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Program Learning Outcomes

Communication concentration

After completing an Associate's Degree in Communication and Media, students will be able to:

Communicate effectively, both spoken and written, in a variety of contexts and across a variety of platforms.

Produce media that informs, persuades, or inspires an audience.

Create evidence-based research, orally or in written form, visually.

Participate in a work-based learning experience, internship, and produce a media portfolio.

Present messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context.

Examine and analyze messages, including mediated and non-mediated messages.

Use communication to explain local, national, and global issues.


Film concentration

After completing an Associate's Degree in Communication and Media, students will be able to:

Communicate effectively, both spoken and written, in a variety of contexts and across a variety of platforms.

Produce media that informs, persuades, or inspires an audience.

Create evidence-based research, orally or in written form, visually.

Participate in a work-based learning experience, internship, and produce a media portfolio.


Demonstrate competency in operating media production equipment and software in the studio and field.

Discuss the history and forms of media production, its use, and its impact on society, corporations, and government, from local and global perspectives.


Journalism concentration

After completing an Associate's Degree in Communication and Media, students will be able to:

Communicate effectively, both spoken and written, in a variety of contexts and across a variety of platforms.

Produce media that informs, persuades, or inspires an audience.

Create evidence-based research, orally or in written form, visually.

Participate in a work-based learning experience, internship, and produce a media portfolio.

Write a variety of mass media products, including news stories, press releases, and advertising copy, following accepted journalistic standards, including Associated Press style.

Create and design emerging media products, including blogs, digital audio, digital video, social media, digital photography, and multimedia.

Understand and apply relevant case law involving journalism, the First Amendment, and other mass media issues.