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Communication Concentration

The associate degree in Communication and Film/Media with a concentration in Communication provides students with an education in the communication, journalism, and digital media disciplines.

Students graduating in this program receive an Associate of Arts degree and are prepared to enter the workforce.

OUTCOMES:

  1. Present messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context
  2. Examine and analyze messages, including mediated and non-mediated messages
  3. Apply ethical communication principles and practices
  4. Use communication to embrace and explain local, national, and global issues
  5. Exhibit knowledge and practical application of journalistic reporting, researching, interviewing, editing and writing
Major Core Requirements
COURSE NO. COURSE TITLE COURSE NOTES CREDITS
COMM 1005 Careers in Communication and Film   1
COMM 1000 Foundations of Video and Audio Production   4
COMM 1010 Communication Fundamentals   3
COMM 1400 Social Media Communication   3
COMM 2000 Media Writing   3
COMM 2490 Field Placement   2
COMM 2500  Portfolio Capstone   2
TOTAL CREDITS 18
Communication Concentration
COURSE NO. COURSE TITLE COURSE NOTES CREDITS
COMM 1050 Mass Media Foundations   3
COMM 1100 Public Speaking   3
COMM 1110 Voice and Articulation   3
COMM 2025 Interpersonal Communication   3
COMM 2050 Media and Broadcast History   3
COMM 2310 Sound Design and Production   3
COMM 2221 Multimedia Reporting   3
Elective COMM or FILM course   3
    TOTAL CREDITS 24
General Education
COURSE NO. COURSE TITLE COURSE NOTES CREDITS
ENGL 1010 Composition I   3
LITERATURE Recommended: ENGL 1210
Introduction to Literature
3
HUMANITIES Recommended: ENGL 2010
Composition II
3
HUMANITIES See approved list Recommended: PHIL 2030
Ethics
3
MATH Recommended: MATH 1139
Math for Liberal Arts
3
SOCIAL SCI Recommended: SOCS 1010
General Sociology
3
HISTORY Recommended: HIST 1010 or 1020
Survey of Western Civilization I or II
3
TOTAL CREDITS 21

Total Sequence Credits: 63