BROADCAST MEDIA ARTS is a 12-month program that provides students with an introduction to the skills and employment opportunities available to an entry-level employee in the broadcast and related industries. The Broadcast Media Arts (BMA) program offers training in the various aspects of radio and television broadcasting including on-air skills, editing content on non-linear editing stations, creating audio, video and graphics effects, writing for broadcast, and company branding via web and social media. Students are exposed to traditional and new-media broadcasting.
All Broadcast Media Arts students receive an orientation and training on how to use the online learning system (OLS). On-going support for the OLS is provided by the instructional staff and by the Director of Student Success.
The online courses for the Broadcast Media Arts program are open only to students who are enrolled in the full program and may not be taken separately. Courses focus on studio fundamentals, on-air and on-camera presentation, news and feature writing, board work, lighting skills, camera operation, voiceover, field production, digital editing, live broadcasting, graphics for broadcast, and career preparation.
Classes meet twice a week either Monday & Wednesday, or Tuesday & Thursday. You must follow one schedule through the length of the program.
Day Class: 10:00AM-2:30PM
Evening Class: 6:00PM-10:30PM
Lab hours are available to all students on Monday-Thursday from 2:30PM-5:30PM and Fridays from 9:00AM-4:00PM
All Specs Howard programs utilize Specs’ convenient, effective blended curriculum, mixing on-campus classes with weekly online training and real-world projects completed outside the classroom.