Broadcasting Courses

Register for classes using WebAdvisor. Review the Class Schedule for class dates and times. Course descriptions are available in the Catalog. All students are encouraged to meet with a counselor to review academic program requirements and/or have questions answered.

A sampling of courses for this discipline includes (not a complete list):

Skip list of courses.

  • BDRC-110 Digital Video for Web and DVD
  • BRDC-120 Introduction to Electronic Media
  • BRDC-123A Radio Operations I
  • Rehearsing a production at Ohlone College Broadcasting.BRDC-124 Broadcast Internships
  • BRDC-127A Radio Broadcast Lab
  • BRDC-128 Radio Programming and Marketing
  • BRDC-129 Digital Radio Studio Systems
  • BRDC-130 Broadcast Announcing
  • BRDC-132/MUS-113 Studio Recording
  • BRDC-134 Final Cut Pro Editing
  • BRDC-135 Final Cut Pro - Advanced Techniques
  • BRDC-136 Digital Video and Lighting
  • BRDC-137 Video Field Production
  • BRDC-138 AVID Editing
  • BRDC-140 TV Control Room Equipment
  • BRDC-141 Live TV Newscast
  • BRDC-142 Live TV Studio Production
  • BRDC-143 The Newsroom Operation
  • BRDC-144 Sports Broadcasting
  • BRDC-148 Directing Live Television
  • BRDC-150 Music Video Production
  • BRDC-152 Film and Video Production
  • BRDC/JOUR-155 Mass Media and Society
  • BRDC/TD-106 History of Television Broadcasting
  • BRDC/TD-180 Make a Movie
  • JOUR-101A Newswriting
  • SPCH-101 Introduction to Public Speaking

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the courses in this discipline, the student will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:

  • Demonstrate storytelling and reporting skills writing for news, short-form documentary, or commercial television production.
  • Effectively use Windows-based and Mac-based non-linear editing software, audio software, and video manipulation programs.
  • Demonstrate the vocational skills necessary to function successfully as a member of a broadcast television or film production team.
  • Import and digitize video and arrange video sequences into a timeline and combine those sequences into a story, music video, or episodic television program.
  • Conduct pre-production planning, develop story-boards, direct a live broadcast, direct and manage a television crew through the technical production of a program.
  • Analyze and critique various lighting techniques, identify and operate a variety of studio and on-location lighting instruments, create and execute specific lighting designs.