Kickstart your creativity

Step onto the stage. Become a digital storyteller. Start your podcast.

The curtain is rising. It's time. Fuel your creativity with a career in the fields of communications, media, or theater arts.

dive into...
  • Art & animation
  • Music & film
  • Interactive media
  • Theater & video
  • Digital audio & radio
  • Digital imaging & graphics
  • Journalism & Advertising

Choose from a variety of programs, and learn from HCC's incredible faculty in small classes with hands-on support.

Classes start September 8!

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WHAT WILL YOU DO IN CMTA?
  • Polish your communication skills while you investigate the impact of media on society and individuals
  • Explore emerging media and technology, and master the digital tools
  • Express yourself in one-act and full-length productions on the stage of the Leslie Phillips Theater
  • Create your own program of study, drawing from communication, media, theater, and other disciplines

the skills you need are at hcc


  • A student looks at a computer screen

    become a digital creator

    Learn the ins and outs of video creation, like story boarding, camera work and composition, editing, lighting and sound design, genres, and how to design and plan a production.

  • A theater set

    the art of stagecraft

    "I really loved stage craft, which was an incredible chance to learn, hands-on, literally how theater is made, like nuts and bolts and hammers and saws made. That's just something that had never even occurred to me I'd be learning." – CMTA student Deb Banks-McIntosh

  • A student in HCC's radio station

    live on-air

    Three, two, one... You're live on-air with HCC's student-run radio station, WCCH. Polish your podcast and reach listeners over the airwaves.

  • A student-actor standing center stage

    center stage

    It's your chance for the spotlight. HCC's Leslie Phillips Theater mounts two full productions each year –– the perfect lab to fine-tune your theater skills.