Our Communications program is your ticket to unlocking a multitude of captivating career paths. Picture yourself honing the art of communication in all its forms – connecting with others, embracing diverse cultures, crafting persuasive messages and making a splash in the media landscape. Get ready to unleash your inner wordsmith, ask curious and thoughtful questions, conquer the stage as a captivating speaker and ignite your critical thinking skills. With industry experts as your guides, you'll gain insider knowledge while preparing for exciting careers in social sciences, government, politics, journalism, entertainment, education, marketing and beyond.
The Communications and Journalism department is proud to offer the Associate of Arts (A.A.) in communications. As an additional transfer option, AACC has the unique transfer studies degree. Both degrees will prepare you to transfer to a four-year institution. Whichever path you choose, we strongly encourage you to meet with an advisor to structure your AACC studies to meet your specific transfer goals.
Strengthen your writing, speaking and critical thinking skills, and tailor your studies according to your interests in either human communication or mass communication. Human communication includes courses in speech and other types of human communication, while mass communication focuses on the media, news writing, reporting and editing.
The Transfer Studies, A.A. allows you to explore different subjects or concentrate on a specific course plan that will best meet your in-state (and even some out-of-state) transfer goals. This option is particularly good if you are undecided in your ultimate career direction, not sure where you'd like to eventually transfer or just looking to complete general education requirements while "testing the waters" of a particular major. No matter what brings you to Transfer Studies, the result is a well-rounded associate degree preparing you for further studies and successful career.
“I felt like I fit in. I felt like I belonged. I was like, ‘Oh, is this what college is supposed to feel like?’ It's not supposed to be sitting behind a screen and just raising your hand in class every now and then. It's getting involved and it's redefining yourself as the college motto says.”
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If you decide to earn your A.A. degree in communications, you can transfer to complete your four-year degree. We have partnerships and transfer agreements in place with many colleges and universities so you can easily transfer when you're ready. Transfer agreements (or “articulation agreements,” as they’re officially called) are formal arrangements between institutions that allow certain credits to transfer seamlessly from one school to the other. After completing our program, you can seamlessly transfer to:
In addition to these schools, you can work with a transfer advisor to set up a specific plan to transfer to the four-year school of your choice.
Paying for college should be simple! Scholarships are available to help you prepare for your career in communications:
If our Communications area of study sounds appealing, but you’d like to compare it to other offerings, see if one of these is a better fit.
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A Little More: If you take one of April Copes’s communications classes, you’ll probably find yourself saying four things: you had fun, you learned a lot about yourself, you made strong connections with your classmates and you’ll use what you learned throughout your life.
The Crosby Marketing Scholars Program creates greater opportunities for underrepresented students from diverse backgrounds to pursue degrees and future careers in advertising and public relations. You could receive up to two years of tuition, fees, book and supplies.
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