Broadcasting and Electronic Media, AAS

Recommended basic skills courses are

• College Readiness in English
• College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy

The AAS degree in BEM will prepare you to enter the television, radio, and online content creation industries. In addition to course work, and to enhance the learning process, you will also complete internships at local broadcast and/or video production facilities. When you successfully complete the AAS degree in BEM you may be employed as an announcer, producer, director, writer, multimedia journalist, board operator or in a number of other non-broadcast occupations such as audio or video production.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Broadcasting & Electronic Media degree program, students should be able to:

• Produce and direct live television programs including: News segments, interview shows, Sports updates, and Weathercasts
• Produce, shoot, and edit television commercials, silent films, and institutional videos
• Produce and record radio: promotions, news updates, commercials, and regular airtime
• Operate necessary production equipment
• Write effective scripts for a multitude of productions, from commercials to newscasts
• Work in, and foster, a cooperative, team environment