View Broadcast Journalism Certificate (R): 207
View Digital Multimedia Production Certificate (R): 214
View Radio (R): 309
View Radio Production Certificate (R): 208
View Television (R): 310
View Television Production Certificate (R): 209

The communication and broadcasting technology curricula provide training for careers in radio production, television production, and related fields in digital media, such as "e-radio" production and digital video editing. Courses are designed to benefit those seeking new careers and the upgrading of current skills, as well as recent high school graduates exploring career opportunities in the electronic media.

There are two programs leading to the A.A.S. in communication and broadcasting technology. Students in either the radio or the television A.A.S. track study broad industry-wide topics, including an introduction to broadcasting, audio production techniques, broadcast journalism, broadcast management, and basic television production. Having acquired this core knowledge, degree-seeking students move on to advanced hands-on, experience-based classes in either radio or television production. This advanced study helps students develop technical skill, aesthetic values, and professional attitudes that will be of value in commercial, industrial, and educational media production and distribution. A transferable General Education component rounds out the two A.A.S. programs.

Students interested in concentrated career preparation without the General Education component may choose certificate curricula in broadcast journalism, digital multimedia production (which provides technical skills training in digital videography and video editing and digital audio production), radio production, or television production.

Broadcast Journalism Certificate (R): 207

This certificate curriculum provides an intensive course of study focused on providing proficiency in broadcast journalism skills, techniques, and procedures. This concentrated approach can assist those persons seeking first-time employment with a television news organization, those planning to change careers to a news-based field, or those currently working in television production other than news who wish to upgrade or expand their skills.

Digital Multimedia Production Certificate (R): 214

This certificate curriculum provides an intensive course of study that is focused on providing proficiency in creating original digital video, digital animation, and digital audio source materials and manipulating both original and existing source materials into digital multimedia programs, presentations, or adapted to making films suitable for educational, commercial, and corporate use. This certificate curriculum is intended to assist those persons seeking first-time employment, those planning to change careers, and those currently working who wish to upgrade or expand their skills. It is intended for individuals who plan to work as employees or as self-employed entrepreneurs.

This A.A.S. track is designed primarily to educate the student interested in seeking a career in radio broadcasting. Emphasis is placed on the study of skills associated with performance, production, technical operation, and management in the field of radio communications.

A suggested course sequence for full-time students follows; part-time students should consult an adviser.

Radio Production Certificate (R): 208

This certificate curriculum provides an intensive course of study focused on providing proficiency in radio production skills. This concentrated approach can assist those persons seeking first-time employment in the radio production industry, those planning to change careers into radio, or those currently working in radio who wish to upgrade or expand their skills.

This A.A.S. track is designed primarily to prepare the student interested in gaining knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in television, specifically television production, engineering, and management. Through an unusually extensive amount of practical experience, the track will prepare the student to enter the job market with the appropriate education for industrial, commercial, governmental, and educational television.

A suggested course sequence for full-time students follows; part-time students should consult an adviser.

Television Production Certificate (R): 209

This certificate curriculum provides an intensive course of study focused on providing proficiency in television production skills, techniques, and procedures. This concentrated approach can assist those persons seeking first-time employment in television production, those planning to change careers into television production, and those currently working in television who wish to upgrade or expand their skills.

Refer to course description pages to identify courses with prerequisites.
Courses in italics meet General Education requirements.