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  "college": "college-of-the-desert",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Programs of Study",
  "id": "programs-of-study--digital-design-production-commercial-drone-imaging-certificate-of-achievement",
  "name": "Commercial Drone Imaging",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "programs-of-study",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/programs/digital-design-production-commercial-drone-imaging-certificate-of-achievement/",
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    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "The Commercial Drone Imaging program provides skills in digital imaging, video editing, colorization, and photo editing. Students will participate in hands-on and virtual flight activities to develop, practice, and optimize UAV (Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle) flight and photography skills with high-end photo equipment, drones, and drone simulators. This program provides media management, image editing for drone operators and focuses on developing careers in digital media, capturing and editing images for a variety of industries across multiple sectors. This certificate also provides students with a strong foundation and employable skills needed to safely flying drones in the commercial unmanned aerial industry. The training within this program will develop a student's understanding of proper and safe piloting, weather effects on aircraft, federal airspace, and regulations, as well as ethical issues regarding drones."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Learning Outcomes\n\n#### Learning Outcomes\n\nUpon satisfactory completion of this program students will be able to:\n\n1.  Safely operate common Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (drones).\n2.  Capture still and video images from a UAS.\n3.  Prepare to take the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAS commercial pilot license exam.\n4.  Explain the varied uses of unmanned vehicles in multiple disciplines and careers."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Program Requirements\n\n#### Program Requirements"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "DDP 101",
          "title": "Digital Imaging",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DDP 120",
          "title": "Video Post Production",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DDP 130",
          "title": "Digital Darkroom",
          "units": "1.5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DDP 132",
          "title": "Commercial Photography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DDP 136",
          "title": "Introduction to Drone Imaging",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CJ 001",
          "title": "Introduction to Criminal Justice",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CM 001",
          "title": "Introduction to Construction Management",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GIS 021",
          "title": "Introduction to GIS",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DDP 095A",
          "title": "Digital Design & Production Work Experience",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "CERTIFICATE",
          "units": "22.5"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Pending Financial Aid Approval. Currently, does not qualify for Title IV Federal Funding."
    }
  ]
}