Fullerton College will offer unique drone bachelors degree in 2026 NBC Los Angeles [Video]

Fullerton College will soon give students the opportunity to receive a unique degree in drone autonomy. 

The community college will be offering a Bachelor of Science in Drone and Autonomous Systems in 2026, a first of its kind at the college and in the West Coast. 

Jay Seidel, the program’s director and a professor at Fullerton College, started the program in 2018. 

It combined Seidel’s passion for aviation and visual storytelling, and eventually grew into what is now the Fullerton Drone Lab.

“Personally, I’ve always had a passion for aviation, even when I was a kid,” Seidel said. “But then as I got older I found a passion for photography, videography and visual storytelling. That’s what brought me into journalism.” 

Seidel taught journalism for 20 years, but the idea for the drone class sparked after he attended a drone journalism training done by the National Press Photographers Association.

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