The Broadcast Electronic Media Arts department prepares students for university transfer and provides lifelong learners and degree holders the opportunity to upgrade workplace skills and prepare for career transition. Graduates either transfer to a university or seek employment in radio, television, video production, cable, broadcast news, advertising, public relations, sound reinforcement, music recording, interactive media, corporate, and industrial media production. The department offers instruction in the design and creation of content for the electronic media with focus on writing, storytelling, teamwork, leadership, production craft skills, and emerging technologies.
Media literacy is emphasized throughout the curriculum.
Enrollment is open to all interested students. Please note that some classes have prerequisites, corequisites, and advisories. Work Experience and Internships. Students enrolled in Broadcast Electronic Media Arts classes refine skills in an in-house internship program which provides the College with media services, video production services, programming for education access television, and support for the college public relations office. After basic thinking and production craft skills are mastered, students are supported in internships at industry sites such as radio stations, television stations, video production houses, sound recording studios, and emerging media companies.