Humanities and Communications
Program Descriptions
Associate in Applied Science Degree
Radio-TV
Broadcasting 
Radio-TV Broadcasting provides students with the skills necessary for positions of employment in local and regional radio and television stations. Students receive hands-on training with much of the same equipment found in today's broadcast industry. Upon completion of a Radio-TV degree, students will be able to write news, sports, commercials and promotional announcements for use on radio and television; to function as radio/television announcers; and to operate a state-of-the-art digital audio management system, a non-linear digital video editing system and a radio control console. Students will also be proficient in the effective techniques of radio and television sales and will be able to operate an assortment of video production equipment. For those interested, training in sports play-by-play is also available. Experience is obtained on the college FM stereo radio station, through work in the non-broadcast television studio, by using television field equipment and through the use of audio and video digital editing systems. Internships at local radio and television stations are available. For those interested in transferring to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale or Eastern Illinois University, a specific curriculum can be designed.
Transfer Programs
The department of art is designed to give you a strong foundations in the studio arts as well as Art theory and Art History. These studio classes cover many important aspects of technique, content, composition, creativity and analysis of the above areas. You will gain much experience and knowledge that will prepare you to continue your studies at a 4 year school or a professional field. The art curriculum here at Lake Land is well designed to broaden and improve your skills and talents in many areas of drawing, design, painting and Art History.
English
The English transfer program emphasizes
literature, writing, and related areas and is designed to
provide a solid background for work at the junior and senior
levels in English. A student who follows the recommended
course sequence for English majors will be able to:
- Use critical thinking, investigation, and reflection to interact with texts and ideas.
- Judge the value of the literary endeavor by identifying, generating, and applying the appropriate critical vocabulary.
- Explain what motivates people to read and what motivates writers to produce literary works.
- Examine the cultural and historical factors that influence the reader, writer and text.
- Appraise how literature relates to an understanding of ourselves and our world.
Speech Communication
The Speech transfer program emphasizes the importance of developing a variety of communication skills for an information economy. The focus on rhetoric, interpersonal skills, and/or mass media prepares students for the junior and senior levels of study in Speech Communication.
Certificates
TV
Field Studio Production
Students will gain experience with
the equipment used in studio and on-location television productions
and learn to work as a director, non-linear editor, audio
engineer, floor director, and camera operator. All coursework
in this certificate program can be applied to an Applied Science
degree in Radio/TV Broadcasting.
Radio
Broadcasting
Students will learn how to be a multi-skilled
broadcaster capable of performing a wide variety of tasks
performed at a radio station by participating in an intensive,
hands-on program. Students will gain knowledge of sales, announcing,
radio operations, and the practical/theoretical aspects of
radio broadcasting. . All coursework in the Sports Play by
Play certificate can be applied to an Applied Science degree
in Radio/TV Broadcasting.
Broadcast
Announcing
Students will be prepared for a career
as an on-air talent for radio or television by working with
various forms of live and recorded announcing, including news,
weather, and advertising. All coursework in the Broadcasting
Announcing certificate can be applied to an Applied Science
degree in Radio/TV Broadcasting
