Division: Arts, Humanities, and
Learning Resources
Academic Dept: Communications & Media Arts
Curriculum Chair: Prof. Gabrielle Miller
Tel: 914-606-6161
Related Pages:
Comm. & Media Arts Dept. Web
Program Description:
The complexities of human
communication require that we understand the process and develop our
capacities to make ourselves clear to others through effective written
and oral expression and to understand the barrage of messages directed
at us. As citizens within a democracy and educated people within an
information society, we must also have the critical tools to understand,
analyze, and use the mass media. In turn, students of communications and
media may discover the challenges of preparing for a career within this
vast, important and exciting field of human enterprise.
A large percentage of graduates of the
Communications and Media Arts curriculum transfer to colleges and
universities, both private and within the SUNY system. Others obtain
entry-level positions in a wide variety of media/communications and
related fields. Special facilities available at Westchester Community College for
communications/media arts majors provide opportunities for hands-on
experience. Students can participate in the fully licensed college-owned
radio station, WARY-FM, the award- winning student newspaper, The Viking
News, and the online publication, etc. They can also gain experience in
front of and behind the camera in our television studio, where students
produce their own programming. Communications and Media Arts internship
programs, which give students additional learning opportunities, can be
taken for 1-9 credits; however, only three credits can be applied toward
the major.
Recommended Full-Time
Semester Plan
The curriculum chairperson for this
program
recommends taking the courses for this degree in a particular order.
Click the button above for recommended semester-by-semester layout of
the classes needed to complete this program.
Program
Descriptions Table of Contents
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Core
Requirements
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Credit Hours
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ENG 101, 102 Comp. and Lit.
I & II |
6 |
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Mathematics |
6-8 |
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Science (lab course
required) |
7-8 |
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Humanities |
6 |
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Social Sciences |
3 |
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Behavioral Science |
3 |
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Phys. Ed. (1 health/fitness, 1
sport) |
2 |
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Total
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33-36 |
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Degree Requirements
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Credit Hours
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COMM 109 Speech
Communication |
3 |
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COMM 101
Understanding Mass
Media |
3 |
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Media Arts* and/or Speech**
Electives |
12 |
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Electives*** to reach minimum total |
10-13 |
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Total |
28-31 |
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Minimum Total
Credits |
64 |
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* Media Arts Electives:
COMM 103 Journalism; COMM 118 Broadcast Journalism; COMM 119, 121 Television
Production I & II; COMM 117 Radio and Television Announcing; COMM 116 Radio
Production; COMM 205A, 206A, 208A, 209A, 210A, 211A, 212A, 213A, 214A
Communications/Media Arts Internship I-IX; COMM 108 Newspaper Production.
** Speech Arts Electives: COMM 115
Group Discussion and Decision Making; COMM 111 Voice and Diction.
*** Choose electives according to career or
transfer goals and recommendations of Curriculum Chair. Recommended general
electives include: Photography; Electronic Pre-Press; Keyboarding; Desktop
Publishing; Business Communications; Motion Graphics; Audio; Advertising;
Business Organization; Sales; Marketing; Word Processing; Computer Science;
Creative and Technical Writing; Computer Graphic Design; Visual and
Performing Arts; Modern Languages; Electrical Technology; Digital Video and
Recording Engineering. These courses all grant G.E. credit; they do not
grant Communication credit.
Note: All radio and television
courses grant Communication credit; Understanding Mass Media, Journalism,
and Speech courses grant English and/or Communication credit.
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