The two-year Writing & New Media Technologies Programme at the College of New Caledonia covers such topics as copyediting, freelance writing, desktop publishing, creativity, workplace writing, web design, and multimedia. Students also gain hands on experience in computer programs including Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand, and Flash, Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady and PageMaker, and Quark Xpress. The lab at CNC gives students an opportunity to work in a Mac environment to prepare them for tasks in the media industry.