 11,000 square feet. The facility houses four classrooms and several editing suites designed to meet the needs our students. It is also located in the heart of Studio Center, a Hollywood-style production studio lot and home to hdstudios, Grace & Wild, Detroit, Power & Light, and Fletcher Camera & Lenses. The synergies created by the location has created powerful new learning opportunities for digital media students, dramatically enhancing the hands-on learning environment. The Learning Resource Center at the Southfield campus is also available to the digital media students who attend class at the satellite location. |
Equipment & Software
As a digital media student, you'll be provided with a MacBook Pro® loaded with the Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium® and Final Cut Studio® to use throughout the length of the program.*
Final Cut Studio®
- Final Cut Pro®
- Motion®
- DVD Studio Pro®
- Compressor®
Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium
- Photoshop®
- Dreamweaver®
- Media Encoder®
- Illustrator®
- Flash®
*Important note: The MacBook Pro®, Final Cut Studio® and Adobe® software are provided to students on loan from Specs Howard School. At the program's conclusion, students have the option of purchasing the MacBook Pro® for a reduced price without the Final Cut® or Adobe® software.
The Classroom Environment
Digital media students receive the in-class portions of the curriculum in a classroom equipped with large screen monitors that display computer screen images from the instructor’s computer. Each classroom is also internet-accessible to accommodate the online curriculum of the digital media program. Additionally, students have access to Panasonic P2 HD cameras, microphones, flags, tripods, and Arri Light Kits to produce video for the web or DVD out in the field or on location.
The Online Environment
We advise installing a high-speed Internet connection in your home in order to successfully complete the online portion of the program. However, the MacBook Pro® students use have built-in wireless capabilities, so our online learning system is accessible through any available wireless connection.
The Learning Resource Center
Located at the Southfield campus, the Learning Resource Center is a staffed facility providing all Specs Howard students (including students who attend class at the satellite location) with access to computers, WiFi, books and periodicals related to each curriculum, and training videos by Virtual Training Corp. to augment their education.
