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2025-2026 DCC Catalog
Communications & Media Arts (COM), A.S.
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HEGIS: 5008
Overview
This media production program is designed for students interested in the mass media, broadcast journalism, video and audio production, public relations, visual effects, screenwriting and documentary and narrative film production. Through an organized program of study, students are provided with media theory, techniques and practices in service of creative expression and career development. Graduates will be prepared for positions in television production, video and film production facilities, radio, audio recording studios and news media or to transfer to four-year colleges.
The Associate in Science (A.S.) degree is awarded upon completion of the requirements for this program.
Students who successfully complete the Associate in Science (A.S.) degree in Communication and Media Arts (COM) will be able to:
- Solve creative problems within their field of communications and media arts, including research and synthesis of technical, aesthetic, and conceptual information.
- Effectively communicate their ideas and connect with their intended audience using visual, oral and written presentation skills relevant to their field.
- Execute technical, aesthetic and conceptual decisions based upon an understanding of communications and media arts.
- Evaluate work in their field, including their own work, using professional terminology.
- Explain the influence of social, cultural and aesthetic trends on historical and contemporary films, television programs, and media productions.
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Requirements
For requirements, see Program Map. - Mathematics course: MAT 109 or higher.
- Students must select an Art Course: ART 110 , ART 112 , ART 150 or ART 157 .
- Program Electives: Students must select two courses from the list below. Students should be aware that some of these courses are offered in the fall and others in the spring semester. COM 210 , COM 211 , COM 221 , COM 222 , COM 233 , COM 234 , COM 249 , COM 250 , COM 262 , and FLM 244 .
- Directed Electives: Students must select two courses from the list below to complement their concentration.
Acting and Directing: THE 220 , SPE 102 , THE 109 , THE 209
Advertising and Marketing: BUS 105 , BUS 107
Audio Production and Music: COM 233 , COM 234 , MUS 101 , MUS 104 , MUS 115 , MUS 116 , MUS 219
Documentary Film: COM 262 , COM 263 , COM 280
Film or Media Studies: FLM 243 , FLM 246 , ENG 226 , HUM 205
Journalism and Public Relations: COM 222 , COM 221
Photography: ART150, ART153, AART 157 , ART 254 , ART 257
Film and Television Production: COM 249 , COM 250 , COM 262 , COM 263
Visual Effects: COM 210 , COM 211 , ART 110 , ART 112 , ART 140 , ART 161
Screenwriting: FLM 244
Internship: Students may take a 3-credit internship as an Interest Area Course: COM 261 . - Science courses: Applicable four-credit courses in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physical sciences, physics.
- See a full discussion of the free elective program .
Fourth Semester
- Program Elective Credits: 4 (c)
- Directed Elective Credits: 3-4 (d)
- Natural Science Credits: 4 (e) (GE Category B)
- Free Elective Credits: 3 (f)
Minimum Total Credits: 62
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