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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Liberal Arts AA - Communication Option
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Code: AA.LA.COMM
The Communication option prepares students to transfer into the junior year of a liberal arts baccalaureate program for advanced undergraduate and graduate studies in the field of Communication or other liberal arts major. It includes courses that teach theories, principles and practices of effective and ethical communication in a range of personal, public, visual and mediated contexts. The option in Communication is appropriate for students focusing on many areas of study as well as professional careers. A concentration in Communication is often selected by students going into education, business, marketing, public relations, law, social work, criminal justice and political science.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
- Demonstrate the ability to speak effectively in personal, social, academic, and business situations.
- Apply methods in researching, organizing, delivering, and evaluating formal and informal speeches.
- Understand the body of research in related content areas of COM-100 .
- Demonstrate knowledge of theories of communication, analysis of effective speaking, interpersonal and intrapersonal communication.
- Apply effective listening skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to participate effectively in discussion groups.
CAREER PATHWAYS
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RECOMMENDED SEMESTER SEQUENCE
Communication Elective:
Choose Mathematics/ Technology Elective
Third Semester
- Humanities Elective 3 Credit(s)
- History Elective 3 Credit(s)
- Natural Science Elective 4 Credit(s)
Fourth Semester
- History Elective 3 Credit(s)
- Natural Science Elective 4 Credit(s)
- Free Elective 3 Credit(s)
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
History Electives *
Two gen ed courses in History (HIS)
Humanities Electives **
- Three (3) general education courses selected from the following fields: Arts (Art [ART], Music [MUS], Theatre Arts [THR], Cinema Studies [CIN]); Interdisciplinary (WGS); Literature (LIT); Philosophy and Religion (PHR); World Languages and Cultures (LAN).
- With no more than two courses in any one field.
Social Science Electives *
Two general education courses selected from the following fields, with no more than one course in any one field: Economics (ECO); Geography (GEO); Political Science (POL); Psychology (PSY); Sociology (SOC) and Anthropology (ANT).
Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology
- Two Gen Ed courses in the following fields: BIO, CHM, PHY 8 Credit(s)
Diversity Course
Recommended: Core Courses
Choose 3 of the Communication (COM) courses listed Total Credit Hours: 60
Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.
Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.
* General Education Elective(s)
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