Students in the Radio & TV Broadcasting option of the Communication Major have the opportunity to learn all facets of radio broadcasting, including on-air station operations. Work at the college station places an emphasis on doing things in a professional manner, much like the way they would be done in a commercial radio station.  This includes following the rules of the Federal Communications Commission, following station formats and policies as well as the associated paperwork.

After getting some communications experience at VSCC, many students enroll in Communication Practicum (COM 291P) to do an internship at an outside station or agency. VSCC has had successful interns at recording companies, Nashville television stations, Nashville and local radio stations, as well as at production houses, advertising agencies and television networks. Successful VSCC communication students now work at locations including WTVF News Channel 5 in Nashville and cable station News Channel 5 Plus, WHIN, WRVW, WRQQ, WWTN, WQZQ, WKDF, WGFX, and Knoxville's Home and Garden Television.

For more information on the Communication Department at VSCC, go to the program's Home Page.

 

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Communications:  Radio/TV

Required General Education Courses:

 

Register

Complete

Course #

Course Title

Credit

Oral and Written Communication

 

 

*COM 100
   OR
 COM 103

Fundamentals of Speech Communication
OR
Public Speaking

3

 

 

ENGL 1010

English Composition I

3

 

 

ENGL 1020

English Composition II

3

 

 

*CIS 100
   OR
   EGR 230

Microcomputer Literacy & Application
OR
FORTRAN for Engineers

3

 

 

 

English Literature: (6 hours)

 

 

 

 

Any two courses from the following list may be taken:
ENGL 2010:  Introduction to Poetry and Drama
ENGL 2020:  Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 2110:  Survey of American Literature I
ENGL 2120:  Survey of American Literature II
ENGL 2310:  Survey of World Literature I
ENGL 2320 :  Survey of World Literature II

 

 

 

*

 

3

 

 

*

 

3

 

 

 

Fine Arts: (3 hours)
(Any one of the following courses)

 

 

 

 

ART 1030:  Introduction to Art
ENGL 1030:  Introduction to Theater and Film
HUM 1030:  Introduction to Art and Music
MUS 1030:  Music Appreciation
THEA 1030:  Introduction to Theater

 

 

 

*

 

3

 

 

 

History: (6 hours)

 

 

 

 

Choose 2 of the following courses
HIST 2010:  Survey of American History I
HIST 2020:  Survey of American History II
HIST 2030:  Tennessee History

 

 

 

 

OR take both of the following courses:
HIST 1110:  World Civilization:  Primitive to 1650
HIST 1120:  World Civilization:  1650 to Present

 

 

 

*

 

3

 

 

*

 

3

 

 

*

MATH 1010: Math for Liberal Arts (or higher level)
MATH 1130: College Algebra

MATH 1410: Structure of Mathematical Systems I

MATH 1710: Pre-Calculus I (College Algebra)

MATH 1910: Calculus and Analytic Geometry I – 5 hours
Additional mathematics courses that fulfill minimum degree requirements may be found at the back of the catalog under “Description of Courses section.

3

 

 

 

Physical Education Activity: (2 hours)
Any two 1-hour activity courses will satisfy this requirement.

 

 

 

 

PHED 1000 may be taken more than one time.

 

 

 

*

 

1

 

 

*

 

1

 

 

 





Social Science: (3 hours)
Any 3-hour Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Social Science, or Sociology course

 

 

 

*

 

3

 

 

 

Natural Science: (8 hours)
A SEQUENCE specified in the curriculum guide or from the catalog of the institution to which the student wishes to transfer

 

 

 

 

BIOL 1010, 1020: Introduction to Biology I, II
BIOL 1110, 1120: General Biology I, II
BIO 2010, 2020: Human Anatomy & Physiology I, II
CHEM 1110, 1120: General Chemistry I, II

GEOL 1040, 1050: Physical Geology, Historical Geology
PHYS 2010, 2020: Non-Calculus Based Physics I, II
PHYS 2110, 2120: Calculus-Based Physics I, II

 

 

 

 

OR two of the following 4-hour courses

 

 

 

 

ASTR 1030: Astronomy
BIOL 1030: Essentials of Biology
BIOL 1040: Environmental Science
CHEM 1030: Fundamentals of Chemistry
GEOL 1030: Essentials of Geology
PHYS 1030: Introductory Physics
PSCI 1030: Introduction to Natural Science

 

 

 

*

 

4

 

 

*

 

4

 

Recommended Area of Emphasis Courses:

 

Register

Complete

Course #

Course Title

Credit

 

 

*COM 110

Survey of Mass Communication

3

 

 

*COM 111
   OR
 COM 112

Radio Production
           OR
Television Production

3

 

 

*COM 120

Introduction to Broadcasting

3

 

 

*COM 220

Writing for Broadcast Media

3