This article is about the Children's Media program at Centennial College. It focuses on not only the structure of the offering, which includes practical learning, but also on the cutting edge facilitates from which it is conducted.

1. Children Media Program Facilitated from Modern
Classrooms
Did you know that the facilities from which a college program is conducted
are just as important as its curriculum? That’s why students within
Centennial College’s Children’s Media program are already at an advantage
just based on the environment from which they learn. The program falls
under the School of Communication, Media and Design umbrella. All
programs within this school are housed in the Story Arts Centre campus.
Located in mid-town Toronto, in the heart of the city’s media cluster, The
Centre is a thoroughly restored, 104,000 square-foot modernist masterpiece
serving as a dramatic backdrop for some 300 multimedia workstations and
a full suite of digital imaging and editing facilities. Students also find state-of-
the-art computer labs, large lecture halls and every tool they need to
hone their creativity and be fully prepared for their field.
As the only child entertainment Toronto - offered post-graduate program,
this undertaking has set the standard high in a number of ways - aside from
its standout facilities.
Admission Requirements: As this is a three-semester, Graduate Certificate
program applicants must have previously completed a college diploma or
university degree program in any discipline. Also considered will be
applicants with partial post-secondary education (minimum two years) and
relevant work experience. To ensure that students are dedicated to
becoming highly skilled children’s content producers, they also must attend
a mandatory program admission session to submit an up to date resume
and complete a writing assessment.
Curriculum: Students learn to create a range of entertainment products -
film, TV, books, education products, games, mobile and interactive media -
for the rapidly growing and continuously changing children’s market. This is
completed through attendance in classes during which they cover topics
such as: survey of children’s entertainment, licensing and merchandising,
the production process, marketing integrated media for children’s
entertainment, television production, children’s books and more.
Learning from professionals who have experience in the field makes the
hands-on practical learning even more beneficial as the instructors can draw
on their own experience to make activities even more “real life” like. These
instructors also help to connect students to their personal networks of
professionals.

2. Real World Experience: Taking real life learning a step further, this
production and writing program at Centennial College offers includes a
field placement during the final semester. This is an opportunity for
students to both observe their roles and partake as “employees” in a media
organization in Canada. During their placement sessions, students are
responsible for reporting directly to their supervisor and completing
whatever tasks are required of them.
Learning Outcomes: The combination of learning from professionals,
applying their lessons and completing a field placement fully prepares
students to launch their careers in roles that include children’s writer,
content manager, children’s TV producer and more. Upon graduation,
students have the know-how to write for children’s media, pitch for
children’s media, manage projects, market children’s entertainment
products, team build for creative production, navigate the domestic and
international marketplace and much more.