Communications

Associate Degree Program

Enter the exciting world of digital media through this public service technology. Hands-on experience combined hands-on experience, industry-standard technology, with the dynamic application of theory prepares students for the ever-changing communications field.

Offered at the following campus(es): Georgetown

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

  • Copy editor
  • Media planner
  • Media sales person
  • Meeting/event planner
  • Paginator
  • Print and digital media reporter
  • Public relations specialist
  • Radio producer
  • Social media specialist
  • Speech writer
  • Television camera operator
  • Television news producer

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Analyze the impact of media on society.
  2. Produce print, radio, video, and web media products that meet professional standards.
  3. Apply principles of design to media products.
  4. Demonstrate effective professional communication skills.
  5. Apply professional, ethical, and legal standards of behavior.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Semester 1

Number Course Title Credits
SSC 100First Year Seminar1
COM 130Intro to Graphics & Design3
COM 150Media & Society3
ENG 101Composition I3
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning3
PSY 121General Psychology3

Semester 2

Number Course Title Credits
BUS 101Introduction to Business3
ENG 102Composition II3
COM 140Digital Storytelling3
COM 250Photography4
COM 110Introduction to Video Production3

Semester 3

Number Course Title Credits
COM 240Mass Media Law3
COM 283Communications Career Seminar2
 
MKT 212Principles of Marketing3
Or
ENG 129Creative Writing3
 
HIS 111United States History: Pre-Civil War3
Or
HIS 112United States History Post-Civil War3
Or
HIS 131Art History I3
 
COM 242Digital Newsroom3
ElectiveTechnical Elective4/3

Semester 4

Number Course Title Credits
COM 251Layout and Design3
ENG 124Oral Communications3
COM 293Internship with Seminar5
ElectiveTechnical Elective4/3

Approved Electives

Select two (2) approved technical electives.

Number Course Title Credits
COM 152Podcasting3
COM 210Advanced Video Production3
COM 211Digital Video Editing3
COM 243Social Media3
COM 246Introduction to Film4

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 61 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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Campus-Specific Program Information

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.

Contact Georgetown

Rob Rector
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
rrector@hzjly.net
(302) 259-6470

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.