Broadcast Media Specialist

The Broadcast Media Specialist program is designed for men and women interested in working in radio, television or any media related occupation. As a Broadcast Media student, you will get to do your own radio and television shows.

Broadcast students receive hands-on training on modern radio and television equipment in the college broadcasting studio. Their own radio shows and television broadcasts are heard "live" from the Estherville campus. The students also televise college athletic events for the purpose of getting valuable play-by-play sports casting experience. They are seen and heard by viewers and listeners in three communities. Occasionally students produce other pre-recorded and "live" television programs both on-campus and off-campus.

Part of your lab fee goes toward trips to regional radio/TV stations. Full-time broadcast students also become members of the Broadcast club. One of the club's main activities is fund raising for a media trip. Previous trips have included Los Angeles, Chicago, Orlando and Atlanta.

Recent graduates of the Broadcast Media Specialist program are now employed in radio and television stations in Iowa and Minnesota. The career option program gives the Broadcast Media Specialist student who completes the Associate in Science degree three choices: 1) Seek immediate employment in broadcasting, or 2) transfer to a four year college to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication, or 3) Certificate program.

The following courses are required for the Associate in Science degree in the Broadcast Media Specialist program. General education courses can be taken at any time. Developmental studies courses may be required before you can take college English or mathematics and must be taken in your first semester.

Program Curriculum

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Freshman Fall Semester
MMS-101	Mass Media	3
MMS-105	Audio Production	3
MMS-115	Television Studio Production I	3
SDV-090	College 101	0
SPC-101	Fundamentals of Oral Communications	3
	Total Credits - Fall Freshman	12

Freshman Spring Semester
MAT-110	Math for Liberal Arts	3
MKT-150	Principles of Advertising OR	3
MKT-140	Principles of Selling
MMS-211	Advanced Video Editing	3
MMS-225	Advanced Television Production	3
PSY-111	Social Science (Intro to Psychology) OR	3
PHI-105	Humanities (Intro to Ethics)
	Total Credits - Spring Freshman	15

Summer Semester
MMS-941	Internship	2
	OR	OR
	Internship	5
	Total Credits - Summer	2 or 5

Sophomore Fall Semester
BIO-105	Science (Intro to Biology)	4
JOU-121	Newswriting and Reporting	3
MMS-130	Video Field Production	3
SOC-110	Social Science (Intro to Sociology)	3
	Total Credits - Fall Sophomore	13

Sophomore Spring Semester
ENG-105	English Composition	3
JOU-210	Media Law & Ethics	3
MMS-230	Advanced Video Production	3
MMS-234	Radio Workshop	4
MMS-241	Public Relations & Marketing	3
MMS-298	Portfolio Preparation	0
	Total Credits - Spring Sophomore	16



Prerequisites: Writing Improvement, if needed, before Beginning Newswriting. Audio Production before Radio
Workshop.
Suggested Prerequisites: Television Studio Production I or Advanced Video Production before Television Studio
Production II or Electronic Field Production II.

Core Requirement

Concentration Area Requirement

General Education Requirement

Elective