CCSN 2006-2007 COURSE CATALOG 51

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE (AA)

Students may elect to graduate using the degree requirements in effect at the time of

matriculation or completion. If a program is official after a student has matriculat-

ed, the student may choose the degree requirements of the new program.

In no case may a student use a catalog which is more than six years old at the time

of graduation.

COMMUNICATION EMPHASIS

62 Credits

62

Total Credits

COM A05

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (35 Credits):

CR SEMESTER

ENGLISH

:

6-8 ___________

ENG 100 or 101 and 102

LITERATURE

:

3 ___________

ENG 231 or ENG 232

ANALYTICAL THINKING

:

3 ___________

PHIL 102

MATHEMATICS:

3

___________

MATH 120, 124 or above

LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES:

7

___________

(Two courses from the following, one must

include a lab): AST, BIOL, CHEM 105 or above,

ENV, GEOG 103, 104, 117, GEOL, PHYS

SOCIAL SCIENCES:

9

___________

(Nine credits must be from three

different disciplines) ANTH, CRJ 101,

ECON, PSC, PSY, SOC

U.S. AND NEVADA CONSTITUTIONS:

4-6 ___________

PSC 101 or

HIST 101 and HIST 102 or

HIST 101 and HIST 217

SPECIAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (27 Credits):

CR SEMESTER

HUMANITIES:

6 ___________

ENG 223 or above, HIST,

International Languages 111 or above, PHIL

COM 101

Oral Communication

3 ___________

COM 211

Survey of Rhetorical Studies 3 ___________

COM 216

Survey of Communication Studies 3 ___________

JOUR 101

Critical Analysis of the Mass Media 3 ___________

FOR GENERAL COMMUNICATION:

COM 102

Introduction to Interpersonal 3 ___________

Communication

COM 133

Culture and Communication

OR

COM 180

Cinema as Art

3 ___________

and Communication

COM 215

Introduction to

3 ___________

Group Communication

FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM

OR MEDIA STUDIES:

COM 196

Internship

1-3 ___________

JOUR 201

Television Studio Production I 3 ___________

JOUR 220

Fundamentals of Applied

3 ___________

Media Aesthetics

FOR INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION:

COM 133

Culture and Communication

3 ___________

COM 196

Internship

1-3 ___________

JOUR 261

Introduction to IMC

3 ___________

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES -

Graduates of this program will have the opportunity to:

• Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication choices as

sender, receiver, and observer.

• Understand the human communication process in a variety of con-

texts: interpersonal, public, group, and mass.

• Understand, analyze and evaluate major theories of communication

as they invent, research, organize, and deliver structured speeches,

papers, or projects.

• Demonstrate competence with technologies and equipment com-

mon to communication practices.

• Apply critical analysis and logical thinking toward making

informed, reasoned, and equitable decisions.