Dec 10, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog

Mass Communication, A.A.


ASSOCIATE OF ARTS | MASS.COMM.AA | Transfer Program | Cip Code: 09.0102

https://www.pgcc.edu/programs-courses/program-finder/mass-communication-aa/

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Program Description


The Mass Communication Associate of Arts degree is recommended for students planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in a wide range of mass communications and media programs.  Students learn the foundations, history, economics, and job opportunities of the mass media industries, and how media affects society and culture.  Training is provided in writing for media, the terminology and techniques of television studio and field production, audio production for mass media, the basics of film analysis, and the theory and practice of interviewing.  Additionally, students learn effective communication techniques in social media production and the theory and practice of broadcast news content and delivery. 

Program Outcomes


Graduates of the Mass Communication Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree will be able to:

  • Discuss the history, major theories and concepts of mass media and its influence on society.
  • Apply effective visual, written, spoken, and non-verbal communication methods in messages to different audiences.
  • Analyze how the various fields in mass communication are structured and function.
  • Create media products utilizing a variety of mass communication technologies.

Required Courses (in expected order)


Program Total: 60 Credits


Transferability


Credit earned at any public institution in the state shall be transferable to any other institution if the:

  • Credit is from a college or university parallel course or program;
  • Grades in the block of courses transferred average 2.00 or higher; and
  • Acceptance of the credit is consistent with the policies of the receiving institution governing students following the  same program. Refer to ARTSYS at artweb.usmd.edu and the receiving institution’s catalog to select transferable courses.

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