Communications, Arts and Humanities Division

The Communications Transfer Program prepares students for transfer to a four-year college or university. It offers students in communications, journalism, public relations and visual communications a broad base of courses and experiences as a foundation for future specialization. The program also focuses on writing for new and emerging media.

Program Competencies

Upon successful completion of this program, the student should be able to:

• Communicate clearly, correctly, and ethically in writing and speaking.
• Demonstrate strategies of ethical listening and critical reading.
• Use rhetorical principles to adapt content, style, and tone to address a variety of audiences and purposes.
• Assess the functions and effects of the mass media.
• Evaluate, integrate, and document ideas and words from sources in writing and speaking.
• Transfer to an accredited college or university.