Video Production - Major #8511

Certificate of Completion Program Map
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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 non-credit 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, YouTube hobbyist, or content producer.


Upon completion of the program, students will:
  1. 1. Demonstrate competency in communications techniques and visual design theory through the use of application specific software and hardware. Assessment: critique of project work, portfolio review.
Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Certificate Requirements 

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GRC 322
Digital Media

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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.
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          GRC 323
          Video Editing - Adobe Premiere Pro

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          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.
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          1. Advisory: GRC 22
          2. Advisory: GRC 322
          3. Advisory: GRC 27
          4. Advisory: GRC 327
          5. Advisory: GRC 32
          6. Advisory: GRC 332

                GRC 327
                Digital Video Production

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                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.
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                        GRC 331
                        Photoshop for Design

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                        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.
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                                GRC 332
                                Cinematography

                                0 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.
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                                        GRC 338
                                        Video Post Production

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                                        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.
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                                        1. Advisory: GRC 22
                                        2. Advisory: GRC 322
                                        3. Advisory: GRC 23
                                        4. Advisory: GRC 323
                                        5. Advisory: GRC 27
                                        6. Advisory: GRC 327

                                              GRC 341
                                              Visual Communications

                                              0 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.
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                                                      GRC 347
                                                      Introduction to Media Appreciation

                                                      0 units
                                                      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
                                                      This course deals with fundamental principles of media and competencies for digital artists and designers.
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                                                              GRC 351
                                                              Storyboarding

                                                              0 units
                                                              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.
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                                                                      GRC 353
                                                                      Adobe After Effects

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                                                                      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.
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