Broadcast and Electronic Media - College of San Mateo

Broadcast and Electronic Media from College of San Mateo is a Campus Associate Radio and Television degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Career Opportunities: The Broadcast and Electronic Media field offers a variety of career opportunities in electronic communications for creative individuals with solid communications skills. CSM's program provides a comprehensive view of the communications disciplines, is tailored to meet current needs in the broadcasting media, and is well respected in the industry. Through actual on-air broadcasts from the campus stations, KCSM-FM and KCSM-TV, students receive both theoretical and practical, hands-on experience that provides excellent preparation for immediate employment or for transfer to a four-year program. The broadcasting field offers students an exciting environment in television and radio with career opportunities in broadcast operations, engineering, writing and performance; media analysis; and instructional media. Additional opportunities include non-broadcast production areas such as music media production, music videos, corporate videos, video news features, and cablecasting. Other positions this training can qualify a student for include traffic, marketing, and programming. Radio Broadcasting offers both on-air and behind-the-scenes career opportunities with radio stations, audio production facilities, educational institutions, and media departments. Among career opportunities in this field, the best known is perhaps the radio announcer, or ?disc jockey.? Announcers select and introduce recorded music; present news, sports, weather, and commercial announcements; interview guests; and report on community activities and other matters of interest to their audience. While announcers may ad-lib much of their material, they also do much of the research and writing for scripted news and commercial copy. In addition, announcers may operate the control board and sell commercial time to advertisers. Other career opportunities for Radio Broadcasting Operations graduates are as sound engineers, dispatchers, broadcast technicians, business service salespeople, and telecommunications analysts. Television Broadcasting offers career opportunities in broadcast production with television stations, educational institutions, media departments, cable companies, satellite communications facilities, interactive video production companies, and telecommunications companies. This field of study provides students with training for positions which include camera operator, cinematographer, editor, engineering technician, instructional media specialist, lighting director, production director, production assistant, sound engineer, technical director, and videographer Transfer: Many higher paying career opportunities in Broadcast and Electronic Media require a B.A. or advanced degree . Students can fulfill lower division General Education and major requirements at College of San Mateo . See the Transfer Planning and Major Preparation Recommendations sections of the catalog. Students should also consult the catalog of the college or university to which they plan to transfer. View more details on College of San Mateo . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Radio and Television courses.