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Integrated Media:
Broadcasting

Restricted Entry,
Associate of Applied Science Degree Program

Catalog Year 2009-2010*

*Information regarding the requirements for this Restricted Entry program is available by accessing the Admission Requirements page.

MHCC Faculty Adviser
JD Kiggins: 503-491-7632 - Room AC 1385 JD.Kiggins@mhcc.edu

As technology evolves, the role of the broadcaster has evolved along with it. As a student in the Broadcasting option you will acquire technical proficiency with digital audio tools, understand the theoretical concepts behind a variety of digital media, and develop the skills youll need to work in the industry as a production and promotions director, operations manager, and program director. If youre interested in music production, sound design for film, video games and the Internet, the Broadcasting option offers a broad range of multimedia skill development emphasizing professional audio skills. Instruction includes an even balance between theory classes and practical, hands-on production laboratories.

MHCC broadcasting facilities include two television studios, three production/control room studios for radio broadcasting which support our student-run college radio station. The program features an eight-seat production room fitted with Digidesign ProTools, Adobe Audition, Apples GarageBand, and Soundtrack Pro. The Quarry is our digital student-run station broadcasting to homes in East County on cable channel 29 and streaming 24 hours a day on the Internet. The radio station features two on-air control rooms with BSI Simian, Audition and ProTools and a mixing/mastering room with ProTools HD. KMHD, the colleges jazz station broadcasting on FM89.1 (run by volunteers), offers opportunities for our students both on the air and in general station operations. Our instruction labs and production areas feature a new 20-seat Mac lab featuring ProTools, Selector and Adobe Audition.

Graduates can qualify for positions such as:

• On-Air Talent
• Program Director
• Operations Manager
• Recording Engineer
• Producer
• Advertising Copywriter
• Sound Editor or Mixer
• Location Recordist for Film and Television

You will become proficient with industry standard tools and practice in the fields of broadcasting and audio production. Youll develop an understanding of the concepts behind the production of audio for other disciplines such as film and video production, animation, music, and web-based multimedia.

Youll have many opportunities to collaborate as you work in the colleges radio stations or serve on creative teams with other students in the Integrated Media program. In addition, there are many outside internship opportunities at commercial radio stations in the Portland market. You can earn college credits while serving on the staff as an intern. These internships are an opportunity to develop networking skills and learn, first hand, about the broadcasting industry.

1 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
2 Students may select any combination of these courses to total three credits.

‡ See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.