Audiovisual Communication

Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Degree?

The general objective of the degree in Audiovisual Communication, in accordance with the White Book of Degrees in Communication, is to seek exhaustive knowledge of the techniques and processes of audiovisual creation and dissemination in its various phases. In short, to train professionals capable of developing their work both in the creation of formats and contents, as well as in the direction and production of programs, post-production, programming and audiovisual management, in all cases for radio, television and other audiovisual media. including digital ones.

Where will I be able to work when I graduate?

The professional opportunities for graduates in Audiovisual Communication are linked to the field of audiovisual journalism (news and documentaries on TV and radio) and to that of artistic-technical creation (cinema, documentaries, entertainment programs, audiovisual shows).

They also cover field work in radio stations, television and cinema. Graduates are trained to direct stations, occupy positions such as sound technician, image, assembly, etc. Likewise, they can work in press offices in audiovisual companies, where they will assume internal or external communication functions.

After completing their studies, a graduate in Audiovisual Communication is enabled to perform the functions that are grouped into the following profiles: director, screenwriter and audiovisual producer; audiovisual producer and manager; production design and visual and sound post-production, and researcher, teacher and expert in visual studies.

Is this Degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (final verification report is attached), the implementation of the degree will be done progressively, starting the first year in the academic year 2008-09.

The final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Favorable report first modification

Favorable report second modification

Favorable report third modification

Favorable report fourth modification

Favorable report fifth modification

On July 1, 2008, the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), through the VERIFICA Program, issued a favorable report on the Study Plan for the Audiovisual Communication Degree at Rey Juan Carlos University. The evaluation of the Degree was carried out by the Committee for Issuing Degree Reports of ANECA, made up of national and international experts from the academic field, professionals of the Audiovisual Communication degree and students.

What subject areas will I address in this grade?

The Degree seeks comprehensive and exhaustive training, and has been organized according to five subject modalities: Foundations and Theory of Communication, Production and Realization, Audiovisual Company, Creation and Design of Audiovisual Content, and Audiovisual Technologies.

Recommended Income Profile

The Degree in Audiovisual Communication is aimed at students who have passed the University Entrance Exams in all the COU and Baccalaureate LOGSE and Experimental options. Likewise, it is aimed at those students from degrees and bachelor's degrees in the branches of Social and Legal Sciences, and Arts and Humanities, and those who have passed the Higher Level Training Cycles or their equivalents in Second Degree Professional Training and Level Professional Modules. 3 (Higher Technician of Image, Higher Technician of Production of Audiovisuals, Radio and Shows, Higher Technician of Plastic Arts and Design in Art Edition, etc.).

Objectives

The objectives of the Degree in Audiovisual Communication can be summed up in a single goal: to seek exhaustive knowledge of the techniques and processes of creating and disseminating audiovisual content on television, radio, cinema and digital media.

Competences

GENERAL COMPETENCIES

CG1 Ability to analyze audiovisual stories
CG2 Ability to use techniques and processes in the organization of multimedia production
CG3 Ability to design and conceive the aesthetic and technical presentation of the staging
CG4 Ability to carry out the analysis of the structures, contents and styles of television and radio programming
CG5 Capacity and ability to plan and manage, in film production
CG6 Ability to plan and manage technical and human resources in single-camera and multi-camera productions for TV,
CG7 Ability to apply image composition techniques and procedures to different audiovisual media
CG8 Ability to apply creation techniques and processes and technical or human resources necessary for the comprehensive production design of an audiovisual work
CG9 Ability to create and direct the comprehensive staging of audiovisual productions
CG10 Capacity and ability to manage radio production techniques and processes and other sound products.
CG11 Ability to search, select and systematize any type of audiovisual document in a database
CG12 Ability to write fluently, texts, rundowns or scripts
CG13 Ability to carry out the technical ordering of sound and visual materials
CG14 Ability to apply creation and dissemination techniques and processes in the field of graphic design
CG15 Ability to apply processes and techniques involved in the organization and management of technical resources in any of the existing sound and visual media.
CG16 Ability to recreate the sound environment of an audiovisual production
CG17 Ability to identify the processes and techniques involved in the direction and management of audiovisual companies
CG18 Capacity and use of techniques and processes in the organization of photographic production
CG19 Ability to apply production techniques and processes in the organization of cultural events
CG20 Ability to develop measurements related to the amount of light and color quality
CG21 Ability to develop measurements related to the quantities and qualities of sound
CG22 Ability to apply principles and functions of visual identity for the creation of a standards manual for the corporate visual identity of a given company.
CG23 Ability to record sound signals
CG24 Ability to know a foreign language with special emphasis on the professional vocabulary necessary for effective communication
CG25 Integrate into work teams and communicate with experts in an international context
CG26 Communicate in public with rigor in the use of language and clarity in the exposition of ideas

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

CE1 Ability to join and adapt to a professional audiovisual team
CE2 Ability to critically perceive the new visual and auditory landscape offered by the communicative universe that surrounds us
CE3 Ability to adequately present the results of the investigation
CE4 Knowledge of theories, methods and problems of audiovisual communication and its languages
CE5 Ability to assume leadership in projects that require human resources and of any other nature
CE6 Ability to define research topics or innovative personal creation
CE7 Ability for the proper use of technological tools in the different phases of the audiovisual process
CE8 Capacity for teamwork and communication of one's own ideas
CE9 Creativity
CE10 Ability to adapt to changes
CE11 Systematic practice of self-assessment, critique of results
CE12 Order and method
CE13 Solidarity awareness
CE14 Decision making
CE15 Ability to understand and use vocabulary, morphosyntactic structures, speech features and communicative functions of languages other than Spanish
CE16 Know the conceptual foundations and the factors that condition audiovisual practices in democratic societies
CE17 Identify the elements, structures and processes of communication through media institutions.

Minimum stay requirements

1. The permanence of the students in the Degree studies will be of a maximum of eight years for full-time students. Part-time students may request an extension of up to two more years from the Rector.
2. In Bachelor's degrees lasting more than 240 credits (4 years), the maximum of the previous section will be increased by one more year for every 60 ECTS credits that are added to the 240 ECTS.
3. Students must pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students studying part-time must pass at least one subject in their first academic year.
4. Students who are studying any official Bachelor's degree at the Rey Juan Carlos University may make a maximum of four registrations to pass each of the subjects of the study plan, without counting previous cancellations of the same.

For more information see: Permanence regulations

Minimum number of ECTS credits by type of enrollment and course

Full-time students:

COURSE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
1º Course	48 ECTS	78 ECTS
Other courses	48 ECTS	78 ECTS

Part-time students:

COURSE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
1º Course	24 ECTS	47 ECTS
Other courses	24 ECTS	47 ECTS

Access and registration

Log in

Access to the official teachings of Degree will require to be in possession of the Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) and to pass the test referred to in article 42 of the Organic Law 6/2001, of Universities, modified by Law 4/ 2007, of April 12, without prejudice to the other access mechanisms provided for by current regulations.

The number of places offered for new admission are:

Madrid Campus (Vicalvaro):	60 places (including transfer admission places)
Fuenlabrada Campus:	120 places (including transfer admission places)

Double Degrees

Fuenlabrada Campus:	Audiovisual Communication-Business Administration and Management	60 places (including transfer admission places)
Fuenlabrada Campus:	Journalism-Audiovisual Communication	60 places (including transfer admission places)
Madrid Campus (Vicalvaro):	Journalism-Audiovisual Communication	60 places (including transfer admission places)

Matriculation year

The enrollment process at the Rey Juan Carlos University is done through the Internet. You can carry out the procedures on the computers installed on campus or through any computer with network access. You can check the deadlines at registration , as well as the different requirements and necessary documents.

Validation with FP qualifications

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DEGREES

HIGHER TECHNICIAN IN LIGHTING, CAPTURE AND IMAGE TREATMENT (LOE)

SUPERIOR TECHNICIAN IN AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION, RADIO AND SHOWS (LOGSE)

SUPERIOR TECHNICIAN IN AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION AND SHOWS (LOE)

SUPERIOR TECHNICIAN IN AUDIOVISUAL AND SHOW PRODUCING (LOGSE)

SENIOR SOUND TECHNICIAN (LOGSE)

Training itinerary

ACCESS THE COURSE GUIDES OF THE DEGREE

FBC: Common Basic Training, they are validated with their counterparts of all grades
FBR: Basic Branch Training, they can be validated with their branch counterparts, taking into account the adequacy between the skills and knowledge acquired.
OB: Compulsory
OP: Optional

COURSE 1
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Communication theory	FBR	6
1	Spanish language	FBC	6
1	Audiovisual Process	OB	6
1	Communication processes in journalism, advertising and public relations	OB	6
1	communication economics	FBR	6
2	Information Theory	OB	6
2	New Technologies and information society	FBC	6
2	Spanish and European public and private institutions	FBC	6
2	Audiovisual Language	OB	6
2	Audiovisual Graphic Design	OB	6
Total credits to study: 60

COURSE 2
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
Annual	modern language	FBC	6
1	History of Communication	FBR	6
1	Informative Documentation	OB	6
1	Audiovisual Technologies: camera and sound	OB	6
1	Audiovisual narration	OB	6
2	Contemporary Social Structure	FBR	6
2	Media System Structure	FBR	6
2	Communication Law	FBR	6
2	Audiovisual Technologies: editing	OB	6
2	Audiovisual script	OB	6
Total credits to study: 60

COURSE 3
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Audiovisual production: cinema	OB	6
1	Audiovisual production: cinema	OB	6
1	History of audiovisual media	OB	6
1	Design and multimedia creation	OB	6
1	contemporary culture	OB	6
2	Audiovisual production: television	OB	6
2	Audiovisual production: television and radio	OB	6
2	Creation and radio production	OB	6
2	Audiovisual Information	OB	6
2	Audience Programming and Research	OB	6
Total credits to study: 60

COURSE 4
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Communication research methods	OB	6
1	Optional 1	OP	6
1	Optional 2	OP	6
1	Optional 3	OP	6
1	Academic Recognition of Credits	OB	6
Annual	Final Degree Project	OB	6
Annual	External Internships	OB	24
Total credits to study: 60

OPTIONAL

Course	Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
4	1	Synthetic image and video games	OP	6
4	1	Analysis and Theories of Cinema	OP	6
4	1	Cultural Industries	OP	6
4	1	Audiovisual Genres (blended)	OP	6
4	1	Editing and Postproduction	OP	6

Material resources

External Internships

The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the Degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.

Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.

The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:

Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
Elaboration of the memory

Documentation:

Degree Training Project

For more information: External Internship Unit

Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024

Academic Recognition of Credits

Regulations for academic recognition of credits in undergraduate studies

Mobility programs

ERASMUS

The Erasmus program makes it easy for URJC students -both undergraduate and postgraduate- to study one or several semesters at one of the European universities with which the URJC has agreements.

These exchanges traditionally have an economic endowment thanks to the Erasmus Scholarships provided by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education.

ERASMUS (intranet)

WORLD

The Munde program manages mobility with universities from countries not included in the Erasmus Program.

The possibility of obtaining a scholarship or economic endowment and its amount depends, in each case, on the agreements with the universities, countries or entities that sign it.

WORLD (intranet)

For more information:

URJC Mobility

SICK

SICUE is a national mobility program for GRADOS university students that allows them to carry out part of their studies at another Spanish university with guarantees of academic recognition, use and adaptation to their curricular profile.

SICUE Mobility

Student support programs

Orientation to future students. The University offers various orientation programs for future students: we carry out visits to high schools and secondary schools, we organize guided visits to the Campuses, we are present in the Classroom and, at the beginning of each course, we carry out welcome days to guide students new students.

academic tutorials. Each teacher carries out, within their teaching planning, academic tutorials on their subject.

Coordinator of the degree. It works to promote coherence and balance between the subjects and the workloads of the students.

mentoring program. The URJC has this program, peer tutoring, in which the students of the last years act as mentors with the first year students.

Students with disabilities. The Support Office for Persons with Disabilities offers guidance and assistance to students with special needs.

Scholarships . The Rey Juan Carlos University manages the main scholarships and annual grants, both its own and from other official bodies: Ministries, Community of Madrid, International Organizations and other entities. It also publishes and disseminates those scholarships and grants of interest to its students and graduates. Throughout the course, students receive information about them through the different communication channels established.

Job placement program. The Rey Juan Carlos University, through the External Internship Unit and the Graduates Office, organizes conferences, workshops and various actions aimed at supporting and guiding students in their job search, to improve their employability and promote job placement . The University has a Job Exchange -a platform available to companies and graduates- where institutions can carry out their selection processes.

Regulation

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Academic Calendar

REGISTRATION

*The rates corresponding to double degrees with different degrees of experimentality will be applied as established in the new Decree 43/2022, of June 29, of the Government Council, which establishes the public prices for university studies leading to official degrees and services of an academic nature in the public universities of the Community of Madrid*

TRAINING PROCESS

REVIEWS AND REVIEWS

Validation, adaptation of studies, recognition of credits and homologation of foreign qualifications

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

Extinction of university degrees

VISITING STUDENTS AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation of student associations

Quality guarantee

External monitoring report

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Composition of the Commission

Results report

Once the follow-up has been carried out, the quantitative information on the results obtained in the follow-up of said Degree is shown, differentiated by academic year.

Report by course:

General information collection plan

Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

- New students

- Teacher evaluation

- Student satisfaction

- Satisfaction of the graduates

- Labor insertion

- Causes of abandonment

- Career path:

Second year after graduation
Third year after graduation
Fourth year after graduation

- Degree of satisfaction:

Faculty with the campus and university
Teacher with degree
of the evaluators
Incoming student mobility program
Outgoing Student Mobility Program
Administration and services staff with the university

- External internships:

Student satisfaction
External tutor satisfaction
Evaluator satisfaction

Survey results:

Improvement actions

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.

Renewal of accreditation

The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.