Broadcast Captioning

The mission of the Broadcast Captioning Program at Stautzenberger College is to provide quality Broadcast Captioning education and career services assistance in a personalized environment, emphasizing ethics and respect for the judicial system, service to the community, and advancement of the profession through practical application.
The curriculum is designed to provide students with a “hands-on” approach to gaining the skills and knowledge necessary to perform the function of a Broadcast Captioner Provider while understanding the professional and ethical responsibilities of the position. Courses in theory, speed building, computer aided transcription, and captioning train students for a career in Broadcast Captioning providing. General courses in geography and vocabulary serve to supplement students’ education, therefore contributing to their overall knowledge base.
This program leads to a position as a Broadcast Captioner Provider. In this capacity, students’ duties may include providing captions to the deaf or hard-of-hearing television audience, providing captions for high school or college students’ classes, and reporting seminars or meetings that take place via the Internet.
To graduate, the student must achieve a minimum grade of “C” in all CAP and STE classes and
- Write three five-minute, literary broadcast material takes at 180 wpm with 96% verbatim accuracy.
- Submit an unedited captioned translation of four 15-minute programs on varied topics for course evaluation from the internship experience.
- Complete at least 25 verified hours of actual writing and 15 hours of research and dictionary preparation during the internship experience.

