Receive the foundational education required for transfer into a baccalaureate degree program, majoring in communications, speech, journalism, broadcasting, television, radio, writing, teaching, or law.

  • Academic Division: Communication and Creative & Performing Arts
  • Program Type: Associate of Arts (A.A.)
  • Campus: Cumberland
  • Career Interest: Communications, Creative & Digital Arts
  • Time Commitment: Two-years
  • Financial Aid Eligible
  • Accreditation: MSCHE
  • CIP Code 24.0101

Program Learning Outcomes

Prepares students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities to major in fields such as communications, speech, journalism, broadcasting, television, radio, writing, teaching, and law. The student newspaper and the college's programming on local cable TV and channel 9, provide hands-on opportunities to develop skills and explore careers.

Students who have completed the program should be able to:

  • Discuss mass communications and the role of the media
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of media
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills in the areas of communications
  • Locate, retrieve and critically evaluate information and information sources
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Summer sessions are still enrolling with sessions beginning June 22 and July 13.

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Education Unique to Each Student

There’s a great community here. There’re people who don’t even take classes that will come here to work on projects. When you watch other artists work you see other techniques and learn new things. It’s really cool. I love it.

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