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4903.00This area of emphasis is intended to align with preparation for transfer to universities in such majors as Art, Communication, English, Journalism, Television and Radio, Theatre Arts, and other similar fields of study. Communicating well and understanding the communication process are essential to professional success in many fields. People communicate to influence, to persuade, and to express. Learning to communicate effectively is one important reason for the study of Communication Arts. Studying the communication process helps one understand how the human mind works. Analyzing the messages in advertisements, television programs, and political speeches helps one to understand our society. Studying communication in everyday relationships, groups, and organizations shows us how these systems are created and maintained. Areas of study include face-to-face interaction, group process, organizational communication, rhetoric, advocacy, intercultural communication, political communication, and performance studies. Communication Arts students can expect to develop skills essential for leadership and career development, and for understanding and interpreting events.
Please Note: The courses that universities and colleges require for transfer vary. When selecting courses for transfer purposes, students should consult with Counseling Services to determine the particular transfer requirements of specific transfer institutions.
Program Outcomes
- Read and critically analyze argumentative contexts using written and performative techniques.
- Use relevant examples in support of a thesis.
- Communicate using college-level grammar/syntax.
- Demonstrate an awareness of cultural diversity and audience perceptions.
Requirements for the area of emphasis
Courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. All courses must be numbered 1–99. Students must complete 18 units with at least 3 units in three of the disciplines listed below.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Art /Design | ||
| ART 001A | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL | 3 |
| ART 001B | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY | 3 |
| ART 011A | FOUNDATION DRAWING | 3 |
| ART 015 | SKETCHING FOR DESIGN | 3 |
| ART 016 | PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| ART 018 | RENDERING | 3 |
| ART 024 | PRINTMAKING – SILK SCREEN | 3 |
| ART 031A | COLOR AND COMPOSITION – TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN | 3 |
| ART 031B | COLOR THEORY | 3 |
| ART 032A | DESIGN–THREE DIMENSIONAL | 3 |
| ART 034A | APPLIED DESIGN I – MATERIALS AND PROCESSES | 3 |
| ART 052A | INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSTRATION | 3 |
| ART 052B | ADVANCED ILLUSTRATION | 3 |
| DMA 010 | DIGITAL ART: DESIGN FOUNDATION | 3 |
| DMA 012 | DIGITAL ART: PAINTING & DRAWING | 3 |
| DMA 020A | GRAPHIC DESIGN I | 3 |
| DMA 020B | GRAPHIC DESIGN II | 3 |
| DMA 020C | GRAPHIC DESIGN III | 3 |
| DMA 022A | TYPOGRAPHY I | 3 |
| DMA 022B | TYPOGRAPHY II | 3 |
| Communication | ||
| COMM 001 | SURVEY OF MASS COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| English | ||
| ENGL 005A | CREATIVE WRITING | 3 |
| ENGL 005B | CREATIVE WRITING | 3 |
| ENGL 006 | SHORT STORY WRITING | 3 |
| ENGL 007 | INSCAPE MAGAZINE PUBLICATION | 3 |
| ENGL 008 | WRITING POETRY | 3 |
| ENGL 009 | CREATIVE NONFICTION | 3 |
| ENGL 010 | INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS | 3 |
| or LING 010 | INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS | |
| ENGL 011 | HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
| or LING 011 | HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | |
| ENGL 012 | LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| or LING 012 | LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION | |
| ENGL 024 | LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | 3 |
| ENGL 025A | LITERARY MODERNISM AND MODERNITY | 3 |
| ENGL 025C | WOMEN'S LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 025D | SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY | 3 |
| ENGL 025E | LITERATURE OF HORROR (GOTHIC NOVEL) | 3 |
| ENGL 025F | COMEDY AND LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 025G | MYSTERY AND CRIME FICTION | 3 |
| ENGL 025H | AMERICAN JOURNEYS | 3 |
| ENGL 025I | POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES | 3 |
| ENGL 025J | UTOPIAN AND DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 026 | INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM | 3 |
| ENGL 030A | AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 030B | AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 030C | AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| ENGL 034 | MAJOR NOVELIST | 1 |
| ENGL 035 | MAJOR DRAMATIST | 1 |
| ENGL 036 | MAJOR POET | 1 |
| ENGL 037 | MAJOR CRITIC | 1 |
| ENGL 044A | WORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
| ENGL 044B | WORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| ENGL 044C | WORLD LITERATURE: 1800 - MID 20TH CENTURY | 3 |
| ENGL 045A | LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES | 3 |
| ENGL 045B | LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT | 3 |
| ENGL 046A | ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON | 3 |
| ENGL 046B | ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| ENGL 048 | ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | 3 |
| ENGL 049A | FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE – GENRE AND AUTEUR THEORY | 3 |
| ENGL 049B | FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE - SOCIAL CONTEXTS | 3 |
| ENGL 053 | INTERPRETING POETRY | 3 |
| ENGL 054 | CALIFORNIA LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 055 | NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION | 3 |
| or ETH 055 | NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION | |
| ENGL 057 | MODERN DRAMA | 3 |
| ENGL 059 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 060 | INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 061 | INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL | 3 |
| ENGL 065 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| or ETH 065 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
| ENGL 075 | ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| or ETH 075 | ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
| ENGL 078A | INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE | 3 |
| ENGL 078B | INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE | 3 |
| ENGL 082A | INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | 3 |
| ENGL 082B | INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY | 3 |
| ENGL 085 | CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| or ETH 085 | CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE | |
| Journalism | ||
| JOUR 002 | BEGINNING JOURNALISM | 3 |
| JOUR 004A | REPORTING AND NEWSWRITING | 3 |
| JOUR 004B | REPORTING AND NEWSWRITING | 3 |
| JOUR 005 | MAGAZINE AND SMALL PUBLICATIONS | 3 |
| JOUR 007A | NEWSWRITING AND MAKE-UP I | 4 |
| JOUR 007B | NEWSWRITING AND MAKE-UP II | 4 |
| JOUR 009 | PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| JOUR 042A | BEGINNING PHOTOJOURNALISM | 3 |
| JOUR 042B | ADVANCED PHOTOJOURNALISM | 3 |
| Photography | ||
| PHOT 021 | INTRODUCTION TO BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY | 3 |
| CINE 025 | UNDERSTANDING MOVIES | 3 |
| CINE 026A | BEGINNING ELECTRONIC FILMMAKING | 3 |
| CINE 026B | INTERMEDIATE FILMMAKING – ELECTRONIC | 3 |
| CINE 026C | ADVANCED FILMMAKING | 3 |
| CINE 027 | CINEMATOGRAPHY | 3 |
| PHOT 030 | INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING | 3 |
| PHOT 031 | BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | 3 |
| Speech | ||
| SPCH 002 | PERSUASION | 3 |
| SPCH 003 | VOICE AND DICTION | 3 |
| SPCH 004 | ORAL INTERPRETATION | 3 |
| SPCH 005 | FORENSICS - SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM | 3 |
| SPCH 005A | FORENSICS RESEARCH AND PREPARATION (SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM) | 3 |
| SPCH 006 | ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE | 3 |
| SPCH 008 | READERS' THEATER | 3 |
| SPCH 009 | SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| SPCH 012 | ARGUMENTATION AND CRITICAL THINKING | 3 |
| SPCH 013 | INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| Television and Radio | ||
| TVR 001 | INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MEDIA | 3 |
| TVR 002A | BEGINNING AUDIO PRODUCTION | 3 |
| TVR 002B | RADIO BROADCAST MASTER CONTROL OPERATIONS | 3 |
| TVR 007 | BEGINNING TV STUDIO PRODUCTION | 3 |
| TVR 012 | BEGINNING ANNOUNCING AND PERFORMING IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA | 3 |
| TVR 014A | BEGINNING RADIO PRODUCTION | 3 |
| TVR 014B | ADVANCED RADIO PRODUCTION | 2 |
| TVR 015 | MEDIA WRITING | 3 |
| TVR 016A | PRODUCING & DIRECTING I | 3 |
| TVR 016B | VIDEO PRODUCTION | 4.5 |
| TVR 017A | TELEVISION AND FILM SCRIPT WRITING | 3 |
| TVR 017B | TELEVISION AND FILM SCRIPT WRITING | 3 |
| TVR 018 | MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRODUCTION | 3 |
| TVR 019 | MEDIA AESTHETICS AND CINEMATIC ARTS | 3 |
| TVR 021 | THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA | 3 |
| TVR 024 | DOCUMENTARY AND REALITY PRODUCTION | 3 |
| Theatre Arts | ||
| THRT 002A | ACTING I | 3 |
| THRT 002B | ACTING II | 3 |
| THRT 002C | ADVANCED ACTING FUNDAMENTALS | 3 |
| THRT 005A | THEATRE HISTORY I | 3 |
| THRT 005B | THEATRE HISTORY II | 3 |
| THRT 006 | PLAY WRITING | 3 |
| THRT 008 | VOICE AND MOVEMENT FOR THE PERFORMER | 3 |
| THRT 010A | MAKEUP FOR STAGE AND SCREEN | 3 |
| THRT 010B | ADVANCED MAKEUP FOR STAGE AND SCREEN | 1 |
| THRT 012A | TECHNICAL THEATER | 4 |
| THRT 012B | ADVANCED TECHNICAL THEATER | 4 |
| THRT 013 | INTRODUCTION TO SCENIC DESIGN | 3 |
| THRT 015 | COSTUME CRAFTS | 3 |
| THRT 026 | IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES | 2 |
| THRT 029 | REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE | 3 |
| THRT 030 | STAGE TECHNIQUES | 1 |
| THRT 041 | FUNDAMENTALS OF STAGE LIGHTING | 3 |
| THRT 075 | MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP | 2 |
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