Santa Monica College - Academy of Entertainment & Technology:
Index of Entertainment Technology Courses and Certificates
(2004 through 2006. See SMC's Schedule of Classes.)

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SCREENSHOT 01:
SMC WINTER 2006 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

(Note 1: SMC's AET program is advertising certificates which do not exist.)
(Note 2: The only certificate approved by the Chancellor's Office is Animation.)

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SCREENSHOT 02:
SMC AET ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE COMPARISON

(Note 1: The Spring 2006 Schedule to the right
is advertising certificates which do not exist.)
(Note 2: The Fall 2004 Schedule on the left is accurate.
Compare it to the one on the right.)

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SCREENSHOT 03:
ET13 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY COURSE COMPARISON

(Note 1: See how SMC has changed the title of this course.)
(Note 2: Compare how the two course descriptions are nearly identical.)
(Note 3: AET has done this to justify their "pending" game certificate.)

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SCREENSHOT 04:
ET12 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY COURSE COMPARISON

(Note 1: SMC has changed the name and slashed the units.)
(Note 2: Compare how the two course descriptions are very similar.)
(Note 3: AET has done this to justify their "pending" web design certificate.)

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SCREENSHOT 05:
ET42 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY COURSE COMPARISON

(Note 1: ET42 is now an advisory course for ET 13.)
(Note 2: See how SMC has slashed the units of this identical course.)
(Note 3: This creates larger enrollment figures for AET per semester.)

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SCREENSHOT 06:
ET72 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY COURSE COMPARISON

(Note 1: SMC has changed the name and slashed the units.)
(Note 2: SMC has done this to justify their "pending" game certificate.)
(Note 3: This creates larger enrollment figures for AET per semester.)

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SCREENSHOT 07:
ET61 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY COURSE COMPARISON

(Note 1: In Spring 2005, there was an online and ground ET61 course.)
(Note 2: I was the teaching assistant for Professor Jim Keeshen.)
(Note 3: SMC has killed the History of Animation courses at AET.)

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SCREENSHOT 08:
ET2 ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY COURSE COMPARISON

(Note 1: The Mary Pickford Speaker Series is presented in ET2.)
(Note 2: See how the course description has been expanded.)
(Note 3: AET is inflating its involvement in the entertainment industry.)

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SCREENSHOT 09:
ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

(Note 1: Animation Professor Chris Fria is restructuring the AET Curriculum.)
(Note 2: SMC is merely repackaging the same old thing that hasn't worked.)
(Note 3: AET is desperate for students so they remove enrollment restrictions.)

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