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Short Narrative Production 47206101

0.30 credits

Visual Communication

$199.00

Learn how to write a screenplay and translate it into a short fictional video. Activities include generating ideas for a short fictional film, creating a shot list, directing actors, shooting a scene, and editing a 1-2 minute video using Adobe Premiere Pro software. Participants will work in teams with the class members as their cast and crew.

1 Course Section

Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#PD01 Summer	Open	07/14/2025 – 07/18/2025	07/14/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Jul 14 – Jul 18 Friday, Monday, Wednesday 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM H103 - Green Room/Lab - H Building Jila Nikpay	$199.00

Documentary Production 47206102

0.30 credits

Visual Communication

$199.00

Learn how to develop and produce non-fiction film concepts into short documentary videos. Utilizing professional audio and camera equipment, you will capture raw interview and b-roll content and edit these assets into 1-2 minute documentary stories.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#PD001 Summer	Open	07/21/2025 – 07/25/2025	07/21/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Jul 21 – Jul 25 Friday, Monday, Wednesday 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM H103 - Green Room/Lab - H Building Jordan Innes	$199.00

Product Commercial 47206103

0.30 credits

Visual Communication

$199.00

Learn how to use studio facilities, lighting, cinema cameras and high-tech camera support tools to capture professional video of a product for marketing and promotions.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#PD001 Summer	Open	07/28/2025 – 08/01/2025	07/28/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Jul 28 – Aug 1 Friday, Monday, Wednesday 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM H103 - Green Room/Lab - H Building Jordan Innes	$199.00

Intro to Motion Graphics 47206104

0.30 credits

Visual Communication

$550.00

Learn how to use Adobe After Effects to create basic animation with text and shapes. We'll begin by covering the After Effects interface, creating a composition and various shapes. You'll then learn how to work with keyframes and properties to animate objects and export them to share. You'll have a chance to experiment and animate to music.

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#PD001 Fall	Open	08/04/2025 – 08/08/2025	08/04/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 4 – Aug 8 Friday, Monday, Wednesday 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM H103 - Green Room/Lab - H Building Jila Nikpay	$550.00

AutoCAD And Civil 3D 10607102

3.00 credits

Civil Engineering Technology

Introduces AutoCAD by working with templates, creating and manipulating layers; basic drawing and editing commands, annotation and dimensions, and utilize inquiry tools, along with blocks, attributes, and plotting. Students will also develop the ability to use basic commands within AutoCAD Civil 3D, from importing survey data and parcel features, to alignments and profile generation, and will also spend time learning the custom user interface, core styles (used to display Civil 3D objects), and utilizing coordinate systems to start drawing files.

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#01 Fall	Open	08/25/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person Zoom Available	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 25 – Dec 17 Wednesday 01:00 PM - 02:50 PM H104 - Computer Lab - H Building Michael Kowal Aug 25 – Dec 17 Monday 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM H104 - Computer Lab - H Building Michael Kowal	View Rates

Surveying And Mapping 10607101

2.00 credits

Civil Engineering Technology

Provides an introduction to surveying and mapping for Civil Engineering and includes foundational knowledge in these skills including: basic surveying principles; history of land surveying; laws governing property; property rights; instruments in the field; basic surveying computations; and using and generating survey maps.

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#01 Fall	Open	08/27/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person Zoom Available	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 27 – Dec 17 Wednesday 09:00 AM - 11:50 AM H104 - Computer Lab - H Building Michael Kowal	View Rates

VFX, Compositing & Color 10206164

2.00 credits

Visual Communication

Explores professional visual effects software for the effective completion of professional post-production design applications. Learners will explore compositing tools, video effects, motion tracking, filters, 3D lighting and camera effects, and color grading techniques in the creation of enhanced visuals.

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#03 Fall	Open	08/27/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 27 – Dec 17 Wednesday 01:00 PM - 03:20 PM H101 - Film Lab - H Building Jordan Innes	View Rates

Video Production: Studio 10206154

4.00 credits

Visual Communication

Introduces professional lighting equipment, lighting techniques and cinema camera operation for use on studio projects. Learners will manipulate light to create a variety of effects in a diverse set of scenarios and utilize different types of cinema camera equipment, support tools and techniques for use in studio projects. Learners will examine advanced equipment, vocabulary and techniques unique to the studio environment including the use of green screen, creation of camera movement and working in a variety of crew positions to support a production.

1 Course Section

Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#03 Fall	Open	08/27/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 27 – Dec 17 Wednesday 09:00 AM - 11:50 AM H101 - Film Lab - H Building Jordan Innes	View Rates