Broadcast Captioning

Associate of Applied Business
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

  1. Write three five-minute, literary broadcast material takes at 180 wpm with 96% verbatim accuracy.
  2. Submit an unedited captioned translation of four 15-minute programs on varied topics for course evaluation from the internship experience.
  3. Complete at least 25 verified hours of actual writing and 15 hours of research and dictionary preparation during the internship experience.
The normal time to complete this program for a full-time student is 27 months.

Fill out this form to request more information about the Broadcast Captioning program.

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