Mass Communication - Rochester Community and Technical College

Mass Communication from Rochester Community and Technical College is a Campus Associate Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Program Overview: RCTC offers hands-on training and education for students interested in a career in Mass Communication . RCTC students may seek career opportunities in various media of Mass Communication or further education and training at a four-year college or university. Areas of Mass Communication include: Advertising, Broadcasting (Radio and TV), Film, Newspapers, Magazines, Books, the Recording Industry, Journalism, the Internet, and Public Relations. Students will receive instruction and valuable hands-on experience through class and extracurricular opportunities. Curriculum-at-a-Glance: Depending on the program options selected, courses may include: Principles of Broadcasting, Radio Production, Video Production, Television Production, Digital Film Production, Beginning Newswriting, Broadcast Journalism, Newswriting for the Web, Photojournalism, Freelance Writing, Publications Lab, Desktop Publishing, Mass Communications Law/Ethics, Public Relations, Presentation Graphics, and Principles of Advertising. Program / Degree Options: RCTC offers a Mass Communications Associate in Science degree. If desired, students may choose to concentrate in one of three areas: Broadcasting, Journalism or Public Relations/Advertising. Career Information: Students are already finding employment and internships with local media, including KAAL-TV and the Rochester Post-Bulletin newspaper. A diploma is not a receipt for a job, but the area around RCTC is big enough to have lots of media yet small enough to get your foot in the door and start your career. The average person spends 40% of their day using media and only 33% sleeping. (Veronis, Suhler, Stevenson Communications Industry Forecast, 2005-2009) Careers in the fields of media are numerous, and the overall outlook is very good. The U.S. Department of Labor?s Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of jobs in several industries of mass communications (Publishing, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, and Motion Picture and Sound Recording) are projected to rise by 2012. With new technology, the different ways we communicate through Mass Communications have increased. This will increase demand for people who can create content artistically and technically for media. The successful media employee of the future will be one who can handle many different aspects of Mass Communications , such as writing, videography, photography, audio and the Internet. View more details on Rochester Community and Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.