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):
- BDRC-110 Digital Video for Web and DVD
- BRDC-120 Introduction to Electronic Media
- BRDC-123A/B Radio Operations
BRDC-124 Broadcast Internships- BRDC-127A/B/C/D 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 Suite-Master
- BRDC-136 Digital Video and Lighting
- BRDC-137 Video Field Production
- BRDC-138 AVID Editing
- BRDC-141 Live TV Newscast
- BRDC-142 Live TV Studio Production
- BRDC-144 Sports Broadcasting
- BRDC-148 Directing Live Television
- BRDC-152 Film and Video Production
- BRDC/JOUR-155 Mass Media and Society
Textbooks, Online Access Codes, Other Supplies and Resources
Most Ohlone College classes require the purchase of a textbook, and some classes require the purchase of online access codes (also known as keys) or other supplies most of which are available at the Ohlone College Bookstore. The exact textbook and other specific costs are now available for each section on WebAdvisor (select “Book and Section Information” after you select a course).
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.
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