COURSE CODE: 8688

Television and Media Production I

SCED Code: 11103
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: SkillsUSA

This professional training course prepares students for careers in television and the broader video production industry. Students practice safety; explore the preproduction, production, and postproduction processes in television and media; and explore media literacy and criticism. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
A/V Technology & Film
  • Audio and Video Technicians
  • Special Effects Artists and Animators
  • Film and Video Editors
  • Producers and Directors
  • Sound Engineering Technicians
  • Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
Journalism & Broadcasting
  • Producers and Directors
  • Broadcast Technicians
  • Editors
  • News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Performing Arts
  • Lighting Technicians
  • Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other
  • Writers and Authors

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