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Video Arts and Technology
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This program, administered by the Media Arts and Technology Department, provides a dynamic education in video, audio and television production. The program prepares students for positions in entertainment, journalism, audiovisual production, broadcast and cable networks, and corporate communications departments. It combines extensive hands-on experience with theoretical coursework in a comprehensive academic program. VAT students work in a digital environment in BMCC’s state of the art television studios, audio studio, and postproduction laboratories. Students learn the entire process for creating professional video and audio programs from writing a script and creating a budget, to shooting a scene and editing a final cut.Upon successful completion of the requirements listed below, students earn an Associate in Science (A.S.) degree. Most VAT courses are restricted to students enrolled in the program.
Requirements
One Writing Intensive Course is required to graduate for all students entering BMCC as of Spring 2008. Effective spring 2018, entering students will be required to pass a writing intensive course beyond ENG 201 in order to graduate. However, any student possessing a bachelor degree or higher will be exempt from this policy.
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- VAT Program elective(3 cr)
Notes: Choose 1 from any VAT 300-level or higher, OR ANI 301, OR MES 251. MES 251 cannot count as both Program and Advised Elective.
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