Associate Degree in Mass Communication (AS) at Amarillo College |
Amarillo College
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Amarillo College is a Public, 2-year Associate's--Public Rural-serving Large with 10,387 students in Amarillo, TX.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
Amarillo College, a public community college, is dedicated to providing educational, cultural and community services and resources to enhance the quality of life for the diverse population in the service area. |
Amarillo College
Associate degree
Mass Communication (AS)
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The following program of study follows the Communication Field of Study Curricula for Advertising/Public Relations, Journalism, and Mass Communication/Radio-TV as adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Board. Students who follow this curricula will be able to major in the above fields of study and transfer between 12 and 15 hours of course work in these major program options to public two- and four-year institutions in Texas.
SEMESTER HOURS
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS 42
Communication
ENGL 1301: Freshman Composition I
ENGL 1302: Freshman Composition II
SPCH
Social/Behavioral Sciences
HIST 1301: History of the U.S. I
HIST 1302: History of the U.S. II
GOVT 2305: Government of the U.S.
GOVT 2306: Government of Texas
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective
Humanities/Fine Arts
Humanities
Fine Arts
Mathematics/Natural Sciences
MATH
Natural Sciences
Lifetime Fitness
Any PHED course numbered 1101-1122
MAJOR OPTIONS 15
Students should select a program option in one of the following areas:
Advertising/Public Relations
COMM 1307: Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 1336: Introduction to Radio-TV Production
COMM 2311: News Reporting and Writing I
COMM 2327: Introduction to Advertising
Students must take one of the following courses:
COMM 1318: Photography I
COMM 2305: Editing and Design
COMM 2339: Writing for Electronic Media
Journalism
COMM 1307: Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 2311: News Reporting and Writing I
COMM 2315: News Reporting and Writing II
COMM 2305: News Editing and Design
COMM 2339: Writing for Electronic Media
Mass Communication/Radio-TV
COMM 1307: Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 1335: Survey of Electronic Media
COMM 1336: Introduction to Radio/TV Production
COMM 2331: Announcing for Radio-Television
Students must take one of the following courses:
COMM 2303: Radio Production I
COMM 1337: Television Production
COMM 2332: Broadcast News
COMM 2339: Writing for Electronic Media
RECOMMENDED COURSES 5-6
Students will be advised for other courses based on the university to which
they plan to transfer.
TOTAL 62-63
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