# Television/Video Communications (TELV) courses

Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://sccollege.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog/courses

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026.

### TELV 103 — History of Film to 1945

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A survey course exploring film as an art form and developing appreciation of historical, artistic and technical advances from 1890s to 1945.

### TELV 104 — History of Film From 1945 to Present

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A lecture/visual aids course exploring film as an art form and developing appreciation of historical, artistic and technical advances.

### TELV 105 — Mass Media and Society

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

Exploration of the history, effects, and role of mass media in U.S. society. Examines major media forms (TV, radio, film, newspapers, magazines, ads, internet) in our information-conscious culture. Field trips may be required.

### TELV 122 — Screenwriting for Digital Media

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

The primary concern of the course is writing scripts for digital media. Students will learn scriptwriting fundamentals, format, dramatic structure; and how to put those skills to use in the form of non-narrative and narrative scripts for clients and employers.

### TELV 124 — Introduction to Digital Media Production

- **Units:** 3.5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

This course introduces Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) video acquisition, dual channel audio acquisition, lighting and non-linear digital editing equipment. Students will use professional procedures from pre-production through post-production to develop, produce and execute to completion various commercial and industrial video formats applicable to digital production.