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About Multimedia Storytelling (Minor Only) at CSUSB
The Multimedia Storytelling minor at Cal State San Bernardino teaches students how to craft compelling narratives by blending text, photography, video, audio, graphics, and interactive media.
This interdisciplinary program emphasizes how stories can be presented in nonlinear digital formats and how media choices shape meaning, audience engagement, and cultural impact. Students learn key skills such as storyboarding, fieldwork, editing, and assembling multimedia content.
The minor also encourages exploration of media’s role in community activism, social justice, and cultural change—helping students become thoughtful creators who can communicate across platforms.
Careers in Multimedia Storytelling (Minor Only)
The Multimedia Storytelling minor prepares students for careers where digital communication, narrative creation, and media production are central.
By mastering how to combine different media forms into compelling stories, students gain versatile skills that are highly valued across industries.
Possible career pathways include:
- Digital content creator for brands, nonprofits, media outlets, and social platforms
- Multimedia journalist and reporter using text, audio, and video
- Social media strategist / manager
- Video and audio production specialist
- Photographer and visual storyteller
- Communications and marketing specialist with multimedia expertise
- Documentary producer and editor
- UX storyteller and interactive media designer
These skills are not limited to one industry—students can apply multimedia storytelling in journalism, entertainment, corporate communication, advocacy, education, and creative entrepreneurship.
Sample Courses
Media, Culture, and Society
This course explores the role of media and other mass communication in political, economic, and socio-cultural life.
Digital Media and Society
Students consider key issues around digital media use, such as identity construction, democratic participation, online privacy, industry disruptions, community formation, and digital distractions.
Video Art
Creative research and experimentation in digital video art including history, theory, production (camera, lighting, sound, and editing techniques), presentation (single channel, multi-channel, projection, and installation), and contemporary practices.
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Opportunities for Students
Students in the Multimedia Storytelling minor benefit from a broad selection of courses and experiences that build practical, portfolio-ready skills:
- Hands-on courses in photography, video art, and creative technology
- Newswriting and reporting, multimedia journalism, and media culture classes
- Digital editing and visual communication courses that strengthen technical proficiency
- Design and digital applications coursework covering problem solving and creative tools
- Writing in the public sphere and other communication classes that sharpen narrative technique
- Practicum options such as working on CSUSB’s Coyote Chronicle multimedia platforms
- Collaborative learning across arts, communication, design, English, and media fields
- Faculty mentorship that supports creative development and career exploration
These experiences help students build a professional portfolio of multimedia work while exploring how digital narratives shape culture and community.
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