Title: Video Production - Major #8511
Award Type: Associate of Science Degree
Effective Semester: 2025 Fall Semester
Description:

This comprehensive program features production planning, camera and audio work, post-production editing techniques and technology to produce short digital video projects using standard industry software. Students will experience working in the studio, using the green room, sound room, several types of cameras, and field audio recorders. Project work includes individual, partnership and small group assignments. The skills acquired prepare students for entry-level employment in the video industry as a videographer, editor, entrepreneur, or YouTube content producer.

Term 1
Units: 15.0-17.0
FCC GE AREA 1A - English Composition
4.0
FCC GE AREA 7A - Lifetime Wellness: PE or Dance
1.0-3.0
GRC 22
Digital Media (Active)
3.0
GRC 41
Visual Communications (Active)
3.0
GRC 51
Storyboarding (Historical)
1.0
Recommend PHOTO 6 for PHOTO 26 prerequisite (see term 3)
3.0
Term 2
Units: 15.5-17.5
FCC GE AREA 2 - Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
3.0-5.0
FCC GE AREA 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences
3.0
GRC 23
Video Editing - Adobe Premiere Pro (Active)
3.0

Course is typically offered only in the Spring.

GRC 27
Digital Video Production (Active)
3.0
GRC 31
Photoshop for Design (Active)
3.0
PHOTO 67
Drone Multimedia I (Active)
0.5

Summer 1

Units: 6.0
FCC GE AREA 1B - Oral Communication and Critical Thinking 
3.0
FCC GE AREA 6 - Ethnic Studies
3.0
Term 3
Units: 18.0-20.0
FCC GE AREA 3 - Arts and Humanities
3.0-5.0
GRC 32
Cinematography (Active)
3.0
GRC 38
Video Post Production (Historical)
3.0

Course is typically offered only in the Fall. 

GRC 47
Introduction to Media Appreciation (Active)
3.0

Course is typically offered only in the Fall. 

GRC 53
Adobe After Effects (Active)
3.0
PHOTO 26
Lighting Principles (Active)
3.0

Course is typically offered only in the Fall.

Term 4
Units: 15.0-16.0
FCC GE AREA 5 - Natural Sciences
3.0-4.0
FCC GE Area 7B - Lifetime Wellness: Lifetime Skills
3.0
GRC 55
Social Media Design (Active)
3.0
MUS 8
Audio Engineering (Historical)
3.0
Major Option
3.0
Select one of the following:
ENGL 15C
Creative Writing: Playwriting (Active)
3.0
FILM 7
Introduction to Screenwriting (Active)
3.0
JOURN 3
Newswriting (Active)
3.0
Total: 69.5-76.5