Dec 21, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
  
2024-2025 College Catalog

Communications/Journalism Option, A.A. - Liberal Arts


This associate degree program prepares students for transfer to a four-year college with a major in Journalism and/or Communications. The Journalism major can also serve as a basis for careers in newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, websites, as well as public relations, advertising, and marketing departments and organizations. Students are given the opportunity to contribute to and work on SCCC publications such as the College Hill News.

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

  • Communicate with speed and accuracy.
  • Understand how to interpret the source’s information and quotes.
  • Know how to use appropriate and trustworthy background information.
  • Write according to style guide dictates.
  • Compose with grammatical and mechanical precision.
  • Distinguish among gossip, hearsay, innuendo, insinuation, and prediction.
  • Adapt communicating styles to suit the particular demands of any medium.

First Year


Fall Semester


Total Semester Hours: 15


Winter Session


Spring Semester


Total Semester Hours: 15


Summer Session


Second Year


Fall Semester


Total Semester Hours: 15


Winter Session


Spring Semester


  • Credits: 3
  • GHMN 000 - Humanities Gen Ed Requirement Credits: 3
  • LSCI 000 - Science Gen Ed Requirement Credits: 3
  • HIST 001 - History Gen Ed Requirement Credits: 3
  • GSOC 000 - Social Science Gen Ed Requirement Credits: 3

Total Semester Hours: 15


Summer Session


Total Program Hours: 60


Philosophy General Education Courses (Recommended)


Recommended courses listed below but student can also choose from the list of approved Philosophy General Education  courses in the College catalog.

Technology & Humanities General Education Courses


Choose from the list of approved courses  in the College catalog.

History General Education Courses


Recommended courses listed below but student can also choose from the list of approved History General Education  courses in the College catalog. Must choose a level I & II sequence.

Social Science General Education Courses (Recommended)


Recommended courses listed below but student can also choose from the list of approved Social Science General Education  courses in the College catalog.

Math/Science General Education Courses (Recommended)


Recommended courses listed below but student can also choose from the list of approved Math and Science General Education  courses in the College catalog.