Curriculum & Courses

Below is the list of courses required to complete the Broadcasting Diploma Program and is effective Fall 2011. For more detailed information please see Course Descriptions. Courses will be listed in their abbreviated form within these sections. See also the General Education Requirements.

Semester One

COMM 1112	Introduction to Radio Writing
COMM 1114	Introduction to Broadcast Journalism (Radio)
COMM 1116	Introduction to Radio Operations
COMM 1206	Radio Performance
General Education	(see * below for further details)

Semester Two

COMM 1201	Advanced Radio Operations
One of:	COMM 1202 - Radio Commercial Writing COMM 1203 - Radio News
General Education	(see * below for further details)
General Education	(see * below for further details)

Spring Semester (Six weeks)

COMM 1209

Television Operations

Semester Three

COMM 1204	Broadcast Journalism (Television)
COMM 1240	Television Program Production and Television Operations
COMM 1241	Television Creative Writing/Producing
General Education	(see * below for further details)
General Education	(see * below for further details)

Semester Four

One of the following combinations:
COMM 1211	Advanced Television Production
COMM 1213	Extended Broadcast Studies
or
COMM 1242	Advanced Television Creative Writing/Producing
COMM 1245	Advertising for Broadcasters
or
COMM 1247	Television News Production
COMM 1248	Television News and Documentary Writing
All second-year Broadcasting students must also take:
COMM 1244	Broadcast Industry Organizational Structure

Spring Semester

One of:

COMM 1205 - Radio Practicum
COMM 1281 - Television Practicum

* Students must choose one foundation or higher level course from each of the four General Education clusters (Cluster 1-Numeracy and Scientific Literacy; Cluster 2-Values, Beliefs and Identity; Cluster 3-Community and Society; Cluster 4-Communications), and in addition, a fifth course must be one foundation level course from Cluster 4-Communications.