Broadcast and Video Elements Certificate of Competency (75 Credits)

CIP Code

10.0202

  • 5 quarter Certificate of Competency
  • Maximum class size: 20
  • Student to teacher ratio: 20:1
  • Enrollment point: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  • This degree offers online, hybrid, web-enhanced, and hands-on courses. Please see course descriptions for more information.
  • Students use video studio facilities, portable video cameras/accessories, maintenance shop tools & test equipment, and editing software.
  • Graduates can earn graphics and animation, imagining, production and video editing certificates.
  • Students are responsible for purchasing a 1TB external hard drive, USB Drive, headphones or earbuds, SD card.

Required Courses:

Broadcast and Video Elements Certificate of Competency (75 Credits)

Students must choose three of the four sets of Core classes in Fall, Winter and Spring quarters

Core Engineering

Offered in Winter

Course Title Credits
BROAD151 DC Electronics Theory 5
BROAD152 AC Electronics Theory 5
BROAD153 Basic Electronics Lab 5
Gen Ed See Advisor

 

Core Production

Offered in Fall, Winter, Spring

Course Title Credits
BROAD132 Intro. to Studio & Field Production 5
BROAD122 Production Process Theory 5
BROAD142 Basic Digital Video Editing 5
Gen Ed. See Advisor

 

Core Operations

Offered in Spring

Course Title Credits
BROAD111 Master Control Operations I 5
BROAD138 Control Room Equipment I 5
BROAD139 Broadcast Station Operations 5
Gen Ed. See Advisor

 

Core Audio

Offered in Fall

Course Title Credits
BROAD110 Characteristics of Sound 5
BROAD124 Basic Audio Equipment 5
BROAD120 Introduction to Digital Audio Recording 5
Gen Ed. See Advisor

All students are required to take these Summer Core Classes

Course Title Credits
BROAD103 BVP Safety Principles 2
BROAD135 Employment Preparation 3
Elective Credits 10
Gen Ed. See Advisor


Electives

Broadcast and Video Elements Certificate of Competency

10 Credits required
BROAD 143Basic Maintenance & Troubleshooting

5

BROAD 170Remote/Robotic Camera Systems

5

BROAD 214Audio/Video Studio and Field Production

5

BROAD 216Audio/Video Post-Production Applications

5

BROAD 222Production Capstone II

5

BROAD 243Master Control Operations II

5

BROAD 273Video Graphics Applications

5

BROAD 278Technical Directing

5

BROAD 280Emerging Technologies

5

BROAD 289Practicum V

5

BROAD 290Practicum VI

5

General Education Requirements

Communications (5 Credits Required)

ENGL& 101English Composition I

5

ENGL& 235Technical Writing

5

Humanities/Social Sciences/Natural Sciences/Other (5 Credits Required)

BIOL& 160General Biology

5

BIOL& 175Human Biology with Lab

5

BIOL& 241Human Anatomy and Physiology I

5

BIOL& 242Human Anatomy and Physiology II

5

BIOL& 260Microbiology

5

CMST& 102Introduction to Mass Media

5

CMST& 152Intercultural Communication

5

CMST& 210Interpersonal Communication

5

CMST& 220Public Speaking

5

ECON& 201Microeconomics

5

NUTR& 101Intro to Nutrition

5

BIOL 170Medical Terminology

2

CHEM &121General Chemistry

5

CHEM &131Introduction to Organic/Biochemistry

5

CMST& 230Small Group Communications

5

CMST& 240Culture & Diversity in Health Care

5

HREL 111Interviewing and Career Success

5

HUM &101Introduction to Humanities

5

PHYS &114Introductory Physics I (Algebra based Physics)

5

PHYS &221Engineering Physics I w/LAB

5

PHYS &222Engineering Physics II w/LAB

5

PHYS &223Engineering Physics III w/LAB

5

POLS &101Introduction to Political Science

5

PSYC& 100General Psychology

5

PSYC& 200Lifespan Psychology

5

SOC &101Introduction to Sociology

5

Quantitative (5 Credits Required)

MATH 172Business Math

5

MATH& 141Precalculus I

5

MATH& 142Precalculus II

5

MATH& 146Statistics

5

MATH& 151Calculus

5

MATH& 152Calculus II

5

AMATH 170Engineering Foundational Mathematics

5

MATH& 107Math in Society

5

MATH 171Technical Math

5

MATH 173Early Childhood Math

5

MATH 174Math for Allied Health

5

Note: See a Career Advisor prior to choosing courses that meet general education requirements.