{"id":2572,"date":"2024-01-26T10:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccm.edu\/?post_type=programs&p=2572"},"modified":"2025-05-09T08:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:42:14","slug":"communication","status":"publish","type":"programs","link":"https:\/\/www.ccm.edu\/programs\/communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n
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What You Will Learn<\/h2>\n

Effective communication is the cornerstone of personal and professional success. The Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree program in Communication at CCM begins with providing you with a strong foundation of basic communication skills that are then applied to advanced studies along with an in-depth education media theory. From culture and entertainment to advertising, film, journalism, media production and public relations, this program prepares you for excellent career opportunities in many fields.<\/p>\n

If you have a specialized interest, you can choose to concentrate your degree in one of two tracks:<\/p>\n

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  1. Public Relations<\/li>\n
  2. Film<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Public Relations<\/strong> track prepares you for strategic, crisis and organizational communication in the workforce. Through this course of study, you will gain a better understanding of media relations, analyzing case studies and conducting research. At CCM, you will become best prepared for an internship or a career within the public relations industry and also to transfer to a four-year institution in pursuit of a bachelor\u2019s degree if you desire.<\/p>\n

    Through careful study of cinematic storytelling, the Film<\/strong> track is designed to provide you not only with the skills to write a screenplay, but also with the mastery of adaptation, story structure, character development and dialog necessary to write your own feature film.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n

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    Curriculum<\/p>\r\n

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    The Communication program features a 15-credit core with courses in communications, mass media and journalism, plus six credits for electives, also depending upon the desired track.<\/p>\n

    Electives in the Public Relations track include An Introduction to PR and Advertising and Society. Film track electives consist of An Introduction to Film and Screenwriting.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n

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    Download a Curriculum Checksheet<\/p>\r\n

    Select your starting term<\/p>\r\n

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