Video Production - Major #8511

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The program map below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program. Individual circumstances might require some changes to this path. It is always recommended that you meet with your pathway counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.


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.


Upon completion of the program, students will:
  1. 1. Demonstrate competency in production by successfully designing and completing video projects to specification using industry-standard software and editing techniques.
Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Term 1

13 units

GRC 22
Digital Media

3 units
Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
This course concentrates on working with Adobe Audition software to capture and adjust digital audio with an introduction to digital media. Project work incorporates an assortment of audio/video software and hardware used to create digital slide shows, image capture, and short video. (A, CSU)
Course Details:
      1. CSU Transfer

        GRC 27
        Digital Video Production

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course provides an Introduction to digital video production with emphasis on planning, storytelling, vocabulary, camera handling, lighting, sound, and working with professional editing software. Students complete short exercises and create video projects. (A, CSU, UC)
        Course Details:
            1. CSU Transfer

              GRC 31
              Photoshop for Design

              3 units
              Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
              This course features Adobe Photoshop with an emphasis on graphic design. Units include production for print, web, and digital media applications. (A, CSU, UC)
              Course Details:
                  1. CSU Transfer

                    GRC 41
                    Visual Communications

                    3 units
                    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                    This is a survey course centering around the significant techniques and examples of visual communication as employed by the mass media, including newspapers, magazines, television, and advertising. Discussion and demonstration of the tools used in analyzing visual communication creation and analysis of images for print, web, and video is included. (A, CSU, UC)
                    Course Details:
                        1. CSU Transfer

                          GRC 51
                          Storyboarding

                          1 unit
                          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                          This course involves pre-visualization for animation, video, web, and game production. Introduction to media-specific storyboarding processes and techniques. (A, CSU)
                          Course Details:
                              1. CSU Transfer

                                Recommend PHOTO 6 for program prerequisite (see PHOTO 26)

                                Term 2

                                12.5 units

                                GRC 23
                                Video Editing - Adobe Premiere Pro

                                3 units
                                Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                This course covers the concepts, theories, and techniques of nonlinear digital video editing. This includes organization of the editing process, working on the timeline, audio editing, basic titles, and basic visual effects using Adobe Premiere Pro. Emphasis will be placed on identifying general principles of editing as well as different aesthetic techniques for source material. (A, CSU)
                                Course Details:
                                1. Advisory: GRC 22
                                2. Advisory: GRC 322
                                3. Advisory: GRC 27
                                4. Advisory: GRC 327
                                5. Advisory: GRC 32
                                6. Advisory: GRC 332
                                  1. CSU Transfer

                                    This class is typically only offered in the spring term. 

                                    GRC 55
                                    Social Media Design

                                    3 units
                                    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                    In this introductory course, students will create content for a branded identity. Students will use online-based software and/or smart device applications to create graphics, images, blog posts, and video for current Social Media platforms. (A, CSU)
                                    Course Details:
                                        1. CSU Transfer

                                          PHOTO 67
                                          Drone Multimedia I

                                          0.5 units
                                          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                          In this course, students will be introduced to aerial still and motion capture, covering both photography and video elements. Topics include safety protocols, regulations, industry applications, storytelling techniques, and software output. (A, CSU)
                                          Course Details:
                                          1. Advisory: PHOTO 6
                                            1. CSU Transfer

                                              MUS 8
                                              Audio Engineering

                                              3 units
                                              Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
                                              This course is an introduction to the art and science of audio engineering. It covers fundamental concepts and techniques, including the use of digital audio workstations, basic acoustics, signal flow, microphone principles and usage, studio equipment, signal processing, recording console functions, and multi-track recording procedures. Designed for students in music, commercial music and electronic media. (A, CSU, UC)
                                              Course Details:
                                                  1. CSU Transfer

                                                    ENGL 15C - Creative Writing: Playwriting or Toggle the visibility of the item detail panel FILM 7 - Introduction to Screenwriting or Toggle the visibility of the item detail panel JOURN 3 - Newswriting

                                                    3 units

                                                    ENGL 15C
                                                    Creative Writing: Playwriting

                                                    3 units
                                                    Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                                    Analysis and writing of plays for critical review. (A, CSU, UC)
                                                    Course Details:
                                                    1. Prerequisite: ENGL C1000
                                                      1. CSU Transfer
                                                        or

                                                        FILM 7
                                                        Introduction to Screenwriting

                                                        3 units
                                                        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                        This basic introductory course teaches narrative script writing for film and episodic television. Emphasis on basic screenplay structure, characters, conflict, theme and technical script formatting in the development of a short screenplay. (A, CSU, UC)
                                                        Course Details:
                                                            1. CSU Transfer
                                                              or

                                                              JOURN 3
                                                              Newswriting

                                                              3 units
                                                              Effective Term: 2026 Spring Semester
                                                              News information gathering and writing for print and digital media. Includes the basics of news writing, methods and practices, interviewing, feature writing, and emphasis on writing against deadlines. Covers the ethical, policy and legal questions confronting journalists, their editors and publishers. (A, CSU)
                                                              Course Details:
                                                              1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                1. CSU Transfer

                                                                  Term 3

                                                                  15 units

                                                                  GRC 32
                                                                  Cinematography

                                                                  3 units
                                                                  Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                                  This course introduces production and post-production processes with emphasis on story telling. Topics include lighting for effect, audio, camera work, video editing, and both group and individual project work. (A, CSU, UC)
                                                                  Course Details:
                                                                      1. CSU Transfer

                                                                        GRC 38
                                                                        Video Post Production

                                                                        3 units
                                                                        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                                        This course deals with post-production techniques for adjusting audio and video project quality. Units include working with mixed frame sizes, mixed frame rates, correcting color, matching color from various sources and working with log exposure using a test target. Corrective audio adjustments include audio editing tools in Premiere and the use of Adobe Audition, Photoshop and After Effects. (A, CSU)
                                                                        Course Details:
                                                                        1. Advisory: GRC 22
                                                                        2. Advisory: GRC 322
                                                                        3. Advisory: GRC 23
                                                                        4. Advisory: GRC 323
                                                                        5. Advisory: GRC 27
                                                                        6. Advisory: GRC 327
                                                                          1. CSU Transfer

                                                                            GRC 47
                                                                            Introduction to Media Appreciation

                                                                            3 units
                                                                            Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                                            This course deals with fundamental principles of media and competencies for digital artists and designers. (A, CSU, UC)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                                1. CSU Transfer

                                                                                  GRC 53
                                                                                  Adobe After Effects

                                                                                  3 units
                                                                                  Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                                                  This is an introduction to motion graphics and video post-processing using Adobe After Effects. Projects incorporate a series of techniques used to create special effects videos. (A, CSU)
                                                                                  Course Details:
                                                                                      1. CSU Transfer

                                                                                        PHOTO 26
                                                                                        Lighting Principles

                                                                                        3 units
                                                                                        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                                                        This course covers the qualities, characteristics, and styles of photographic lighting. Students will learn studio lighting techniques and use them to photograph still life subjects. The focus will be on problem-solving and creative self expression through images. (A, CSU)
                                                                                        Course Details:
                                                                                        1. Prerequisite: PHOTO 6
                                                                                          1. CSU Transfer
                                                                                            Total: 40.5 units