This program is a new offering
for Great Basin College. It will prepare students with the practical skills necessary to embark
upon careers in the radio and television industries as well as other electronic media fields.
It will develop technical skills via hands-on training with broadcast production equipment as
well as encompass instruction in project management expertise. It will also train students to
have a keen sense for media aesthetics as broadcasting is a field that truly bridges the worlds
of art and technology.
Two areas of emphasis are being offered, but
students will have the opportunity to take courses and gain fundamental knowledge in both. The Production
Emphasis concentrates on creating programming from conception and scripting through
the final edit. The News Emphasis specializes in
broadcast journalism principles and techniques both on and off camera.
Note: GBC also offers one-year Certificate of Achievement
programs
with both Production and News emphases.
Courses included in this program are now being offered under
Journalism (JOUR) and Communication (COM) prefixes.
Open enrollment into these programs is being permitted.
For more information, contact Broadcast Technology Instructor, Wyoming Rossett at 775.753.2119
or by e-mail.
Below you'll find the current Program Requirements and Suggested
Course Sequence.
Program Requirements
| Program Outcomes |
Graduates of the AAS degree program in Broadcast Technology will have
the
knowledge and skills to:
- Perform the pre-production, production, and post-production
processes in television studio production, video field production, television news
production and radio/audio production.
- Utilize a highly developed sense of aesthetics
for the television medium that
cooperatively functions within established broadcast standards.
- Conduct research and
evaluate information by methods appropriate to
professional journalism organizations and demonstrate an understanding of
professional ethical principles in journalism.
- Craft concepts for media messages that
target a specific desired audience
and audience response.
- Effectively and creatively write for various forms of electronic
media using
proper terminology, style, and format.
- Demonstrate an understanding of broadcast industry
media through which
entertainment and information messages are delivered, including their
development, regulation, economics, social impact, functions, structures,
supports, and influences.
- Explain how programming practices in broadcast and cable systems
relate to
advertising, public relations, and journalistic issues.
- Demonstrate media literacy with
an enhanced ability to respond critically to
messages presented by the media.
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| General Education Requirements |
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See the General Education Requirements for the AAS degree. Specifics for this program are as follows:
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| Core Courses |
| 3 |
COM 113: Fundamentals of Speech Communications |
| 3 |
COM 159:
Writing for Radio and Television |
| 3 |
JOUR 120:
Introduction to Broadcasting |
| 3 |
JOUR 121:
Radio/Audio Production
(expected offering Spring, 2009) |
| 3 |
JOUR 201:
Television Studio Production I |
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| Emphasis Courses |
| 3 |
JOUR
202: Television Field Production I
(expected offering Spring, 2010) |
| 3 |
JOUR 220:
Fundamentals of Applied Media Aesthetics |
| 3 |
JOUR 298:
Advanced Video Production and Editing (expected offering Fall, 2011) |
| 3 |
GRC 103:
Introduction to Computer Graphics |
| 6 |
Electives (select with adviser) |
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Suggested Course Sequence
| NOTICE: The following sequence is simply a suggestion and may not be appropriate for all students. For example, some students will have to take from one to four developmental courses before they are prepared to take specific college level courses. Many students will need to take fewer courses each semester due to obligations in their lives. Full-time status is 12 credits per semester, but many programs provide students with the flexibility of taking fewer credits. Meeting with an adviser is crucial to establishing the best course sequence for each student. |
| Year 1 |
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| Spring Semester |
| COM 113 |
3 |
| ENG 102 or ENG 108 |
3 |
| JOUR 201 |
3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts (select with adviser) |
3 |
| Technology (select with adviser) |
3 |
| Total Year 1 Spring Credits |
15 |
|
| Year 2 |
| Fall Semester |
| COM
159 |
3 |
| JOUR
202 |
3 |
| JOUR
220 |
3 |
| Science (select with adviser) |
3-4 |
| Elective (select with adviser) |
3 |
| Total Year 2 Fall Credits |
15-16 |
|
| Spring Semester |
| GRC
103 |
3 |
| JOUR 298 |
3 |
| MGT
283 or PSY 208 |
3 |
| Social Science General Education |
3-6 |
| Elective (select with adviser) |
3 |
| Total Year 2 Spring Credits |
15-18 |
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